'Tell it me true.
Why do lizards lose their limbs and why is it a good move evolutionarily.';

'DO NOT FEED YOUR TEGU EGGS OR RAW FISH. OH GOD THE STENCH I CAN STILL SMELL IT.';

'>>4757769
because theyre living in the underbrush, or underground, limbs are a liability at that point as snakes have already pointed out';

'>>4757769
if you think this is weird check out crustaceans and why these fucks keep evolving into crabs';

'>>4757802
There are two endgame paths for crustaceans
>crab
>weird amorphous blob that is autistically specialized to parasitize something';

'>>4757807
What does that thing parasitize';

'>>4757823
starfish';

'undefined';

'>>4757802
Because crabs are peak evolution.';

'>>4758048
checks out';

'>>4757826
Isn't there one that also does fish? Also still absolutely fucks me up that th8ng is an arthropod';

'undefined';

'>>4758820
Me huffing the gf's farts.';

'>>4757769
Prey preference/foraging behavior may be one reason.';

'>>4758551
Kek bet he learned his lesson';

'>>4758820
what if you popped it with a needle…';

'Expo coming up. I'm in this nice middle ground where I have big empty enclosures, hides, substrate, lamps, but I don't know how exactly I want to set them up. I'll dial it in in the hours after the impulse buys (it'll be fine, homos).
>BTS
>or Schneider's
>hogger
>pituophis
>honestly I could get another lampropeltis variety
>antaresia??
>I want a BCI but know I don't have the room';

'>>4757769
Carrier's Constraint';

'Will picking frog eggs from my garden pond and having them stay in bucket with water for half day or so damage them in any way? Need to clean the thing. European common frog eggs.';

'>>4759536
nah';

'Are heat pads a no for KSBs? Can't they just move?';

'>>4757767
Is this a fake snake or a real one?
1/2';

'>>4759622
2/2';

'>>4759625
3/2
Found hiding in over grown grass, tried to burrow underground when exposed.
Dark brown on the dorsal side and cream colored on the ventral side
Found in central Texas';

'>>4759576
Heat from below is unnatural, burrowing animals instinctually dig when too warm. Just get a radiant heat panel like the chicken people use, it’s only moderately spender and it’s much safer.';

'>>4759622
Looks like a snake to me, especially the ventral scales in >>4759629';

'>>4759622
rough earthsnake. Harmless, eats bugs/garden pests. good little homey to have around.';

'>>4759536
depends what kind of water you're putting them in, and where you're putting the bucket. Pond water in a shady spot/indoors should be fine.';

'>>4757767
BUMP.';

'>>4759646
>>4759654
Dope! It was a cool little find, I haven't been able to handle a sneak in a long time and the little dude was awesome.';

'I added this new decor to my crested geckos cage a month ago (bunch of fake vines in the upper area to give her more places to chill) and ever since then she sleeps near or on the floor and seems super less active in general. Still eating and pooping. No changes in Temps or humidity, and no shedding issues.

Coincidence or should I just remove this thing?';

'>>4759788
Forgot pic?';

'>>4759804
I'm too schizo to post any personal pictures on this website, sorry.';

'>>4759805
No one fucking cares, Dave.';

'>>4759805
Ah, k';

'>>4759788
new thing scary. eventually new thing will stop being scary. might also smell weird, though I assume you cleaned and sanitized it before adding it, right? you never know where that shit's been before you added it, or what gross plastic off-gassing it's doing.';

'>>4759788
I removed the vines last night and woke up to her hiding high up again. I think maybe I just made too drastic of a change (it took up a lot of space) too quickly. I'm just gonna buy some smaller stuff and slowely add it in. It was kind of ugly anyways.
>>4759847
Yeah I always make sure the scrub any new stuff I get';

'>>4757807
>>4757826
what the fuck does this thing even do how is this a crustacean';

'>>4760087
The answer to both is... It crustaceates.';

'>>4757826
Not quite as bad as the one that is basically just a cell mass that grows roots throughout a crab's body, destroys its gentials and brainwashes male crabs to troon out and believe its releasing eggs, when it is really dispersing the parasite's eggs.';

'>>4760120
Holy Christ
Crabs have it rough…';

'total crab death';

'>>4759622
Snake pretty sure';

'>>4757807
Yfw anchor worms and barnacles that grow flesh roots on sharks';

'>>4760120
Delete this before bill gates sees';

'look at the size of that tub for my longboi

2yo cornsnake, about 4'';

'>>4760455
Your snake is fat man';

'>>4760459
that's why I named him Your Mom

I guess I'll start bringing down the frequency but keeping him on jumbo mice

maybe I'm anthropomorphizing but I think he knew the appearance of smaller f/t mice was my fault. he got mad, didn't want to be handled, tail rattle. gave him another jumbo and he's sweet again.';

'>>4760474
you sound like you frequent discord servers';

'>>4760499
I wouldn't know';

'>>4760499
I keep getting kicked from those. So far my transgressions have been "fuggin weebs" and "who really did 911”';

'subadult is ADORABLE

bro has SO much room. easy forever tank (15gal). male could do a 10 no prob but he's bigger and older than the male KSB I also hoarded this morning';

'(bro)';

'>Been eyeing this bullsnake at the local family owned pet shop for a few months this now
>Gotta be responsible though and get my own life together first
>Recently got my taxes back, it's a big enough chunk to pay the credit card down and apply for a car loan through my bank
>Ask the shop about the snake
>They say he's been there over a yea now
>Text my landlord, landlord is cool with a caged pet
>Decide that if the snake is still there once I got the car situation figured out, I'm bringing him home

I'm really hoping Bros. I'll probably buy him and ask the shop to hold him for me for just a few days while I get the tank set up. I can get all the supplies right there at the shop, and I've been wanting a bullsnake for years and been doing a ton of research.

