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Sad to report that I came home this evening to find Jonesy, my 24 and a half year old Corn, had passed away. I'd been struggling to keep him going over the past six months. He'd lost condition and had a couple of regurges, turning into a really picky eater in between times. I tempted him back...

Wow! This is really exciting... http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19555550 Parthenogenesis is confirmed in a wild population of snakes for the first time.

My flat has been plagued with moths since about this time last year - they're driving me nuts. I must kill half a dozen a day. My snakes are kept in my lounge. I've been spraying the bedrooms and bathroom (at the other end of the flat) with a moth killer, but it's marked as highly toxic to...

I've been asked for advice and I just wanted to see if I've covered all bases. A friend's daughter has a five year old Corn. His last shed left a scrap of old skin round one nostril. They bathed it with a cotton wool bud (this is a very patient snake!) and managed to soften it and remove the...

The EU is conducting a consultation on some very worrying legislation, which would potentially restrict the ownership, breeding and trade of any non-native animals. This has the potential to (at worst) kill the reptile trade and criminalise breeding at any level. It's worth bearing in mind that...

Uh-oh... http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/23/1115226109 The PNAS is a serious, academic, peer-reviewed journal. Difficult to dismiss this as "cranks" unless someone in the pro-reptile community comes up with empirical data to refute the reported findings?

Just found one of my females, Sunshine, sliding around in a puddle of blood. It's very fresh and appears to have a small glob of poop in it. Pic attached. She's in with a male at the moment for mating. I tried them a few weeks ago but they didn't seem interested. There's been a similar lack of...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8493389.stm This is very close to showing their true colours. For those outside the UK, the "Baby P" child abuse case involved a toddler who was systematically abused throughout his short life and finally killed by his mother and stepfather, despite...

Today is Remembrance Day here in the UK. We remember the fallen from all wars and think of all those who have served or are serving and their families. Would anyone care to join me in remembering someone special who gave their life? I remember my Grandad, Frank Midgley. He died aged 19 in...

I've just tried to rep someone with zero points on their profile, but got the "You have to spread it around before giving rep to this person again" message. Surely if I'd repped them successfully, they'd have rep points showing?

[Sorry, just realised I can't post pics from my home PC - will post from work tomorrow] I don't believe this. The first egg of my Amel & Snow clutch pipped last night. When I checked this morning, the hatchling was fully out and one more was pipping. Thought I'd leave them in the incubation...

*gulp* Just handed in my notice at work. I'm leaving a stable, well-paid (24x7 callout, long hours, majorly stressful) job in IT, to study archaeology at university. Nice timing - thanks to the credit crunch/recession, commercial archaeology is already grinding to a halt over here in the UK...

I can't post pics in either new threads or replies. I see the "Attach files" box which lists the valid file extensions, but there's no button that allows me to browse my hard drive so I can add them to my post. Any ideas?

Is anyone else being driven nuts by the recent outbreak of "What's my morph?" questions? Well I think I've hit on a formula for answers, that could be cut & pasted: _____ Q1: "I bought this for $10 at PetSmart. Is it a <Miami/ Okeetee/ Hypo/ insert any exotic morph name or seletively-bred...

Drat and blast! Second year of trying to breed my Normal Stripe Motley het Amel x Amel Stripe pair, and I'd pretty much given up on them. Absolutely nothing last year and no sign of any activity in that direction this year. Female has eaten like a champ throughout and showed no outward sign of...

I have a pair of Rich Z's Golddusts het Motley that I plan to breed next year. Been trying to figure out whether to put them together or put each with a Butter Mot. I know that putting them together will give me (ignoring the het Mot for clarity) Golddusts, Butters and Ultra Caramels in varying...

Hi all. I was called away from work about an hour and a half ago (just in time to stop me inundating the board with cat macros!) by a friend who runs a dog rescue. She's had an Amel hatchling handed in that was found on a pavement this morning. I've picked it up and frankly I don't hold out...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7044701.stm If not the owner, anyone local might want to contact police & offer it a knowledgeable home? Press has managed to keep a lid on the hysteria - the most they can come up with today is "may alarm local wildlife"!

Look what my Butter Motley pair just threw in their second clutch of the year. What I believe Rich would refer to as "Stripe-Type Butter Motleys". They're genuine Motleys, but trying very hard to disguise themselves as Stripes! And they look like two different shades of Butter as well. It was a...

Just noticed that I've had 3 rep points "awarded"to me recently, but the Rep count in my post hasn't increased - has been 48 for a few weeks now. Is the counter not working at the moment? Not a big deal - I just went in to change my sig and noticed I had new points.