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Does anyone know if you have to do anything special to any branches brought in from outside. I wonder about parasites, fungus and mold, etc.. Are any trees toxic or not safe? I am putting finishing touches on homemade cage, 48 inches tall, and need a few more tall items to complete it. Are...

This is Saki, approx. 2 yr old male veiled. I bought him from a college student for 100.00 in the glass terrarium, where I guess he has lived most of his life. His new screen cage should be done by Mon, I have been obsessing about it long enough. Waiting for poly. sealer to dry and then it is...

What is the safest product to use to seal wood on enclosures, especially those with 3 solid sides? I am concerned about misting and having chemical run-off that could be deadly. Or is there a product to put over the wood, after sealing it, (like glue on some stick down flooring squares), to...

Sealing wood on enclosures How long would you wait after sealing any wood for a cham enclosure, so as not to expose them to the fumes? I would be afraid the heat from lamps would also make more fumes become airborne and not healthy. I want to start a cage this weekend, as well, but am worried...

vegetarian To quote Jonathan Safran Foer, author of "Eating Animals", Americans now eat 150x as many chickens as we did only 80 yrs ago. According to the National Chicken Council about 180 million chickens are improperly slaughtered each year. The factory farming of animals is actually...

I just checked the supplements he gave me with Saki and they are Reptivite w\D3 and Rep-cal w/D. I have other supplements and will immediately back off the D-3. Hope this helps, I will let you know. Thanks for the links, they were def helpful.

I just bought my 2yr old Veiled from a college student about a week ago, I have done plenty of research, but my main concern is that I have never seen him shoot his tongue out. He was fed out of a small ceramic bowl. I read that the tongue can permanently shorten. Has anyone else ever had a...

Shortened Cham tongue? I just bought my 2yr old Veiled from a college student about a week ago, I have done plenty of research, but my main concern is that I have never seen him shoot his tongue out. He was fed out of a small ceramic bowl. I read that the tongue can permanently shorten. Has...

vegetarian I just returned to vegetarianism about 6+ months ago, mostly out of concern with antiobiotics, hormones and the in-humane treatment of mass-marketed animals for meat. If you get a chance, find the book "Eating Animals", I read this a few weeks ago and wish everyone I loved would...