But I'll also be happy if someone else buys him, because that means he was finally able to get out of that tiny cage.';

'>>4760139
Fucking brutal';

'>these have been popping up for sale more and more
>usually only like 100 bucks
We're so set bros';

'>>4760827
>100 bucks
for a nice gecko? damn prices went way down';

'>>4760771
>credit card debt
>landlord
you drive the cart around Wal*Mart don't you';

'clockwise: Curio, Boss, Tuxedo

still have an afternoon of enclosure cleans & setups ahead. mixin substrate with a real actual shovel';

'>>4760984
What does that even mean?';

'RIP';

'>>4761262
It wasn't anywhere near 26 feet and that isn't even a picture of it.';

'>>4761257';

'>>4761285
nta but i also didnt get the walmart comment';

'lil bugger already ate a pinky';

'>>4761285
cute girl';

'Do ackies like scratches?
Looking for a small monitor that can be petted from time to time, tree monitors look too fragile.';

'>>4760984
>Tell me you haven't gone outside since the pandemic without telling me you haven't gone outside';

'>>4761556
Don't get a monitor for that, they're high difficulty and may like pets or may decide to go for a finger.

Beardies like scratches. Presumably land mullets and some of those aussie only lizards do, because they've basically evolved to be adorable.';

'>>4760853
The real money is in slammed cresties that look like moldy bread';

'>>4761638
My savannah monitor tolerates but does not enjoy scritches. Leopard geckos recoil from petting as well. Beardie dgaf';

'>>4761724
Get bigger tanks you boomer wannabe. Double each of your animals' enclosure sizes.

Then carry on, idgaf';

'>>4761724
cutie';

'>>4761647
forget cresties, the rare anole skeem is the new secret money hack';

'>>4761734
you realize I just did that right';

'LRS has
>cave geckos
>day geckos
>couple of crested geckos
>2 species of dart frogs (not ones I immediately recognized which was kinda weird, you'd figure it'd be leucs/tincts if they had anything)
>fire bellied toads
>4 different juvenlie veiled chameleons
>an adult panther chameleon
>2 rainbow boas
>a burm
>a retic
>some baby kingsnakes
>some random rat snakes
>a carpet python
>a few BTS including one that is FUCKING HUGE, didn't even think it was possible for them to get that big
>a savannah monitor
>a red tegu
>a couple of Russian tortoises

probably some other shit i missed, honestly never walked around and looked at what they had, just go in for roaches every few weeks. But I went in buzzed since it's Easter and God wants me to celebrate His son coming back from the dead. Honestly sort of tempted on the cave geckos.';

'>>4761885
we need to LIFT and STRETCH reptiles until they have a mammalian body structure.';

'Got a BP that's decided to go on a hunger strike. She normally doesn't eat during the winter months anyway, but this year she's decided to start camping out the cold side of the cage under her waterdish. Was gonna try to fix it with a weaker heatpad on that side, but she's burrowed through the substrate straight to the glass. My question is would it be better to put the pad on the side of the cage where she's not touching it directly, under anyway, or is there some other trick I'm overlooking?';

'>>4761889
Oh god its so fat';

'>>4762093
you guys are /an/orexic but fine, I'll have skinny snakes, it's cheaper

P.S. that boi was fat when I got him a few months ago. 6yo albino prairie king';

'>>4761889
Then you're halfway there. I shudder to think the original housings.

Good on you for upgrading though, I'm being too harsh. Give yourself an extra pinky from the ones you save in feeding them less. You've earned it, cowboy.';

'Thoughts on mixed species enclosures? I've always wanted to keep anoles with a big python.';

'>>4762133
based docile Tokay

just dropped another hundo on RodentPro

got 175 feeders, 100 pinkies (for the hogger and KSB and maybe the geckos, idk if they'll take f/t) and 3x25 jumbo mice. they're the nastiest snake food I've ever bought but the carpet python loves em and will eat 2-3 in a row

I wonder if snake ppl ever do pinkie shots';

'>>4762139
Weird that you mentioned anoles before the python. I would think the python would get stressed from having little lizards climbing over it all the time, but I guess you could say the same for clean up crews in bioactive vivariums.';

'>>4757767
I'm using vermiculite as a substrate for crickets. I have a bunch of cardboard in there as well. I have an open container of coco coir with a ceramic bulb above it keeping it at a constant 94F. I see my crickets laying their eggs in there but I never saw any hatch.

I find it exceedingly difficult to maintain a 60-70% humidity given that there isn't much in there that retains moisture. Should I mix in some coconut coir or something?!';

'>>4761734
He’s been posting in the last few threads and desperately namefagging for the attention he used to get. He’s been entirely ignored though and it should stay that way';

'>>4762312
Ignore ambient humidity levels, they are irrelevant for crickets. just make sure the laying box doesn’t dry out and the eggs will hatch';

'>gargoyle gecko pooped in his food
is this his way of telling me to fuck off with this papaya shit and feed him the watermelon flavor instead';

'Has anyone here tried a ground cover plant for bioactive enclosures? I'm thinking about doing a little mat of clover in a tank for a baby cornsnake. Just so the substrate can retain a little more moisture.';

'>>4762628
plenty but nothing so morphologically extreme as canis toadlinae vis-a-vis canis familiaris';

'>>4762312
>that CHE three inches away from the substrate
you know those bulbs get up to like 500 degrees right? any incidental contact from one of the crickets is going to be an instant death sentence and maybe even a fire hazard. This might be the one rare exception where I would recommend a heat mat on the back or something, and even then just to kick the enclosure up a little past ambient.';

'>>4762588
They seem to have an instinct to do this occasionally for territory marking reasons, at least as far as I can tell. Individuals will still do this on occasion despite being kept alone. It happened on about a once a week basis in the big tank with my pair of female cresties for about the first year. I put small food cups in three separate locations in that tank to make sure one could not play king of the castle over the food source.';

'FROGE';

'>>4762348
How moist should I keep the soil laying box?

>>4762707
It's attached to a thermostat that keeps it at 94F.

Should I put ice on the >>4762312
bit of paper towel I have on the left? Also should I be dropping in fruit slices?

