The Bio-Business Project

Eggs at last

2011-02-06T16:26:00.000-06:00

Just a quick update: one of my associate's has managed to produce three crested gecko eggs. It's great news to hear that this project is going some where. I will try to get some pictures of the eggs uploaded soon.

Adult crested gecko

Hopeful Signs

2011-01-30T11:42:00.000-06:00

Remember the picture in the last post of the female toad? Well, turns out it was a male and now its breeding with another toad I had believed to be a male, but is actually a femal. Either way, this is agood sign. The mal is currently on top of the female, a postition they have held for the last three days. The male is attempting to stimulate the female so she will lay her eggs, after ehich the male will fertilize them while in the water. Except there's one porblem... make that two. Firstly, the female toad is sick with an infection, somehow she got an open wound on one of her feet. Secondly, I have seen them in this postionbefore and the last time no eggs were laid. I am attempting to tke care of the first problem using a dissenfectant called BetaDine. In the past I've used it on other animals and its effects are minimal. Therefore the toads recovery does not look so great. But to end on a positive note some toad eggs may be produced, and one of my associates has successsfully produced crested gecko eggs which is wonderful! That's all for now, I hope the toads lay.

Winter Breeding

2011-01-22T12:34:00.001-06:00

Hey Guys,
Just thought I'd upload the pics of some of the animals I'm trying to breed this winter. If all goes well hopefully I'll get some baby geckos and possibly toads!

Southern Toad

Spring Peeper (Not going to breed it but its an intersting frog.)

Sothern Toad Habitiat

Male Leopard Gecko in Enclosure

Female Leopard Gecko

Female Southern Toad

The log that all of the toads typically burrow under.

Prepping to Open

2011-01-17T16:02:00.004-06:00

Greetings and Welcome to our Site!

A few months ago, a few associates and I decided that it would be a great idea to start selling surplus materials from the many gardens we work at in Chicago. We quickly realized that our gardens' ecosystems were producing more useful biological products than we knew what to do with, hence the reason that we created this business. We are stocked with a wide variety of landscaping/natural ecosystem products included daphnia, diving water beatle and dragonfly larvae, and other natural materials like sand and clay. As soon as winter relinquishes it's icy grasp on our habitats, we will be ready to nurture these organisms and provide them to customers. The purpose of this blog is to catalog the collective progress of our various habitats as well as to spread awareness of the great products we will soon have to offer. We will additionally be offering a variety of reptiles once their breeding has produced desirable results. We'll be uploading more pics and info soon, so stay tuned!