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I need some help

the herptile master — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:28:40 GMT

I might be going to a reptile expo. The problem is that it is one the same day as trick or treating. I dont know what to choose. What do you think i should do?

Aussie boy, age 7, breaks into zoo to kill reptiles!

CaseyVT — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:10:38 GMT

Some idiot kid broke in to an Aussie zoo to kill bearded dragons, thorny devils and blue tongued with rocks. Then he fed a goanna to a saltwater croc. Since the kids under 10, they CANT EVEN PUNISH HIM!!! The kid's obviously a sociopath! god this makes me angry!!!

What this site should not condone...

FrogmanJared — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:47:19 GMT

I believe that if someone on this site posts about a wild animal caught, and it's a species that is threatened, or in trouble that the members should not help them in the care for the animal. It only promotes other people to do the same thing and diminishes the population even further. I'll be disappointed if I'm banned from the forum, as I have been a member for a long time, and if I am banned, hopefully others take this as an example and promote captive breeding and leaving wild populations alone.

Unbelievable

Bugman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:57:24 GMT

This is an absolutely horrible story (see link). I can't believe that anyone, much less a seven year old, would do such a thing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7649876.stm

Possible Mites???

TheAnole95 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:51:22 GMT

I went in my room at like 6:40 AM to do the usual dumping and refilling my GTF water dish, and today all the water was gone, which is different because usualy id don't soak up all the water. He must of been hanging out there most of the night because he pooped in there. Then I noticed there were little bugs, I don't think they were mites because they were not red. I flushed them all of them out with water. My only thought what it might be is some sort of other bug because I had some wild moss in there and there might of been eggs in the dirt, so I threw all the moss away. Anybody know about these bugs, and are they really mites???

Multi-species enclosures

Reptile_Dude — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00:22 GMT

Multi-species enlosures....man their unique. Share about your own multi-species herp cages or tell us of plans for making one in the future.

herp mix up

turtle boy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:50:55 GMT

what three herps were mixed up in this picture?

Greatest Threat

Reptile_Dude — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:53:01 GMT

In your opinion, what is the greatest cause of endangered herps in the wild overall? Pollution? Habitat destruction? What?

Giant Chinese green snakes

Bill Love — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:05:52 GMT

At the Tampa, Florida Herp Show this past weekend, one vendor had a dozen or more of what he was calling 'Giant Chinese green snakes' on his tables. I hadn't seen these before, but have tentatively keyed them out as Cyclophiops major from China. They look like overgrown smooth green snakes from the U.S. They were a little dinged up, but generally looked healthy. Since I'd never seen them before, I'm guessing they're something new that's being tapped for the imported herp trade. Has anyone here worked with any of these to determine what they eat? It'd be easy to assume they take the same things --- mainly insects --- that American green snakes prefer, but I'm interested in proven things someone has observed them eat.

Non-herp careers

Reptile_Dude — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:07:46 GMT

I have noticed that there has been alot of discussion on the forums about non-herps animals that people own.

So I ask this: What jobs do you have or pursue that don't involve herps?

Naturalistic Enclosures

herpintedd — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:24:53 GMT

Post pics of your most naturalistic enclosures.

Help Finding Enclosure???

floyd1977us — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:25:47 GMT

I’m looking to get acrylic terrarium sized 24L x 12W x25H for 2 Whites tree frogs. Glass is to risky with the military postal service, plus I’m going to keep the cage pretty high up so my 3 year old won't mess with it so the lighter the better when I need to clean it. I have found places that offer cages that size but I’m in Europe with the military and no one will ship here because they use UPS rather than USPS... Anyone know of a place that sells them that (or similar) size and will ship to an APO?

i cant decide.

lighteninggecko — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:33:40 GMT

my parents said i could get a small easy to keep herp for our class pet ( im homeschooled) and i cant decide on which of these species to get so ill let you decide.

Anole

pac man

or a red eyed tree frog

What do you think of zoos?

Reptile_Dude — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:52:14 GMT

What do you think of zoos? Do you think of them as great places were we can view animals from across the world and were animals-especially endangered-can be bred, helping the species overall population? Or perhaps you think of them as awful facilities were animals are shoved in cages for public enjoyment.

I personally go with the first. The latter was how they may have been some years ago, but they've definetly improved.

Your thought please.

Other animal hobbies you have aside from reptiles

proud_2_be_filipino_herper — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:43:16 GMT

So what are the other animal hobbies you have and tell which species or family you focus more on?
mine is exotic fish keeping I focus more on catfishes and dog keeping where I focus on caring for Mini Pincers

calcium sand

HappyAgamid — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:11:20 GMT

hi, i have been looking for good substrates for desert type lizards. Calcium sand sounds like a good idea. It helps herps get nutrients that they need and is supposedly easily digestible as well as it looks nice and natural. I would like to now if anyone uses this sand and how it has worked out for them.