Also, how many crickets per enclosure size? I have some big plastic bins that I'm thinking of using to have more crickets overall.';

'>>4762347
the little AFT (I've named him Curio) had only been fed crickets for his first four months but today he ate the fattest waxworm you've ever seen. I'm gonna grow my boy so big :')';

'>>4762857
>It's attached to a thermostat that keeps it at 94F.
it keeps the PROBE at 94, but I assure you that CHE is far hotter to the touch. it would HAVE TO BE in order to get the air around it that hot';

'>>4762139
a huge room sized enclosure with a Burmese python and some knight anoles sounds cool, the south Florida experience';

'>quack quack quack quack from the gecko tank
Spring official. They're up for the season and ready to cause trouble. To explain, crested and gargoyle geckos will both vocalize on rare occasion. My generally only do it in spring when they're coming out of their winter semi-brumation phase. I say semi because I don't reduce their tank temperature. It's just the rise in ambient humidity and the longer daylight hours from the windows in the room. The crested and garg call sounds like a soft duck quack.';

'>>4763590
Do they try to fuck your arm?
https://youtu.be/g_H90cSJw6k';

'>>4763596
My late male was aggressively snuggly like that, yes. The females no. They female cresteds are doing it as part of their perpetual bickering over personal space. It's a huge 2x2x3 foot tall tank but they still have territory disputes. Female garg does it for reasons unknown (she's in her own tank). Only the male crested showed interested in molesting me.';

'>>4762857
>How moist should I keep the soil laying box?
Enough that it feels moist but you can't squeeze moisture out of it
>It's attached to a thermostat that keeps it at 94F.
The bulb itself is far hotter. Not to mention it is drying out the laying substrate. They don't need it, and you could be cooking the eggs for all you know
>Should I put ice on the >>4762312
no
>Also should I be dropping in fruit slices?
Yes, they should be getting fed fruit and veggies
>Also, how many crickets per enclosure size?
Not something you need to worry about. They will eat each other if there's too many';

'>change substrate
>bp refuses to go into her hide
wtf did you LIKE your pee??';

'>>4763590
my big leo never makes noise
my small leo quacks every evening';

'>>4762133
Honestly, it’s super impressive how Tokays can still stick to things while being so huge.';

'>>4764465
Gravity gave up after it kept getting bitten';

'>>4764603
ID on the snake?';

'>>4764606
I think it's a golden tree snake';

'>>4764616
pretty! ty';

'undefined';

'>>4765169
woah…
what is it…';

'>>4765177
Some kind of baby skink.';

'>23:30
>In my room watching TV
>Hear bang outside on the house's Wall
>Dogs go apeshit so I go into the living room and look out the window
>No one there but it's still spooky so I'm a bit spooked
>Im out here so I might as well take a piss
>As I'm peeing I see a wild Isopod run under me
>Grab it and inspect it in my hand
>Fucks gives birth right there in my palm
>Babies running all over my hand
>Don't want to go throw it outside because demons are making noises
>Decide to flush them down the sink
They'll survive right?';

'>>4763625
>>4762857
What should I do? Get a heating pad? I'm afraid that would melt the plastic tub I have it in.

Also, are these pinheads?';

'>>4765265
>>4763625
>>4762857
Oh I just used a thermometer probe to test the temperature of the top soil and it's 2 degrees lower than the reading of the probe. When I probe deeper to the bottom of the soil, it's 10 degrees lower.';

'Female tortoise at my friends' house. She woke up from hibernation earlier than usual, so they keep her inside this box and will move her back to the garden once the weather is warmer.';

'>>4765276
Sleeping';

'>>4765239
Maybe, depending on if they made it past the drain trap and how much breathable oxygen there is in your sewer/septic system.';

'>>4765265
Brother, that's a fly.';

'>>4765265
>Get a heating pad? I'm afraid that would melt the plastic tub I have it in
A low power heating mat would never get that hot unless it caught fire. Get one that’s weak enough that it can’t overheat the crickets even at full power. The mat would only need to make a supplementary amount of heat. Crickets don’t need heat if your house isn’t cold, chasing specific temperature numbers is unnecessary for them
>Also, are these pinheads?
That is a fungus gnat';

'>>4765276
… tortoises hibernate??';

'>>4765464
Brumate and yeah, a lot of them do. Not all, I think? Not a tortologist.';

'>>4765290
>>4765297
Fuck. I don't know why I'm not getting any pinheads. I've been incubating the soil that the crickets have been laying eggs in for weeks.

Should I just remove the soil container from the tank, cover it up, and place it somewhere else?

>re: the mat.
I only need to keep it heated at 90F for the eggs to incubate right? Plus, the temperature isn't very high if you saw my post here: >>4765269


>re: size of tank
I've been purchasing 75-100 crickets to place in a 5.5 gal tank, and they all die a week later. How can I have a sustained population? I'm thinking of just using some 13 gal plastic bins I have.';

'>>4765704
>Fuck. I don't know why I'm not getting any pinheads. I've been incubating the soil that the crickets have been laying eggs in for weeks.
Probably because that CHE either dried them out or cooked them
>I only need to keep it heated at 90F for the eggs to incubate right?
No. The eggs will hatch at room temperature just fine
>and they all die a week later. How can I have a sustained population? I'm thinking of just using some 13 gal plastic bins I have.
the bins would have been better to begin with. Crickets dying quickly is normal, the adults you buy from the store are often already at the end of their life in addition to the fact that they are susceptible to disease and cannibalise easily. Crickets are the worst choice to breed at home, you’d be better off with roaches';

'Why haven't we domesticated alligators?';

'>>4765717
>No. The eggs will hatch at room temperature just fine
Ok so I just unplugged the bulb. Should I remove the egg container from the tank to prevent cannibalism by the larger crickets? I see some videos telling you to cover the container with a lid with no air holes to let the pinheads hatch without escaping. Is that a good option?

I bought the small-medium sized crickets, but they are mostly pregnant already because they started laying eggs just as soon as I got them and from what I understand about cricket life cycle is that they die after they lay their eggs.

