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I’m the biosafety officer for a major university so don’t feel bad.

Thank you. I expect a good shower should do it once I remove it from the environment. It is amazing how little is known. I did find a a few charts of the structure but seems not much work has been done outside turtles and very little has been to sequence them. That’s why I started this...

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1177/153567600801300104 looks like 5-6 weeks so 3 months is safe. Basing this on general worst case for double stranded non enveloped dna viruses now for can a human be a carrier. I found human hpv clears in about two years so still working on this part.

I agree with all that my question is around how long it can sit on a surface and can I after a good shower still carry it in me. Might not harm me but papilloma can live in a human just not sure the reptile version can. I figure to give 3-6 months between to be safe but wondered if a...

So I have a panther with papilloma. He’s doing his thing but once he does pass how long do I need to wait before bringing in a new lizard. I understand cleaning cages and tossing plants but what about me and the rest of my house? I am thinking I’d have to wait a period for the virus to be non...

hornworms Speaking of hornworms, I switched sources and the first had the mulberry farms style chow. The new one has this bran colored chow. I have found it is not as nutritional for the cham as the mulberryfarms chow. It also has less calcium. Be real careful feeding hornworms. They can...

tongue If your cham is not shooting his tongue take heed he is sick even if you don't think so. It is a matter of time. Start working on getting his nutrition up. It is not just calcium. Vary the insects. Hormworms are a good food but should not be the only food. Silkworms, Hornworms, gut...

my panther does that all the time. It is usually he can't find the next branch he expects to be their under his foot. I've even seen him grab himself (leg).