Welcome to Al's Exotic Animals , Hobbies and Interests

Page Update: 03/08/10 8:46 am
I have put a couple of pictures of my new scorpions on the Photoe Gallery on the left. click on Photoe Gallery and then on Scorpions.


I coppied this off the internet YOuTube. I thought it would be handy for those that are new to keeping scorpions, or would like to try keeping them.



Email me here for advice etc. alan.herper@tesco.net

I am awaiting arrival of some scorpions by post. The cold weather is holdling this up. But I will post some pictures once they come. They are all desert scorp's.

IF You are a reader, then you will like the link I have added to the left.
The Book Club. Here you can tell others about what books you like to read. Ask for recommendations . And gernerally chat about books..

I have added this link to LibraryThing.



I have added a new Books Forum for all those readers out there. Has reviews of new books and chat rooms. Enjoy!


I have added a new link, AdFlyer classified. If you want a new bike, camera, house in the country, a pet or anything else, this is the first place to look.


I have added a new page to the bottom left of the screen, it is on Jazz, an introduction to those new to jazz, I will be adding to it from time to time.Scroll down to it.
I did have a playlist of jazz, but it seems that now, this country is no longer able to play them. SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM.
THE WAY TO USE THIS SITE.
But if you click on the colourful link below, it will take you to Accujazz for all the best in jazz radio.





ON THE LEFT, IS A LIST OF LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND THE PHOTOE GALLERY. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS,CONTACT US ETC. JUST CLICK ON THESE TO VIEW. THESE ARE THINGS I HAVE INTERESTS IN, AND HOPE YOU DO TOO. GO TO lINKS AND FROM THE TOP DOWN, IS AIRGUNNING, PHOTOE GALLERY,( Here you will find photoes on all the links.) REGISTER,PASSWORD,WESTERN FANS,REPTILES ETC, TARANTULAS,SCORPIONS, WOODTURNING, BEARDS,CYCLING.
ON THE TOP RIGHT, THERE ARE PAGES. THESE TELL YOU A BIT MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECTS ON THE LEFT. ALSO OUR CLUB, AND DATES WE MEET. JUST CLICK ON THEM TO VIEW.
ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, ARE THE LAST POSTS. AGAIN, CLICK ON THEM TO VIEW. HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY, AND HOPE YOU WILL BOOKMARK IT AND RETURN.

Being a great fan of Terry Pratchett, and his comedy fantacy Disk World books, I have added a link to a Terry Pratchett site,so others can discover his wonderful writing.


I have added a few photoes to the Gallery of ones I had taken at our 2008 Xmas party of the Exotic Animals club. to be found under General. And, a few of Sky the family Cairn Terrior. Under Family Pets.


I have added a few more reptile sites to the LINK list.Reptile Crazy, PreLoved, which is a great site where you can buy and sell anything but especially good for reptiles,and Captive Bred. Also, added a picture of a recently purchase Light Phase,Texas Rat snake. Go to Photoe Gallery, then Snakes.

I bought a light phase Texas Rat snake today, and I have put up a picture on the Photoe Gallery and also a picture of a Taiwanese Beauty That I recently bought. The Texas Rat is a really fiesty snake.

I have added a few new photes on the Photoe Gallery. A new member of the family, a Cairn pup names Sky under General, and two of a double vivarium I have made to house two new snakes. Under Snakes.

I am putting a number of videos on the YouTube of a cycling trip I do most mornings, I will link them together each day.to see them just click on the middle of the screens below.







I would like to pay a tribute to Sheldon Brown, the Doyen of cycling and cycle maintainance, who died recently. And my heartfelt sorrow to his family and friends. His encylopedic cycle maintainace website can be seen by loggin onto it on the left of the screen near the bottom. You can find just about anything you need to know about cycling on that site.We will miss him.



I have added more watercolour pictures I have done recently. To view them, go to PhotoeGallery on the left, then choose ART. Click on photoe to enlarge it,

Another link has been added on the left. Art. Feel free to add your paintings and drawings etc to the art section of the Photoe Gallery on the left. I have just started trying my hand at water colour, so will be adding my attempts on this page.

I have added two more links that should be of interest to cyclists. You will find them on the left of the page. Ken Kifer's Bike Page and Sheldon Brown's Cycling Page. Lots of info' to do with cycling on both pages. Just about all you will ever need to know.

I have added a new book to the "Cycle Touring" section on the right, for all you armchair explorers. A wonderful journey by a very courageus and tough Irish lady.

For those interested in cycling, and putting your bikes on trains, go to the bottom of the links in the left and click on "Cycling-1955" to see the difference in attitude now and then. Now you are lucky to get one bike on a train, then, they were making films promoting the use of the train for cyclists, and 30 bikes could easily by transported in a van at the rear of the train.
Oh for the good old days!
I have also added The Bike Show. this is a radioa programme by cyclist DJ Jack Thurston on 104.4 FM. But you can get it by clicking on the link and then listening to the lates. There is a plethora of material on cycling here, and lots of other links to got to.
One of which is Bufallo Bill, a cycle messanger programme.