Next time I'll get maybe 200 crickets and put them in separate bins.';

'With an expo coming up relatively soon, I have an empty 40 gallon wide breeder and space for an 18x18x24. Leaning towards some kind of lizard, though unsure what.
Any thoughts? As for what I have already that would fit in there, I have a leo, leachie (yearling), and crestie. Not a heck of a lot of room to expand beyond that.';

'>>4766043';

'>>4765724
too aggressive maybe?';

'>>4766051
The fact that they're diurnal is a big plus. I'm inundated with nocturnals at present. Will strongly consider. I had this image in my mind that they were extremely shy, though that doesn't appear to always be the case.';

'>>4766066
Might have to do with a lot of them still being wild-caught, but it seems like CBBs have started getting more common over the past years';

'>>4766055
Too big, too aggressive, expensive care requirements, ESPECIALLY if you can't keep them outdoors.
It's also worth noting that there aren't any truly domesticated herps, we're basically all caring for tamed wild animals.';

'>>4766055
>>4766258
>>4765724
I think the big problem is long generation times and the fact that they don’t breed well outside of naturalistic scenarios. Makes doing selection on them tough.';

'>>4766055
>>4766258
>>4766309
all of the above plus the fact that they don't really serve a purpose for people other than being a biological garbage disposal that eats small to medium sized farm animals, so there's no demand. And that's also not taking into account that even the most tame ones we have still seem to understand that humans are a food source and WILL still go after them.';

'>>4766333
Does raising them as livestock count as domesticated? Because between meat and leather, there's a decent sized industry';

'>>4766334
Hmm. Honestly good question, seeing as how the actual definition is a bit more broad than most people would probably state here. I assume. Based on pic related I would say yes, but I've always heard tame as being defined as "not afraid of humans," and domesticated as "being born not afraid of humans and not actually needing taming."';

'>>4766334
The alligator farming system includes wild collection of eggs because the alligators don't breed in the farms. They then release sufficient established young alligators to be a net positive to the wild population before they start to really grow out the ones they are going to harvest. So there's basically no human selection happening except for maybe a reduction to nest defense instincts and encouragement of nest site selection that's accessible to farmers (since the females that can be lured away from the nest and females who build nests where farmers can reach them have improved breeding success due to human care for the most vulnerable age class of their offspring).';

'>>4766395
Huh, I didn't know that, assumed they captive bred. Course with the option of "dump culls into swamp for next gen", I see why they don't. Gators are thick as flies in the bayou';

'herpa derp :p';

'>>4766418
plenty of alligators can and do breed in captivity, just not in the kinds of environment present in situations like >>4766334. they need to build (and subsequently guard) pretty large nest piles, and they lack the materials and space to do so in a farm.';

'Found this little guy in my yard hiding under a boat. Looks like something that's trying to mimic a copperhead, and it was hanging out with a Garter Snake so I assume not venomous?';

'>>4766499
Forgot to mention this is eastern Missouri. Looks like maybe a Great Plains Ratsnake, though the colored spots looks a little redder
https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/mo_nature/downloads/page/MissouriSnakes.pdf';

'>>4766503
I was going to say, it looks like one of the Pantheropis species, of which there’s a few that might be in your location and which all can have a fair amount of variability in pattern, and hybridize as well.';

'>>4765771
One day after removing the CHE I see humidity levels are sustained! Prior to this, it was impossible to keep the humidity above 40%.

That being said, most of the crickets are dead so I'll need to get more very soon. I have 8 anoles to feed. I read that a 55L tub can sustain 500 crickets - how true is this?';

'>>4766576
Should be doable, but I wouldn't want to have that tub in my house. I'd rather do red runner roaches with some dermastid and buffalo beetles to help clean up the colony's trash.
Also in general, I would recommend a 3 tub system for any insect culturing. One tub that you're feeding out of, one tub that's propagating, and a third tub so that when your second tub is ready to harvest, you can tear down the first tub into fresh substrate in the third tub, and sanitize it.';

'>>4766576
yeah that'll do it. CHE's are STUPID hot on the surface, so they convect air like a motherfucker. sucks the humidity up and out, replacing it with dry air.';

'Speaking of gators, I'm going to be traveling to Georgia this spring and I'm planning on spending at least a few days herping and exploring the okefenokee. I'm from the northeast so I've never spent any time around alligators, just how far from one is far enough? Trying to plan out which camera lenses to bring.';

'>have bioactive tank with anole
>feed him pinhead-small crickets
>hear crickets chirping last night
>think it's some crickets that got too big in the keeper
>it's coming from the anole vivarium
>slowly realize the crickets have food, water, heat, and shelter inside of the vivarium and they will probably start breeding in there
Is this going to end up being a health problem for my anole, or just kind of annoying to listen to?';

'for some reason everytime I see the acronym CHE I think CHIM';

'>>4766676
Are there any solid heating sources to replace a CHE that won't do this, though? I'm thinking of winter-proofing a New Caledonian enclosure.';

'>>4766871
Warm air holds more moisture than cool air, so as air heats, relative humidity goes down. No real getting around that. Radiant heat panels operate at a far lower temperature than CHEs though, especially for the temperatures that a crestie would need, so I'd go with that.';

'>>4766859
Pretty sure most herps are capable of CHIMing';

'undefined';

'>>4757767
Since its almost tadpole season has anyone here kept bullfrogs? Online sources about care vary widely
>>4767026
What secrets does he keep?';

'>>4767049
Bullfrogs are easy, use horned toad care guides but offer a larger water bowl';

'>>4761262
>foreign researcher mad at native hunters for DARING to shoot a massive fucking predator';

'>>4767023
that would seem to be the case…';

'>>4767138
>you sick freaks! THE DAMAGE YOU HAVE DONE TO BIODIVERSITY JS ENORMOUS
>it attacked my goats
>just buy more meat!
>i am paid $0.25 usd dollar a day making tshirt. go away.
If you love it put it in a zoo exhibit';

'>>4767049
>What secrets does he keep?
If Trix are for kids or not?';

'>>4767133
Oh i was thinking more american bullfrog(or any water frog from my area)
It might annoy the crap out of my neighbors but i think i can get away with it';

'>>4767149
it said in the article the researcher swam with the snake. the retard probably thought he had some sort of bond with it';

'>>4766820
The crickets might end up nibbling on your anole, if they take over. especially if he's smaller or slower.';

'>>4767247
crickets do that?';

'>>4767255
yes';

'>>4767247
>>4767255
The crickets might bite your anole but they will absolutly cause him stress by walking on him';

