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Had a pleasant surprise this morning... a lovely visitor came to my porch. I offered her one of my dubias but she had no interest. She let me hold her! Don't worry, I was very gentle and so was she. I hope she lays eggs in our yard, I love these green guys!

The Tucson show was great, I was at the AHA booth for most of it if anyone was there... I got this Enigma female from Christian Kaleta at Predators reptile center and... a secret... ;) a G.pulchripes sling. I can upload all 200+ pictures I took at the show onto imageshack or something if...

So tonight my cat found something more interesting than his usual cricket or beetle... a Mediterranean house gecko. This guy is TINY! My smallest mealworms are about the length of his entire body. I rescued him from the cat and I was going to just let him go back out into the yard when I noticed...

Leopard geckos. I'd been thinking about them for a while and when a friend was selling them at my Herp Association tonight I just couldn't resist. This is Dotti, so named for the bullseye on her back. And this is... the other one, as yet unnamed. Any ideas?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/26/parents.plane.behavior/index.html?hpt=C2 I've heard that people without kids often give terrible advice on parenting, but this is above and beyond. Yes, let's do a background check of people's parenting skills before letting them on the plane. That is...

We did a rat dissection today in science, and it really bothered me. We had dissected a grasshopper before, but it didn't hit as close to home because grasshoppers aren't on the same level mentally as rats. All I know about rats is that they are affectionate, intelligent, loving, and playful. So...

And god are the rumors flying around as to why. This morning when I got to school it was "We have a new math teacher; I think Mrs. Blah is being fired." By the end of the day, it was, "Mrs. Blah IS being fired and it's because she bought beer for students and slept with a student." First of...

I was at Petco today and they recently received some red-tail boas. Well I walked by their enclosure and one of them has his front half of his body straight up and his head bent backwards. He held this position for a good 15 minutes or so without moving. It looks like stargazing to me.

Thinking about getting T's for myself and my ex. I'm getting myself a Chaco Golden Knee, but what would be a REALLY low-maintenance (even for T's) beginner T for him? Also what are some things I should know about their care? I know that they're generally fine in room-temp (70*-86*) and they need...

I found my little Mousey-moo-moo face down in her water dish a few minutes ago, mouth agape and body all twisted up... dead, of course. After having a good cry I put her in a box. How do I dispose of her body? I can't bury her in the yard; even with the box, the dog would dig her up. I don't...

I was in the dentist office the other day and because I was bored out of my brains I read a copy of Reader's Digest. In it was an article about the pet trade. It ranted about how exotic animals basically translates to "wild" animals that are out to sneak from your neighbor's house to yours for...

Literally! Every few days I find these little red marks on my body, in various places but most are on my legs. They start red and turn pinkish and rough, like a sunburn, over a day or two. (please excuse the chubbiness; I haven't been well enough to go running in a few days) They do not itch...

For the first time since I bought my snakies, all is well and happy. No one is sick; no one has improper temperatures; no one is refusing food; no one is not growing or shedding... Ahhh! Feels so good to only have to worry about feeding and watering, rather than medications and helping someone...

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/boy_s_tragic_death_could_have For those of you unaware and about to respond in seriousness... The Onion is a spoof new network, and this is a spoof news story.

Stuff you wish you'd known before you bought your first snake. sterilite boxes make fine living areas, and are often a tenth of the cost of glass aquaria the hides at the petstore are insanely overpriced and your snake with be perfectly happy with recycled tp rolls and cereal boxes if you...

Boo was out and about tonight, earlier than I expected him to be since he's MY BIG EATING BOY on two pinks now, and he looked so BIG (relative to Mouse and how big he was in November) so I told my mom how excited I was that he was putting on some weight faster now. "Why not just feed it less?"...

I bought a small pot of live basil at the store today and was wondering how best to care for it and how long it might live?

Mouse is affectionately referred to as my "developmentally disordered" snake (except with a less PC term) around the house, and I frequently have to lead her to her water dish or she won't drink. Today I made her drink and she sucked up water for a minute straight. Then I realized I hadn't...

Found something that looked very similar to spider webs in the tub of spagnum moss I had in Mouses tank last night. Naturally I threw it out but I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this before and if it really was spider webbing (shudder) or some sort of fungus from the moist conditions...

Both, I believe, by ZooMed. I received several samples of each at my most recent AHA meeting and was wondering if they could be used for my snakes? They both talk about crickets in their instructions, so I don't know if they're snake-safe or not. Obviously they aren't necessary, but I was hoping...