I would also like to know if you think there is a better substrate to use instead.

What do you intend to do?

Reptile_Dude — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:19:28 GMT

When it comes to herps, what do you want to do in your future? Wether its to keep it as a side hobby or begin your own national breeding project, share it here. Also, if you have already "chased after" your herps dream you can tell us about it and give advice to us who havn't yet.

What species is this?

HERPETOLOGIST N TRAINING — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:53:37 GMT

I have a Green Tree Frog I belive, I ordered it about four months ago off of reptilecity.com and it has been doing great. I recently made her a page and some commits said that she was a tigger-legged tree frog. I will let you decide.

Reptile Taxidermy

blkfirecrystal — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:28:25 GMT

Alright, I've been having this discussion with my fiance alot lately and I want to get your opinions. While I am an animal lover I find it hard to stomach lifelike skin displayed into what is a representation of dearly departed animal. (Especially herps..particularly monitor lizards). I recently did a search on ebay for "savannah monitor" and the only item for bid was a taxidermy mounted Savannah monitor skin with head and legs still attached. The animal was 28", the same size as my beautiful Sav Freya. I e-mailed the seller and asked if the animal was someone's pet or was wild caught...

This is my question: Do you agree with displaying taxidermy animals in one's home regardless of whether or not it was a pet? I mean displaying them in museums or Universities is one thing, it's for educational purposes. But to have a dead animal nailed to my wall, especially a species I care about so much, is unnerving. Would any of you taxidermy your pet after it dies? Or do you think it's best to burry him/her respectfully? Please comment.

Central PA Reptile Expo, Carlisle, PA

KordeksKritters — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:01:25 GMT

The Central PA Reptile Expo is only 2 weeks away!!

Make sure to check out the webpage for updated vendors, and to see our newest feature, the Supporters page. We have had some great people team up with us who cannot attend, but will have materials set up at the show. If anyone is interested in advertising with us but cannot attend the show, this is an opportunity for you to get your name out there no matter what part of the country you are in!

Also, we have some BIG changes for 2009, including a bigger venue, and more vendor spaces available. There will also be a complete redesign of our website, and some other great things coming up.

Come check out the great things we have planned for this show in October!

Date: October 11
Time: 10am until 6pm
Place: Hotel Carlisle, 1700 Harrisburg Pike, Carlisle PA
Admission: $7, kids under 6 are FREE!

For more information, please email us at info@centralpareptileexpo.com. Hope to see you all there!

Kelly Kordek

I am just wanting to share with people about my workingot get herp related activities going at my local Petco, with the Support of The Store Manager

SpikesMom — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:31:51 GMT

Ok so I am no sure where exactly to post this so I will put it here in hopes someone will see it and/or someone will tell me where it really should go.

I have been becoming quite the regular at my local Petco the past many months and it has come to the point where I have become friends with the Manager and quite a few of the cashiers. Even so to the point they know exactly what I want when I come in lol. Anyway I had been talking to the manager, who's name is Matt btw and he had said that he has an interest in herps too and had noticed and agreed with me that it is a shame that there are no herp related activities at the pet store given that there are a lot of cat and dog related activities. He told me that as store manager he has the authority of starting new activities at store level and I expressed and interest in getting some herp related activities at the store and he said he would like to do that.

All I need to do is come of with a list of a minimum of 10 interested people and a number they can be reached at so they can be let know of any new activities and stuff. Anyway If any of you by chance live in the Salem/Keizer area and would be interested in herp related activities at the Petco on Lancaster please feel free to leave me a message with your name and phone number. Herpers and curious non-herpers alike are welcome. If you are a herper please let me know what kind of herp you have so that it gives usa rough idea of what kinds of activities we can customise to your kind of herp

Not about reptiles but I need to know this

2manyherps — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:02:22 GMT

I know this is not a rocket forum but I need to know this. How many volts does it take to launch a rocket.

Best Herp for My Tank

Darth Scohin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:58:46 GMT

Recently I have aquired a Exo Terra Terrarium 18X18X18. And seeing my friendly neighboorhood Herp Expo is Sunday I was Wondering what would be a good herp for the Tank. I've read about Day Geckos; Croc Skinks; Sand Boas and even centipedes. What would be the best for this size Tank?