'>>4767247
Damn, was worried about that.
I'll need to keep an eye on the situation. I don't think there are a lot of them right now, I just heard one chirping, maybe it'll just die a virgin.';

'>>4757767
It looks a bit off';

'>>4766820
This is the opposite of what I've been doing. I can't keep crickets alive in their own tank lol. Anoles are lovely.';

'>>4767588
They're pretty underrated. Extremely easy to come by, arboreal to semi arboreal depending on what sort of terrarium build you want to make (my fella basically never touches the ground), small, fairly hardy, pretty colors, the list goes on.';

'>see jewled lacerta
>research jeweled lacerta
>kind of want to get a jewled lacerta
>know that if I get one the temptation to name him Tommy Lacerta would be too great to resist
>dont like baseball at all so it feels like doing so would be dishonest
And yet somehow every test Ive ever taken says I DONT have autism.';

'>>4767735
I’m making a tall, narrow paludarium with drip wall to fill a useless corner in my bedroom this summer, it’s going to be 18x18x60 high (probably 42”-48” high above the water feature). What would be a good anole for this kind of footprint? Diurnal or at least crepuscular by preference, and if the bio type flora is cool, that’s a bonus.

Gecko partisans, what would you suggest for this footprint and these requirements?';

'>>4767951
So I'm only familiar with greens and browns, greens are more arboreal and are small enough to really appreciate that size of that tank. I know there are some more tropical anoles that could fit the bill, but those are harder to come by.
And for plants, if you aren't super autistic like me and obsess over only using plants endemic to the same location as the animal, a money tree would be a perfect centerpiece plant, and the classic pothos would be a great climbing vine.';

'>>4768146
Forgot to add, a parlor palm would be a great centerpiece as well, nice thick bushy foliage for an anole to sleep in comfortably.';

'>>4757767
Do BT skink nails grow back? My boy's toenail got snagged on something and the nail came clean off. Put some iodine on the wound and his toe is otherwise fine and in tact so I'm sure he'll be okay, just curious whether he's permanently down a toenail or not';

'>>4768330
Depends on how bad it was. If his nailbed is still there, it'll grow back, but if it ripped out with the nail, it won't.';

'>>4767951
18x18x24 will house basically any arboreal gecko well except maybe a larger tokay or leachie. your only large diurnal arboreal gecko options would be the giant day geckos but if you're willing to escape proof the bitch a colony of day geckos or mourning geckos would work well too.';

'undefined';

'>>4768481
Pretty decent job on the frosting there. Somebody put some effort in.';

'>>4768481
Damn that looked so real for a second';

'>>4768493
The woman that does them is rather talented.';

'>>4768527
>larping cannibals';

'>>4768481
Do these cakes ever taste any good, or are they basically just meant to be visually appreciated?';

'>>4768624
They are expensive and eaten by people that pay for them, so theyre probably alright.';

'>>4768624
the fondant icing used to make these elaborate designs is pure sugar overload. if you're into that kind of thing';

'>>4768624
Like >>4768710 says they’re sweet as shit usually.';

'>>4768624
>>4768709
>>4768710
>>4768842
Cakes that use a shit ton of fondant generally taste like shit because they (obviously) prioritize presentation over taste. Fondant itself is absolute garbage tier. Yes, it's sweet. Super sweet. Doesn't mean it tastes good. Fondant also fucks with the moisture of the cake itself, and most of the time the cake becomes rubbery rather than spongey.

If you get a REALLY good baker, then the cake will be fine. But that's just it. It'll be FINE. Not amazing, and you'll be paying out the ass for it. There are tons of ways to decorate a cake that looks awesome and will actually enhance the flavor that doesn't involve fondant. Fondant is purely for aesthetics.';

'Looks like we're having a /ck/ crossover episode.';

'>>4768914';

'BROS I NEED ADVICE
my crested gecko stopped eating two weeks ago cause she started shedding and then I switched her to a new food. She hasnt eaten it at all even though I gave her some by dipping crickets in her food and putting some on her lips to lick but she doesnt seem to like the new brand even though it has basically all the same ingredients and flavors. Should I just go back to the old food? She is acting normal so I don't think she is sick.';

'>>4769199
They can be fussy about food changes. You can wait her out, buy some more of the old food and alternate between new and old, or try mixing the new and old together at the same time.';

'>>4769199
Cats are really autistic so when you switch their food, a lot of times they just wont eat it because "THIS IS NOT REGULAR FOOD WHERE IS FOOD," so in order to swap them out you mix a little bit of the new food into the old and gradually up the precentage of new food until new food is regular food.
Considering how autistic reptiles can be about shit, I imagine the same would go for your joomper.';

'>>4769352
>Considering how autistic reptiles can be about shit, I imagine the same would go for your joomper.
Your theory is correct. I've done it successfully a couple times with fussy geckos.';

'>>4769360
looking at it from a naturalistic perspective, imagine you're a tiny eyelidless spaz of a gecko hanging out in new caledonia and suddenly the fruit from the fruit tree you live on doesnt smell or taste the way it usually does. I wouldnt want to eat it either, and the captcha agrees apparently';

'Mistakengly bought a box of dried mealworms instead of live mealworms cuz im a dumbass
Can I feed that to my Indonesian blue tongue? (8 months old) The breeder said they fed him mealworms instead and I should only give him cat food occassionally
I think it would be fine but for example leopard geckos may not recognize dried mealworms as food so I dont know';

'>>4769836
Theyre not GREAT since bugs provide a large amount of moisture to the critters that eat them, and the drying usually fucks with some of the nutrient load of the bug, but its not poison. Get the right stuff to feed normally and then just use the dry shit as like a bug garnish for veggies or something similarly hydrating.';

'>>4769888
alright, thanks';

'>Been feeding my leopard gecko crickets
>seemed like he's been getting tired of them
>got him some Dubai roaches to mix up his diet
>he enjoys them
>for all of two days
>now he just wants crickets again and won't touch dubai roaches at all
Mother fucker I got like 40 something dubai roaches left now';

'>>4770245
Is there a landlord you don't like? Release the roaches in their property';

'>I'm
>Huff
>SURE I saw more worms over here';

'>>4770292
They're such goofs.';

'>>4770292
What’s this';

