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Yay! New thread!  Love the thread title, too. Great info so far everybody, I can't think of anything to add myself. ...except maybe some pictures of my critters. Stir-fry! Male crested gecko, maybe he'll get himself a ladyfriend this year!  Mango, unsexed juvenile crested gecko.  Tom, the Western Hognose.  And Cornelius the normal ol' corn snake. 
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That is seriously the fattest crested and leachie I've ever seen in my entire life.
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Jan 20, 2012 05:03
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Golden-i posted:This is Azula. She's my girlfriend's ball python, about a year old now. I (and most everybody else in this thread) use shredded aspen for snakes. I love it, it lets my snakes burrow, and I also think it smells good.  
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Jan 20, 2012 21:59
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OneTwentySix posted:If you've got an anole living in your bedroom, that came in there on its own will and keeps coming back, why set it up in a tank? Instead, why not treat an open portion of your room as if it is his tank; provide some hides for him, a water dish, a lamp to sun under and get some UV, maybe get some houseplants that he can climb around in, etc. My local aquarium/reptile shop has two sides to it, one for actual fish and reptiles, and one for accessories and stuff, with a door separating the sides. The fish/reptile side had at least one tokay on the loose all the time, and I think a day gecko as well. It was awesome, but kinda scary at the same time.  Also just wanted to add in that Stalker Anole is the best thing ever.
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Jan 22, 2012 05:27
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Greycious posted:Took some more pictures of some of my critters yesterday/today that needed some update. And uploaded some other random ones I had. I'm not really into gargs, but drat that is one adorable gargoyle grin.
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Jan 24, 2012 06:05
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Cultured Snail posted:Also here is a handful of E. agricolae hatchlings because they are adorablllle. I feel like a total creeper commenting on this on Pangea and here, but day-ummmmm!  I can't get over the pure awesomeness!
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Jan 27, 2012 03:48
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I could have sworn they sold that stuff or something equivalent at home depot. Or do they, but it's just super expensive?
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Jan 27, 2012 19:30
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nesbit37 posted:Does anyone here had a successful experience with leachies and live plants? This has always been an issue, and the only plants that keep coming back some larger bromolids like aechmea fasciata and pothos (because nothing can kill pothos! I'd also be curious to know the answer to this, as I'm getting a leachie hopefully at the next show I'd attend. I would like to get into live vivs eventually, but everything I've heard about leachies and live plants has sounded pretty disastrous so far!
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Jan 30, 2012 02:04
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OwlbearHug posted:I've been thinking a lot about getting another snake: My first snake was an albino cornsnake that my Dad bought me when I was four, I named him Rex because as a little girl I was in love with dinosaurs. I loved him and as i grew older i gained more and more responsibility until i took care of him 100%. When we went away to college for my final year he passed away (he was 18) and I didn't have the heart to get another reptile... Your story about Rex is incredibly sweet.  I got my western hognose at a local reptile show, he's a plain normal morph, and cost $50.00.
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Jan 31, 2012 06:24
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Yeah my guys have been slowing down too. Still gaining weight though, just...not cleaning out like half of their bowls like normal. Mango's finally hit 10 grams, now maybe sexing the bugger will be a little easier! I feel like I asked this in the end of the last thread but can't remember, but any goons heading to the Hamburg PA show on the 25th of this month? Hopefully I'll be making it.  Tough decisions though, I can't decide what I most want to pick up! I'll either come home with a chewie, a phelsuma grandis or MAYBE a female crestie if I find one that's particularly stunning. But I also reaaaaally want to grab up one of those babies from Mrs. and Mr. Gatorbelly come shipping weather.  (at least I hope!)
