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Kind of late here, and I'm not sure how much this adds, but I figure I would chime in. For background, folks are listing their credentials so I'll list mine too-I'm a practicing human doctor with a PhD in hepatology (liver) who contributes to and studies veterinary science and publishes papers...

They do sometimes lay infertile clutches, but shouldn't really do so without a lot of food intake and high heat. But if she laid successfully well done :)

Stop giving the lactulose, there is no reason to do so in this case and it might actually be harmful. Large meals like this may take longer to digest-it's no problem :) . If he is eating and otherwise healthy, no big deal. Are you sure he didn't poop already? Lactulose isn't a totally benign...

Helminth (worm egg), not coccidia nor amoeba. Probably not a big deal given that it looks pretty rare in the stool, but decision to treat is best left to a shared effort/discussion between you and the vet of course which should consider clinical history and trajectory.

Yes :) Sorry for late response

They look great! Did you facebook message me? (Michael Nash?) If so, you have heard all the podcasts already. Let me know and I can send you the full care guide

Is it just piperacillin or piperacillin/tazobactam? This is usually used for Pseudomonas coverage, which is a nasty bacteria. But ceftazidime (fortaz) also covers pseudomonas so I am curious whether fortaz has been tried already? I'm more hung up on why they gave piperacillin to begin with as I...

Sorry for the delay, here are some thoughts about this :) . I think the results are valid and not simply due to a low sample size (especially as the initial power analysis determined that n=6 per group is statistically sufficient to detect the difference I'd expect), but every experiment of...

You have a male Brookesia superciliaris there. They can be tricky but that one looks to be in great condition. I don't have a full care guide written on them yet but I do have one for B. thieli that is largely applicable. If you PM me I can send it. Also check out this podcast discussing...

Definitely, very worth discussing and happy to do so, will respond more thoroughly a bit later

Super interesting, I have heard of Olaf but never spoke with him myself. This is also really good info! What other insects were referred to as juicy? Caterpillars definitely make sense to me. I didn't see any caterpillars that weren't covered in some kind of irritating hair/barbs when I was...

Sure, thanks for the kind words :) Yes, I have read the fog drinking article and am familiar with Archaius.eu!

Thanks for your comments Petr :) No, I did not observe what I would call deliberate or targeted drinking, it was more like an incidental swallow and it was only once. An adult male parsonii that was found in a jackfruit tree was brought down while it was raining lightly. During that time, some...

These are not centipedes (carnivorous), but instead are greenhouse millipedes (detritivores/herbivores). More later but I hope that helps a little!

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Now for some thoughts about fog, mist, and rain. Just sharing some observations, whether this actually matters and provides a clear path forward to improving chameleon care remains to be seen. Fogging and misting are kind of tense topics that I'm not trying to stir up too bad but I just wanted...

Whoa! I was in Madagascar so somehow missed this! Hooray!

Thanks for the papers, wonderful content and thanks for digging them up! Just what I wanted to find. I couldn't see the facebook post, it's just the brookesia facebook group for me for some reason but not anything specific. But maybe it's one of my posts in that group? Well, I might have seen...

Wow, nice find! I wasn't aware of this literature. I'd like to see a similar study done in more commonly kept species like B. thieli, superciliaris, therezieni, but this is super interesting!

Male F. lateralis found near a road in Madagascar.