'>>4770304
Very dangerous firebellied newt, said to excrete deadly toxin from its skin.';

'>>4770245
Congratulations, you now have roach society.
Head over to /ento/ we'll get you set up, senpai.';

'>>4767951
look into the Anolis equestris species complex. Or Anolis garmani, if you can find one for sale. But either way, those are both among the largest anoles so you'd only be able to house 1 individual in there. Almost all anoles are diurnal so if you'd rather have a group of smaller lizards you'll have no problem finding a good species.';

'>>4770307
lmao love the face';

'>>4770436';

'>>4770354
Are the crested anoles you see for sale online typically healthy animals? Or are they a wild caught crapshoot like the greens and browns?';

'>>4761556
I know someone that had raised an Argentine tegu. It liked attention, and its way of asking for it was biting. Dude was gonna have a child soon so it had to go';

'>>4761885
unironically based. Obscure anoles always caught my attention. Even saw a translucent brown anole pair for sale one time';

'>>4762038
How much were fire bellied toads going for? I remember they used to be $10, but now when I look online they range from $50 - $80. Local pet store has them for $20 so might get into breeding them';

''mater frop : /';

'>>4770436
It's like a finger puppet.';

'>>4770793
What does it taste like';

'>>4767138
>>4767149
>meanwhile, people bitch about how BORING modern animals are because everything not already killed or in an exhibit or w/e is bitchmode because humans made them that way and kill anything that's big and impressive before it can breed';

'>>4771086
Like ta-mater without the "ta"';

'>>4771219
Ain't no need to watch where I'm goin'.';

'>>4771247
I can’t believe I instantly got this';

'My pygmy chameleon pair has survived 1 month so far.
Both have gained weight too, and one has visibly grown';

'>>4771756
You deserve a round of applause. That is not easy. Well done.';

'>>4771763
I'm still worried a bit about one, but less so than the first week. Still closes his eyes more than I'd like. No idea on the age, so he might be old. I'm hoping the female can grow enough so they can mate soon if that is the case.
I had the cage prepped and growing for like 6 months beforehand waiting for a chance to get them.';

'>>4757767
These lizards are retarded. I hope they know that.';

'>>4771959
They think you're retarded too, so it balances out.';

'>>4771928
Any pics? I've considered pygmy chams before but always was turned off by spending a couple hundred bucks each for living porcelain';

'madame frott';

'>>4772857
lovely';

'I require help. I just caught a wild garter snake because I realized it was having issues. It has a prolapsed cloaca and looks like it's been dealing with it for a while. What are some home remedies to help it out?';

'>>4773146
if its been like this for a bit its just how its going to be. you can try gently push it back in with something smooth';

'>>4773168
I took the snake, cleaned it off, soaked the injury for a few minutes in warm water, and then cleaned any debris and applied an oil to the affected area. Looks like it might actually a male snake with a stuck hemipene instead of a stuck cloaca. It's currently in a tank chilling on a heating pad I'm using for an improvised heat rock. There is still blood flow to the affected organ, so that seems like a good sign. Poor little dude.';

'>>4773146
mineral oil / baby oil on the affected area with some warm water usually does the trick.';

'>>4773172
Still stuck and hanging out, unfortunately. Going to keep it oiled and let it chill out and hope it fixes itself.';

'>>4773203
it takes about 12 hrs to a full day for it to work. keep reapplying every few hours.';

'Hello /herp/

My corn snake is having issues passing some of her last eggs. She is 27 years old and this is her first season of ever producing eggs (very weird timing but w/e). These eggs are 100% not fertilized so I'm not too worried that they are going to glue themselves to her, at least not anytime soon. So far she doesn't seem to be in any distress aside obviously looking like she has a swollen butt but I'm keeping a close eye on her. I've read that since I know they are infertile eggs that her likely-hood of needing a vet ASAP is not an immediate necessity but I won't hesitate to take her if her health turns south.

She has already passed 3 but they were spaced out over a 6 day period (2 days between each). It looks like she still has 2 more based on the size of the lump near her vent.

I come looking to pick the brain of anyone here that can shoot me their thoughts of how to continue. I currently have a reptile probing kit on the way which should be here in a day or two to see if I can help aspirate the eggs. I am also, beginning today, giving her a bath once a day for about 30-45min to try and warm her up a bit and loosen her up. Besides that, what else would you recommend I try besides rushing her to the vet?';

'>>4773361
Giving her some small meals, like pinkies, may give her the boost to get the last few out.';

'>>4767138
They shot it because it was reported on. They killed it for the novelty of killing it.
Defend that you ugly cuck.';

'Can anyone tell me if my tegu burnt himself at his lamp? The top and sides of his head are turning pale pinkish white. Or is he already shedding again?

He is a captive farmed white/red mix. 1/2';

'>>4773751
2/2';

'>>4773751
looks like shedding. never had a lizardog but you can see the color changes with scales and not general area. not sure if they shed like turles or sneks';

'>>4773751
i'm more concerned about hit toes- where are the tips?';

'>>4773909
Yeah he only finished a shed like 2-3 weeks ago so I wasn't sure he is already shedding again.

>>4773911
You mean the claws? Already got him with him missing 3 claws on his right front leg. Lost 1/4th of his tail as well but regenerated it looking pretty naturally.';

'>>4757767
What frog is this? Southern Midwest USA. It’s out by my mailbox';

'>>4774155
It looks like some subspecies of grey tree frog.';

'>>4769199
She started eating her new food by itself finally but just a little bit. I got her old food and I'm mixing it with the new stuff and she's eating a lot more thank god. I hate how picky cresties can be, it was stressing me out a lot.';

'>>4775213
Nice!';

'>>4757802
>>4757807
so fucking cool';

'caca de serpiente';

'>>4775463
I know this isn’t real but just imagine if it was';

'>>4775511
wait it isnt real?';

'>>4775511
Checked but also it looks like a pretty real coastal carpet to me';

'>>4775511
It’s real';

'The dog found a snake.';

'>>4775575
Shiny. Is he injured? If so, you have a duty to keep him safe while he heals before returning him to the outdoors.';

'>>4775575
He brought it to you? What are you gonna do with it?';

