To get rid of any ants mix powdered bleach and sugar (preferably powdered sugar but any sugar will work) the bleach sticks to the sugar and when they take it back to the nest to eat it they ingest the powdered bleach and it killls them. Done it and it works great!
The snakes were most likely chilled to make them a little more passive imo. I certainly wouldn't put it past them. Idiots. I thought that huge body length snake was a reticulated python... Anyone?
I'm sorry for what you went hru with your neice but the cops are idots. You need to contact your local animal enforcement offcer and start a "dangerous dog" proceeding against them. The will HAVE TO build escape proof runs with concrete floors, solid roof, and buried cain link. 2 feet below...
A nice lizard that I can think of that is easily managed but requires at least a 40 gallon breeder tank unfortunately... uromastix for one or blue tongued skink. There aren't really a lot of lizards that can comfortably fit a 20 gallon long with out feeling cramped. Maybe a nice fat tail or...
Hahaha lizard love that is too sweet...maybe she's just thankful he's well enough to the man of the viv again so she doesn't have to :) sounds like you've inherited a pair of dragons ;)
Sounds to me Laney that someone's grown into his big boy pants ;) eros has those popeye limbs too. He comes out every night when we feed the dogs, goes to the highest perch in his viv, gets on his tip toes and high up on those popeye legs... just surveys HIS territory, king of the dog room :)
Be prepared that no matter what age ball yuo get you're likely to sooner or later run into a difficult eating issue. Ours goes off food every october, november until about the end of may beginning of june. Balls can be notoriously picky eaters... we got ours at a nice reptile shop as a juvie...
Never heard of a "nice tokay" :D and remember you get what you pay for so I would raise your budget or lower your expectations (which could still end up costing you in vet bills if you get a poorly bred sickly animal). Leachies are HUGE aren't they... I'd love to own one sometime in my life bt...