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Feb 3, 2012 21:50
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Oh...my... god. !!!! So our very own Cultured Snail offered some of her E. Agricolae babies up for sale last night! And after emailing and spending a night doing this  I woke up this morning to find out I was the first person to email about the one I wanted! I pretty much exploded with excitement. I am SO giddy to finally be able to get one of these guys! I cannot wait for shipping weather so my new little guy can get here!! I just had to share with you guys. Here's a link to the specific one I'll be getting. How stunning! I think I'll be keeping the name too, it's too adorable to change! I am so happy right now. Nothing has been able to ruin my day since I found out. http://www.jbscresties.com/flicker.jpg
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Feb 6, 2012 02:20
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Captain Foxy posted:You lucky bastard I really did luck out! I just so happened to be on facebook the SECOND she linked to her page saying she had added a few new geckos for sale. I was like  We just put together a nice awesome rack in our room, it makes things sooo much easier! I'll take pictures of it one day. Corn snake and dubia colony on the bottom, cresties the next level up, and reptile/miscellaneous pet supplies on top. Our hognose is on a table by himself though, he's cool like that I guess. I'm going to be preparing for a leachie baby here myself soon, it is going to be my boyfriend's new baby. All the geckos have kind of been 'mine' so far I guess, so this baby leachie will be his very first rhac.
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Feb 6, 2012 04:29
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Captain Foxy posted:How did you set up your rack, if you don't mind my asking? And what's your heat source? I actually cheated on my rack, it wasn't DIY, I just found I had one of these laying unused and forgotten about in the corner of my garage:  It's been absolutely wonderful, and the shelves are adjustable. I use a UTH for my dubias to keep them a little warmer to motivate them to breed, and a little heat lamp for my corn and hognose respectively. My room is already on the warm side, so I'm lucky enough that the temps stay between 68-75 in the winter and 72-82 in the summertime, so the rhacs are fine. I do really love a good DIY rack though, so I hope you give us photos! And yes! There will be an aggie picture overload once my little guy arrives. Which, if the weather stays as bizarrely warm as it's been, might be sooner rather than later!
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Feb 6, 2012 05:17
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about wiring Flexwatt because I feel that I have a strong possibility of burning myself and my pets to the ground....which I would like to avoid.
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Wow some of these CL stories are... Wow. The only time I've ever used CL to sell an animal was to rehome my boyfriends cobalt blue tarantula. I guess we lucked out, the person who responded was incredibly familiar with tarantula care. The only other time I've sold an animal I used the Pangea trade section because I hadn't heard of the Fauna Classifieds yet. Those people were super friendly, they even sent updated pictures to me like 6 months after I sold him (him being a male pastel BP). It was really cute. I love knowing he got a wonderful home.
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Feb 6, 2012 19:08
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Joshsfrogs.com sells springtail cultures, I was just there checking out their biovines and stumbled across them.
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Feb 9, 2012 06:57
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Speaking of Really Useful Boxes, I recently converted one into an extra tank. I'm going to eventually switch all my geckos over to bins, I think they look nice and are so much easier to move and clean. 
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Feb 12, 2012 00:29
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Big Centipede posted:Welcome to the most addicting little shits you can possibly keep. This. This times a thousand. Oh god. Speaking of which, I picked up a new one myself today!  Also picked up my very first leachie! I'm in love already.  MUST OWN ALL GECKOS 
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Feb 26, 2012 06:52
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Angela Manaconda posted:Paarthurnax The best name.
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Feb 26, 2012 23:02
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I love seeing your salamander pictures. I really would like an axolotl one day, but I'm too worried I'll mess something up.  They really are amazing though, at the reptile show I just went to a guy had a giant table full of them, from itty-bitty to huge!