'>>4775890
It looked OK, she was chasing it around my compost pile and trying to hit it with her paw, it started playing dead when I picked it up. I just brought it into the light to see if it was hurt.
>>4775948
I put it back in a spot she couldn't get it.';

'>>4775575
Dog looks mildly upset you've stolen her prize';

'Other than feeding a whole lot, how do I get dubia roaches to grow faster?';

'>>4776192
is their enclosure heated?';

'>>4775959
Looks like a prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus), a pretty large one too. Nice find!';

'>>4776192
More heat, up to about 90F';

'My crested gecko gifted me with a baby. I just saw the baby yesterday and found it shedding today. When is their first shed?
[spoiler] I got her months ago so she hasn't been by a male since. I didn't know she was gravid because I never looked up breeding stuff since I wasn't planning to breed her and shes my first herp. [/spoiler]';

'>>4776486
A lot of reptiles can retain sperm for a good long period of time. you may end up with more babies after this.
make sure to supplement your girl with extra calcium, egg production is rough on them.';

'>>4776486
oh and I think it's probably a good idea to mention that geckos lay two eggs at a time. You may have a slug somewhere in the mom's enclosure, or an egg that went bad, or quite possibly three geckos now.';

'>>4776500
I dug through the soil earlier and didn't find any eggs. I'm still on the look out for another baby though just incase.
>>4776497
Thank for the advice, will do.';

'Gu?';

'Gu!';

'>>4776554
are people not afraid that lizards will piss/shit on their beds';

'>>4776760
The frequency of reptile piss and shit is low enough for it to barely be an issue, even amongst big shitters like tegus.';

'>>4776771
I see… I always see them laying on peoples beds and couches and stuff in photos';

'>>4776822
Generally it’s rare for them to have more than one “on deck” as it were, so if you can get them to unload (with a short warm bath or whatever), you’re safe to free-roam them for a couple hours.';

'>>4776760
My tegu only needs to shit/piss once a day usually and he usually does that in the morning. I’m not worried about him when he free roams. They are cleaner then dogs and cats, in my experience.';

'>>4776917
>They are cleaner then dogs and cats, in my experience.
i always wanted one, but this... i doubt this';

'>>4776949
My gut feeling was that I didn’t agree with him either, but it’s more complex than just “does this animal foul my house with its waste?”
Generally my dogs never shit in the house unless they are having a medical emergency, the last two puppies I got came housetrained, because they were farm pups who’s mothers had access to the outdoors and not kennel dogs who lived in whelping pens, so by that metric, the lizards are WAY dirtier. But lizards don’t spend all spring having to have their feet sprayed off to keep them from tracking mud everywhere, you just need to worry about substrate, and that easily rinses off their lizard feet when you put them in the bin of warm water to try and induce a bowel movement, so it’s a nothingburger.
So when you consider shed fur from the dogs, the lizards do create less mess, it’s just that the mess they create is typically more off-putting. And when they let one go in their enclusure, the noise is rude and it does stink up the room, so an enclosure for a large lizard in your bedroom is absolutely a game of roulette if you’re trying to get laid.
Cats are probably uniformly worse for home hygiene than lizards. Both shit in a box in your house and may occasionally shit outside the box in your house, but cats track litter dust and granules all over and shed like a dog, and like a dog can track mud all over your house if you let them outside.

So, hes kinda right, even if I personally feel my monitor is a bigger hassle than my dogs; I feel that way is because of the way I manage the mess my dogs make and not just the idea that my dogs make less mess.';

'>>4776949
I have a snake and two dogs. Reptiles are just significantly cleaner, they don't produce oderous body oils, they don't shed, they use the bathroom once a day to once a month. No random vomit because they snuck a bite of human food that upset their stomach. They never track dirt/dust/mud/poop back into your house. I love my dogs but they cause like 70% of the cleaning I have to do. I can handle the grossness, but compared to any other type of pet mammals are pretty foul.';

'>>4777038
My snake's scales is also pretty much hydrophobic so in the rare event she gets dirty, she wipes clean with a damp cloth like something from a fucking infomercial.';

'>>4777038
yeah snek is ez af, we talking about a lizardog here that roams around- talking about off topic
>>4777018
i guess if you on point with 'inducing bowel movements' this is manageable. i can't imagine cleaning their waste off of a floor regularly that was my point. not sure if i'm so 'on point' with anything rn tho- good to know you can make them shit on demand tho';

'>the chameleon subreddit mod is now having a melty over someone asking for a caresheet
kek, that sub has always been particularly bad among the reptile communities, but it seems like they're now reaching terminal retardation';

'>>4777080
yeah you can kind of latrine them, accidents are a possibility but it's the same deal with a dog or a cat, and both dogs and cats produce way more shit and piss than any reptile will per pound of body weight.';

'>>4777091
>FUCK YOU YOU LEECHING LOWLIFE PRICK
>Get cancer and die.
Is this normal behavior for them over there? Didn’t know they were allowed to act like this kek';

'>>4777155
people at r/reptiles are throwing a shitfit and brigading r/chameleons about it to speedrun bans from the mod while spam reporting him to reddit to try and get his account banned';

'>>4777038
>>4777080
I think if it wasn't for muddy paws, the dog would actually be cleaner, or at least the cleaning I'd have to do for the dog would be cleaning I have to do anyways. There is shed hair and dander and stuff, but that gets cleaned by the normal cleaning tasks I'd have to do on a regular basis to avoid living in human filth if I didn't own a dog. A snake would be way cleaner, because of the low meal frequency, but I've been thinking about it, and I wouldn't be dealing with spot cleaning related substrate replacement, periodic replacement and transplanting of destroyed plants, feeder insect cultures, etc, without the lizard. Except for the feeder culture maintenance, this is not daily stuff, but it adds up.
>>4777109
The dog shit and piss is outside. The lizard shit and piss is in a box full of dirt and plants and isopods that I have to spot clean or a tote with shallow warm water that I have to carry to the toilet and pour out without spills or splashing.
And while inducing a bm with a shallow tub of warm water works 95% of the time, it still means that I generally am cleaning lizard shit or piss off the floor or furniture, or myself at least once a year. I could avoid this by just not handling my monitor or taking him out of the enclosure, but I want to handle the monitor and wouldn't want to have a monitor I couldn't handle or let free roam. I can go a decade without a mammal pet accident. I haven't had a pet cat since I was living with my parents. I don't like living with an indoor cat and I don't like having outdoor cats enough to want to deal with the risk of premature death of a pet or the environmental impact of a cat that I'm letting run wild. I've never had any pet rodents, so I can't speak to them.';

'>>4777175
>Muddy paws
Shave out their paw pads regularly, and it's also trivial to train them to stay at the door and let you wipe their feet down. I wipe my dogs paws off every time they come inside because I have a white rug.