Next Herp

Ozo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:02:52 GMT

For the next Herp that I get I do not know if I should get a Pacman Frog or Neon Day Gecko. What do you think?

tamodine and tamodine-e wots the difference?

bec — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:16:31 GMT

My frilled dragon recently hurt her tail. The only tamodine that my pet shop had was tamodine-e. Can i still use this if diluted? I will be greatful to any help on this thanks.

Inheritence cycle books

Reptile_Dude — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:38:28 GMT

I was noticing that alot of people are talking about these (due to the new book) so I decided to start this thread so other threads won't get off topic.

Stacking aquariums?

herpintedd — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:04:45 GMT

Im getting a larger enclosure for my rtb soon so I wanted to bang out the bottom panel and stack it on my other tank for my beardie. they are both 40 breeders. I saw this in a book but ive never seen it done. anyone ever tried this or have any thoughts on it?

I'm back!

Reptile Maniac — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:18:56 GMT

Hey everybody, just wanted to make sure that you don't think i'm dead or anything.

the main reason i am posting is that i finally got my sav in a bigger cage. he's about 1 foot long and was housed in a 45 gallon tubberware container. yesterday my brother and 2 uncles and me made a 5'x3'x2' (LWH) wooden cage. but just wanted to say hey!

When do the herps get there credit?

the herptile master — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:04:49 GMT

I have noticed that on pet commercals, they always show cats abd dogs. Even birds. But you never get any commercials with a lizard or salemander or something. NEVER. What is up with that? When do the herps get there credit!?

Stacking aquariums?

herpintedd — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:05:17 GMT

Fav. Fictional herp

TheAnole95 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:00:36 GMT

Your favorite non living herp can be from a T.V. show, book, movie, video game, etc. My favorite from a book is Thor from the Eragon books and my favorite herp from a video game is Meta Ridley from Metroid Prime.

Meta Ridley

Going to Repticon show in Orlando in October!!!

BigCatTattoos — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:34:27 GMT

Woohoo, we are finally getting to go to another reptile show! It has been so long since I've gone to a reptile show. And we are going to the Repticon show in Orlando, FL on October 10-13. We have lots of things planned, we are going to Gatorland, the Repticon show, & Universal Studios!!! I can't wait, it's also a few days before me & my husband's anniversary. So this is going to be a great anniversary & family vacation! ~Marine

if you could...

gojira1011 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:06:38 GMT

what reptiles would you own? other than what you already have...

i would get a sulcata, brazilian rainbow boa, panther chameleon, water dragon, another beardie, a uro, and a burm.

if you had all the time and money and space in the world... beyond your wildest dreams.... what would you love to have???

Reasons for hatchling failure

dislatecoya — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:56:33 GMT

What are the many reasons for crested gecko hatchling failure?

Want to get a herp?

ReptileChannel Moderator — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:52:06 GMT

There have been many topics on the ReptileChannel Forums from people whose parents will not allow them to keep herps, or limit what herps they can keep.

I would like to take this opportunity to suggest that if you find yourself in this situation, that you buy the 2009 Reptiles USA annual. There is a great article in this annual titled "A Perfect Fit: Eight compelling reasons why youngsters should keep reptiles."

The 2009 Reptiles USA annual is currently hitting shelves near you. For a low $7.50 price, your side is already laid out for you. Pick it up and have your parents read it.

R.M.

what do you think is the best herp to keep

SNAKE CHARMER — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:54:02 GMT

i got bored so i thought i'd create this topic asking people what they think is the best herp to keep

mine would have to be the colombian red-tail boa large but,managable size,geat temperment,& there just plain beautiful

I love my school

the herptile master — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:42:00 GMT

I just found out today that my school has a yearly picnic. This year it is going to be at a park with a large wooded area and a large pond. And the best part is that, we are allowed to do what ever we wont!!!!!!!! So me and my freands are going to go herping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coconut husk backgrounds

herpintedd — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:16:43 GMT

ok so I have been looking at these latley and it seems that the ones advertised for herps are way over priced, but I found the same thing at homedepo that was for plant hangers. there a big circle. would this be safe for herps or do you think there treated with something dangerous. anyone ever tried it?

What is the best herp collection that you've seen at a zoo or aquarium?

Reptile_Dude — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:33:00 GMT

Just wondering. Mine would probably be the National Zoo.

Cage dilemma...

herpintedd — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:50:46 GMT

I need a bigger cage for my columbian and i have been looking on craigslist. I found one thats 5x2 and reasonably priced, but the guy said that his ball python that he had in it died from a bacterial infection where his underside turned all pink. Part of the cage (corners and top) is wood and I was wondering if its possible that my snake could also get this infection if I got the tank. I would disinfect it as best as i could but wood is porous and I really dont want to take any chances. What do you think?
Thanks!