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Mar 2, 2012 04:46
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Shachi posted:Thanks for all the info. You listed some of my concerns right off and some others I hadn't even thought of. Yeah one of my main concerns if being able to sell them off and coupled with that, being able to sell them off to responsible owners. Chahoua's also sound very interesting and fun, my only concern is how goddamn expensive they are. Convincing my g/f to let me buy a $300-$1000 animal is going to be tough when she's been pestering me for a diamond engagement ring, hehehe. Nesbit pretty much covered any big concerns, but I'm just going to echo that you can NEVER do enough research! I've had my rhacs for over two years now and this year will probably be my first ever year I'll be breeding. All I've done is research research research. And I STILL find myself asking questions and learning new things. Hopefully things will go well in my first season of breeding cresties, and then I might move on to try my hand at breeding a slightly more difficult species like chahoua or e. agricolae later on. In other news, I hate waiting for good shipping weather. The worst part? The weather next week should be almost perfect for shipping on both ends, but I'll be out of town all of next week. 
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Mar 8, 2012 20:01
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At the last reptile show I went to, one breeder had a handful of absolutely gorgeous CBB tokay juvies. I am still regretting not picking one up, tokays are one of my personal favorite geckos that I've never had the pleasure of keeping.
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Mar 12, 2012 15:51
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Speaking of viper geckos, they seem incredibly hard to find. I haven't seen any specific breeders who have them, I just find that they pop up occasionally on the fauna classifieds. Anyone have any better luck?
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Mar 13, 2012 00:04
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Shachi posted:I know there were a couple goons who bred cresties but I can't find the posts and don't remember names. I'm in the midst of modding a tank and will have it planted within the next few weeks. I'm taking my time purchasing the animals I want and trying out all my options. I'm not breeding yet, but I know JBsCresties.com always has consistently awesome babies and is generally just awesome. She's also a goon! There are a ton of breeders on places like the Fauna and Kingsnake classifieds, but if you want to buy from a smaller breeder I recommend checking out the Pangea forums trade section.
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Mar 13, 2012 02:05
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Mine also go nuts for sliced up potatoes and dry plain oatmeal. ^^Oh, you said potatoes too.  Well I second it!
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Mar 19, 2012 23:44
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Trilineatus posted:As an aside, if anyone is purchasing any new supplies for their critters, I HIGHLY recommend New England Herpetoculture ( http://www.neherpetoculture.com/ ) - I had a package stolen off of my porch (because everyone in the ghetto needs a fern) and their customer service was excellent! I second this! Just earlier today I was picking out stuff to get from them once I get paid. They have a ton of stuff at great prices! And in other news... guess what I got yesterday!   My Eurydactylodes Agricolae! I've been so excited to get this guy, and he's even more awesome than I expected! (And so tiny!)
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Mar 22, 2012 05:54
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Big Centipede posted:Oh wow, not many people keep Eurydactylodes. Very cool. What's it's temperment like? I imagine they're more skittish than Rhacs. I'm quite excited to be keeping one, although I feel like finding a female in his future will be rather difficult. I haven't done much handling yet as I just got him, but he was actually much more... deliberate than my rhacs. No quick jolts anywhere or leaps of faith or anything! Relatively slow moving too, it was kind of refreshing. I expected skittishness as well, but was very surprised. He just kind of scoots along.
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Mar 22, 2012 06:06
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If you google "The Gex Files", Debbie has pairs of both Agricolae and Vieillardi and did side by side shots of both. The difference is pretty cool! And I promise once he settles in a little more, there will be a big ol' photoshoot. Here's the link: http://www.the-gex-files.nl/indexeng.php?pagina=pages/vs_eng Cultured Snail posted:Hypnotoad, it shouldn't be too difficult to track down a female. They really are not difficult to produce, just not a ton of people working with them yet, so just keep an eye out. I love the finger-hugging little bastards so much. Thanks CS! I hope that's the case. I've been seeing pairs pop up more frequently on Fauna recently, so I have my fingers crossed that by the time my little fellow is a little bigger finding a lady won't be a problem. Is Felipe adult size yet? And in other news, after seeing pictures of Humphrey, my boyfriend is absolutely smitten!
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Mar 22, 2012 17:47
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Great looking viv, and great looking geckos! They're stunning now, and are only going to get better with age! Eric at Mendel Geckos is a super cool guy.
