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Amazing that after all these years, experienced keepers are still trying to solve the edema problem/puzzle. :) Most keepers that have seen their fair share of edemas over the years have proposed all sorts of causes and most of them are well aware that since edemas are a symptom of underlying...

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That made me laugh Mike. Following is the excerpt from that article that I really took to heart at the time and I remember trying to use the same criteria when selecting my own quads. However, I didn't have the luxury of getting to choose from large groups like you guys did. We select our...

So Mike, would you say that what the importer told Janet is at least an exaggeration or simply a case of him not being old enough to really remember the 90s as she suggested?

I'm glad you got a settlement. I can only imagine how devastating that would have been.

I recall Doug writing about what he looked for when selecting quads. I remember him talking about the spacing of the gular scales, the angle of the horns, etc.. Must have been nice to be able to hand-pick from a large imported group. Most of us just have to take what we can get, often sight...

Wow, 300 a year! How many pairs or females did you have at one time in order to produce that many? I suppose I can take a guess by doing the math, but it's easier to just ask. :) I've never had enough females at one time to even come close to that number. I'm really wondering what percentage...

I think I need to revise that statement. Ryan in LA raised him (a male that Laurie hatched), but I think I recall that Pablo did spend at least some time outdoors. I'm not sure about supplementation either. I'm pretty sure I asked Ryan about those things, but I'll have to text Ryan or go back...

On a tangent of sorts but still having to do with a male's willingness to breed, I've heard/read when a male is continually kept with females, his aggressiveness in breeding diminishes. However, the two males that fathered my bloodline A and bloodline B were housed with a female all the time...

No pressure. Just easier to keep track with names. That's all. :D That's why I just recently started naming mine. I haven't thought completely trough this or checked with many keepers, but it seems that, in general, males that were raised mostly indoors haven't been as reliable of breeders...

So Kevin, what's the father's name and the mother's? Has he fathered a previous clutch? This is the female's first? Congrats! Perry

Pictures. I want to see pictures. :D

I suppose anything is possible, but I haven't seen any sign of an uri whatsoever. It seems all 4 of these males are going through something similar though. "Not getting any worse" describes my two pretty well also. Occasionally I'll see something that makes me think they've turned a corner, but...

Two more pics of Trooper. First one was taken on 12/23/14 and the other was taken in January. The third pic is of the smaller male. Cheryl, what have you named him? Both my largest male, Cerulean, and my small male, Lazarus, are not eating on their own. Any progress on the two males you have...

Following are excerpts of an email exchange that I had with Dooley1 (Kevin) back in August of 2013. I wasn't satisfied with the growth rate I was experiencing from the quads I hatched and was looking for common variables used by keepers who were getting faster growth rates. Housing quads...

Sorry. My bad. I thought you used Cricket Crack. Maybe a sign of me getting older. :) I should have looked up the email before posting that. The email where you mentioned using Monster Cricket Diet was from 2013. Now that I've found that email, the one where I was impressed with the growth rate...

A little tidbit of info I haven't shared about Trooper is that early on, when he caught sight of one of the females, he started displaying to her. She, being gravid though, wanted nothing to do with him and started rocking. Hopefully, Trooper will, in time, get back to being healthy enough to...

Amazing that she was just 30 grams the day I got her on 12/23. She wasn't even "showing" then. :) For a time, I considered her a large sub-adult to small adult. As she put on 15 grams, it became clear that she was gravid so I began calling her an adult. Just curious, do you have a weight on her...

Awesome! Which of the two girls laid? Perry

Sorry Dave. I shouldn't have sounded negative about the Cornhusker State, especially since I've mostly just driven through NE a handful of times. Once though, as a student on a 2 1/2 week long ecology trip in college, our van with 12 students broke down on our way to WA in the middle of the...