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    Beware of superworms

    Yup another urban wise tail. Find out for yourself. Get some supers. fill a bowl with a wee bit of water,not even covering them just enough for surface tension, they all ded real soon. The only thing that i know of that can come out the other end and start wiggling, is BSFL. And everyone...
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    When you have to get up in the middle of the night to pee

    Because who could resist a tegu pull toy made of fire hose material.
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    Chameleon safety when painting room

    For home work. "when can i put the chameleon into its new cage i painted". There was several threads on how long the outgassing takes based on the paint used. Unfortunately outdoor paint is the best and most robust, but also has the highest amount of outgassing. For all i know the indoor...
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    SOS!SOS!My chameleon nails are falling off!

    You have a pretty bad fungal/viral infection on the skin. Just look at all the spots on the back. Its vet time.
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    Best place to start?

    Meh ohio proud. Mine all do fine in the winter with the 90 days of sub 30% humidity and reptbreeze/free range. I only get issues if i run a humidifier then i start getting URI etc. Not sure if its just mold etc growing in the room, or the humidifier cleaning growing pink slime...
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    Best place to start?

    Beginner: Never taken a reptile to the vet Never administered medicine to a reptile Only had reptiles housed in "fish tanks" and not open air or semi open air "cages" Can a cham be fine with a beginner? SURE. We have basic husbandry down to a science after 30 years of practice. Its almost...
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    How do you know when it’s time to trim your plants back?

    i severely cut them back once they start crowding out the basking spot. Then i just throw all the cuttings in a spare pot to make a new one. Im not a good trimmer so my photos tend to get striggy after a few years :P
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    Feeders

    I tend to put the feeder as low in the cage as possible. Also the feeder is see threw, so they may try to eat the bugs threw the plastic and give up. But yea at that age she should be a good eater. now at 7-9 months you want to start limiting food so you dont ge early eggs.
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    Spike is so unserious

    Its all fun and games till you are on the screen and the sprinklers go off.
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    Panther Handling

    "Male veil'ds come with a neat built in handle on their head to remove them from your finger" Meanwhile my male veiled was perfectly fine to hand to little ones. Yet my ONLY panther was so anti social i was banned from getting more, and i dont even have pictures of him, only receipts...
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    Humidity Concerns

    The low day humidity is to prevent mold etc. The fan should be taking care of that to increase the circulation. There is only so much room adjustments we can do before we start doing more harm than good. For example here in the north its difficult to keep humidity at 50% during the winter...
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    Outdoor temp

    Ohio, wire cage with large sticks and no shade: 55 if its sunny 75 and sunny he only lasts 30min before hes crawling on the bottom of the wire cage wanting back in from getting hot. 80 sunny and above i might be able to wash the car before he over heats and wants back in. On the other hand the...
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    How to eat a grasshopper...

    Sideways, always sideways
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    The Eclipse…

    Amazon man was not phased.
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    Can we change pet stores?

    Its simple, they are a pet "supplies" store. They are not meant to supply "pets". U want a pet, look at the bulletin board at checkout with all the local breaders posting.
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