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Mar 24, 2012 00:27
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Soooo now that he's been here a week, here are some quick photos of my E. Agricolae! I apologize for the slight blur on some, he's so little sometimes the camera won't focus well on him.     He really is a cool little guy, I've been loving every minute of him.
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Mar 28, 2012 04:59
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Celery Face posted:What a pretty shade of blue! Or is it just the light? It's actually just the light. He can go anywhere from a really really light greenish like that to a super dark color when he fires up.
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Mar 28, 2012 06:21
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Is there a favorite cricket dusting powder for cresteds amongst goons? I just got this a few weeks ago to try (I had points to spend! ), I'm liking it a lot so far:http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/zoo-med-repti-calcium-with-d3.html But I might still switch over to this eventually, I like that you can choose the level of D3 you want: http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/supercal.html
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Mar 29, 2012 05:52
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Speaking of feeder insect diet, has anyone tried the Repashy Bug Burger? I think I'm going to try it out next time I make a big reptile order, I met someone at a show who told me it was great, but I'd love some other opinions.
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Mar 29, 2012 16:47
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drat nesbit, that's cool as hell! Thanks for sharing those! The picture of the gravid chewie is awesome!
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Mar 31, 2012 15:27
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Hey guys! So it was relatively warm out this past weekend so my boyfriend and I tried to go herping in my grandparent's woods. Unfortunately it must have still been a little too cold for any snakes, but I did find a couple things!  I believe it's a Dusky Mountain Salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus). I'm really bad at identification, so if anyone has another opinion please chime in! And even though this was the only little salamander I found, I was quite excited, because around 6 years ago there was pretty much NOTHING found in the area due to pollutants in the stream. Yay! We also found quite a few of these things, do you guys have any idea what it was? Some kind of insect obviously, but I've never seen one of these before! It's kind of creepy. 
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Apr 2, 2012 23:23
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Wow, thanks for all the responses guys! Yeah I'm really amazed at how much better the stream has been getting over the last few years, we even saw a bunch of itty-bitty fish in it this time around! Here's to hoping it'll just keep getting better. And thanks OneTwentySix for the fixed ID! I was hoping you'd pop in with your sweet salamander knowledge. I'm in central MD, by the way, if that helps. In a few weeks when it REALLY starts to get warmer, I'll definitely go back out and hopefully find some more cool things.
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Apr 3, 2012 01:33
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5er posted:Oh my goodness he is just the cutest
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Apr 5, 2012 05:07
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Those are both really nice geckos!! Nice pinning and patten! Although I shouldn't be surprised, Eric's geckos are super awesome, always. Can't wait to see more pictures of them as they grow up.
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Apr 13, 2012 05:43
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Ohmygawd Greycious, that garg with the yellow "eyeliner" is just.... Eeeee.
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Apr 23, 2012 17:46
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ZarathustraFollower posted:
This absolutely cracked me up. I can't wait to hear more stories from your internship/volunteering! I'd love to be able to do something like that one day.
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That gecko is in really, really lovely condition and you should probably take it to a vet asap. It looks like it has pretty advanced MBD from those photos on top of the awful shed, and considering it's only been fed applesauce (holy poo poo what) it's pretty much guaranteed. It needs to get on repashy CGD immediately, and no more applesauce. And yes, they need to be separated especially if one is that much bigger than the other. And you should definitely try to q-tip off the shed if you can. I've never used mineral oil on my reptiles so I can't chime in on that. I've never seen a crested with that bad of a shed, are they not misting it ever? Jesus christ that's hosed up. It definitely didn't lose it's tail from "normal" circumstances (being startled, etc.), it's unbelievably stressed from MBD, low humidity, and a larger cagemate that probably bullies the hell out of it. Fake edit: I apologize if this comes off as snippy as hell, and I know it's not your gecko, but your friend's brother obviously neglected these animals and it makes me mad. Poor baby. I really hope it can pull through this.
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