I have added a number of links at the bottom left, three on Atheism and one on The You Tube. You can go here to down load videos, or watch them on line. Don't miss Jonathan Miller's talks and Richard Dawkin's talks.type that into the box and up it will come. Also a number of links on cycling. I have been a keen cycling tourist for many years, and there are a lot of videos to be found in the you tube on cycling. Just go to the You Tune and type in "Cycling"




I have added a new link on the left. Cycle Touring. And on the right of the desktop you will see "Cycle Touring" this will tell you how to start touring on a bike and gives you many books you can search out to help you, and just give you a good read.
I have just started back cycling. I have been off the bike for about two years, but have done a fair amount of cycle touring. I have done Lands End to John O'Groats, and Coast to Coast, and all the national parks in my time.Now reaching 70, I am happy to do the odd 30 miles on a weekend or 12-15 miles in the week days.
Any one have any good links to do with Cycle Touring, let me know, E mail me alan.herper@tesco.net with the link and I will add it to the links on the left.


If you want to see more about Airguns, Woodturning, Reptiles, Trantulas etc, Go to the Photoe Gallery on the left of the screen. Click on that and then choose from the drop down list.


Did a test on my new Webley Typhoon pistol. It is pretty powerful. It will go through 95 pages of a paperback book at 18 feet.
You will need the accessory to cock the barrel, as I found it impossible without the barrel extension. (See Photoe Gallery) Pleased with it.

More photoes of the last trip taken to East Wales recently. have been added to the Photoe Gallery.

One of my Flat Rock scorpions died for no apparent reason. Bit sick about that. Also one of my Cury Hair tarantulas died during a bad shed, Not a good week. One of my small Bothriurus scopions has been burried for weeks. She is fat, so I think she is gravid. I dug her out a few weeks back, but she has gun under again,so I shall leave her and hope for the best.


More airpistol photoes have been added to the photoe gallery.
To see a review I made of one of the pistols I have go tohttp://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews91925.html and add your own.



I have added a number of photoes of airgun pistols on the Airgun section in the Photoe Gallery. To see them, go the Photoe Gallery under links on the left, and then to Air Gunning.

I have added a terrific site on the Links on the left of the screen. "The Venom List" This is not just venemous animals, but a huge variety of snakes, tarantulas and scorpions as well as arthropods. There is a great care sheet list on scorpions there. I know I shall be going back to it time and again. Also, "The Scorpion Fauna site." Find out where your scorpion comes from, which countries have which scorpions?

I have added several new photoes to the Photoe Gallery (On Left) mostly invertebrates, but also a new scorpion of mine.Click on Photoe Gallery to see them.

Fancy keeping a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach? go the link "Roaches" on the left.


If you would like to exchange Links with me, just Email me your URL and title. And paste my URl on yours. alan.herper@tesco.net
A nuber of Tarantula and scorpion sites have been added to the links on the left. Many of these have links to other reptile and arachnid sites.

I have added a new category to the Photoe Gallery "Woodworking and Woodturning" and have started to add photoes to it. Any wood workers or turners out there who would like to contribute, please do.
Look in the Photoe Gallery for examples of my work.

I have added my other reptile site on the left. "Alan's Snake Page."
Don't use the E mail on it though untill I alter it, use the one on this site.

I have added a couple of sites relating to another of my hobbies, Airgun target shooting. They are on the left of the screen. But I have lost the links to other sites and will have to start again unless I can retrieve it.
If you are interested in Airgun shooting, and would like to get hold of some American Airgun magazines, then go to the Link "Big Spring Guns" on the left, and Doug Law will send you 2-3 + postage of around $10.
These are great magazines, much better than the British ones, lots more information. I am still reading Airgun Digest which I had a year ago from him, it is around 282 pages.
And for free printable targets, go to the link "MY TARGETS." on the Links to the left.

I have added a reptile equipment supplier to the left links.

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I have pasted the above on the site to help promote the growning of beards...girls are exempt...:-)
Just click on it to enter "All About Beards"


I have put one of my other sites on the links if anyone wants to take a look at it. It is a site dedicated to promoting the Trilby, fedora and panama. If you want to get ahead, get a hat...but make sure it's a fedora :-)See "Fedora Days" on the left



I have altered the title of the web site because I have many interests that others may be interested in (if you have simmilar interests E mail me) and I don't have so many critters as I used to have.So take time to scroll through it and see if you have anything to contribute. If you have, E mail it to me at alan.herper@tesco.net


I have added a number of pictures to the Photoe Gallery in the sections. Scenes of Wales and Scenes of England. These are picture taken this week whiles touring Wales and England.

News about the last meeting of the South Wales Reptile and Exotic Animals Group and further meetings will be found on the right. Click on SWRAEAG.

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