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I just noticed a few patches of rough, wrinkly scales on Ogu, my fire stripe, when I was handling him. My first assumption is that these showed up because he's about to shed, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't anything more serious (paranoid? who me?). Does this look familiar to anyone...

Snake gives 'virgin birth' to extraordinary babies Thoughts? Comments?!

Hey guys, I just put together my rack from AP (a 4 shelf CB70 Iris model). Once I loaded up the tubs, I noticed there's a little gap between the top of the tub and the shelf. This is my first rack, so I'm not sure if this is something I should be concerned about. I can always get some shims and...

Check it out! I want one :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLjDjXzTiU&feature=player_embedded#! ETA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJslSbsLOU&feature=player_embedded

Sorry if I missed this the first time around, but I thought this was so cool! It's an article on how corn snakes develop: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/snake_segmentation.php For the non-readers, here's a chart with step-by-step embryo development...

Hey everyone, Forgive me if I completely missed the answer to this one (I poked around the relevent sounding threads but didn't find anything). I know everyone was waiting for the results from a few breeding trials this year to see once and for all what, if any, connection there was between...

Who's got 'em or who's planning on having them? I'm in no rush, so I'd be interested in hearing everyone's future breeding plans for them as well. Thanks!!

So my amel, Wade, retained a tiny tiny part of his tail during his last shed. I let him run through a damp towel a few times but no dice. It's such a tiny little part of his shed that I'm thinking it's hard for the towel to get a good grip on it. It doesn't look like it's messing up his tail yet...

Everyone is fed and shed! Well, by everyone I mean both, because there are only two. First up is Wade, who's just about to be bumped up to hoppers. Then we have Aida, who is squirmy and hard to photograph. The pinks are starting to show up on her face and neck, which is exciting...

So I got Aida from John Finsterwald back in September. She's doing great! She's an eating, shedding, pooing machine. I don't think I've shared any photos of her with you all, so enjoy! Bonus leg action! I love that she's kept that little row of dots on her nose. I took these using my handy...

Sorry if this has already been posted. I did a few searches and didn't find anything. Someone in the herpers livejournal community posted this earlier. It's the article written in response to the claims that the proposed species included in the python ban constitute potential invasive species...

This isn't a question pertaining to any issues with shedding but about the whole shedding process in general. So I know that before snakes shed they start looking dull as their skin loosens, which makes sense. What I don't get is why they clear up right before they start to shed. Wouldn't it...

Hah, so I'm probably way too easily amused, but I put Aida in an extra sterilite tub I have while I was cleaning her viv, and when I turned around to check on her, she was proving out the theory that baby corns will go to any lengths to hang out on the lip of their cages, no matter what that lip...

Ok, so I've been following the Munson Plan for my corns, and so far so good, but Wade's reached 26 g this week (they grow up so fast *sniff!*), and while I should be bumping him up to fuzzies, I think he looks too narrow to be able to handle them. I've never seen these fuzzies in person before...

Ok, so is Aida here in blue or am I just paranoid? This'll be her first shed with me and I've never seen a lav in blue before. She was a lot less active than she normally is when I handled her, which is how my amel, Wade, gets right before he sheds. Of course I'm about to go out of town, d'oh! I...