It also helps to actually have grass.';

'>>4777184
I've got grass, but I'm in Minnesota, the grass is dormant and muddy from mid October to the freeze in December and from the thaw in April to June in a normal year (and from October to now and still happening this year). The hassle of footwashing 3 times a day (and belly and leg washing on wetter days) is what I'm talking about though. It's not a big deal, it's just the reason why the dog is more work than the lizard.';

'>>4777175
wtf, who is going to read this. this not your blog
>>4777109
>produce way more shit and piss than any reptile
how much this thing shits? its an active reptile so i assume daily? is it solid like snek shit? or like turtle shit?';

'>>4777091
what is even their fucking problem, I can't think of any other animal community that is this absurdly stupid and so far out of line with literally every other community in terms of care practices. was it just started by a fucking idiot who then gave mod to other idiots that agreed with him?
>half of the enclosures pictured are inadequate garbage, too small, shit lighting, no foliage real or fake, barren sticks with a jungle vine or some shit
>many using r/chameleons approved water bowls lol
>tons of posts of people putting their chameleons in retarded situations, letting them wander outside of their enclosures in a home with the incorrect humidity/temps, incorrectly handling them, animals displaying clear signs of stress/defensive behavior
>like one in eight posts is someone sharing a dead chameleon picture
90% of chameleon owners are way too stupid and careless to own one and most of them must post there. it's sad to me that people have been gaslit into thinking panther chameleons have a 2-3 year lifespan when they can live over twice that.';

'Any gardeners here?
Do you feed your lizards the pesky caterpillars?';

'>>4777535
I wouldn't. Parasites and disease exposure on one hand, caterpillars being frequently poisonous on the other.';

'>>4777355
yeah either chameleons are too much for the average person to handle or these people just don’t give a shit, very strange behavior';

'>>4776486
Found the other one last night. Little fella has heart markings. :)';

'>>4777546
Do you need to separate them? Will the mom try to eat them?';

'>>4777555
NTA, but only tokays have any kind of parental instincts when it comes to geckos, so while they're certainly too big to be considered food, the mom will almost certainly outcompete them for food, so it's best that they're separated. In the wild the mom would lay her eggs somewhere and fuck off, and when the kids hatch they'd wander off and go do their own thing.';

'>>4777544
it's probably both. chameleons are in the tragic zone of
>not especially expensive (at least for basic panthers/veiled)
>extremely cool
>have highly specific care requirements
>while also not being large or dangerous enough to be OBVIOUSLY a terrible idea
that said people overrate how hard they are. its like a saltwater reef aquarium versus a typical lizard like a crestie or leopard gecko being a standard planted setup. Most of the additional work is in research and system design, the day to day care is no more complex. you just need to understand that your enclosure is not a doghouse or a hamster cage, you're creating a life support system for your animal. With fish I think its way more obvious that you need to do this since obviously they dont live very long without water, but reptiles will linger on for months or even years before keeling over due to inadequate environments.';

'>>4777555
nice digits and yes absolutely. crested geckos are soulless automatons that will gladly kill and eat their own young. Like the other anon said only Tokay geckos have enough soul and intelligence among the geckos to understand things like family and honor. Tokays are doable in bonded pairs plus juveniles as long as you tong feed but it is best to separate hatchlings, and you will have to as they grow up anyways since parental care gives way to territoriality eventually.';

'>>4777555
I separated them because yes the mother might try to eat the babies. She didn't seem interested in eating them even when the babies would sit and run right in front of her but I still want to be safe.';

'>>4777546
Love the markings, beautiful colors';

'>>4766334
Jfc that's evil';

'>>4777973
First time seeing factory farming? It's kind of a nightmare.';

'undefined';

'>>4777973
https://theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/25/chinas-26-storey-pig-skyscraper-ready-to-produce-1-million-pigs-a-year';

'>>4777546
Based. I love the idea of finding surprise babies in my reptiles enclosure';

'>>4779025
yeah of course this is some dude's spirit. stupid to think otherwise';

'>>4777973
Probably the least evil variant of factory farming. We would do well to pick livestock that's unable to suffer in those conditions.
>Dont care, got heat lamp';

'>>4779107
Careful now, that logic leads to veganism or zee bugz.';

'>>4779109
>Veganism
Not a necessary conclusion.
>Ze bugs
It can also lead to factory farming conditions that do not cause the animals to suffer. Obviously, this limits your selection of livestock to particularly stupid and passive herd animals, so still no dog meat for you chang.';

'>>4779025
What the fuck is that';

'>>4779134
gotta be an albino turtle';

'What are some good microfrogs besides dart frogs and reed frogs? Are there many on the market?

One time I was in the midwest in the US and saw the smallest little frogs and they were just normal lake frogs rather than tree or dart. But no idea on species name or if capitvely bred.';

'>>4779197
bumblebee toads and indonesian floating frogs, but I think neither are easy to find nowadays';

'undefined';

'>>4757767
How am I doing with my cricket bin? I use them to feed anoles. I was that dumbass with the CRE.';

'>>4780327
looks fine';

'>>4780334
How long can I expect for them to live? Is this also suitable for breeding?';

'>>4780340
Crickets will lay their eggs in the soil you put in the plastic container on the right there. How long do crickets live? 8-10 weeks or so once they reach adult size.';

'>>4780345
>8-10 weeks
Holy. I have never managed to keep them alive for over a week.';

'>>4780355
How? Do you keep them at proper temperatures?
I keep mine on oats, give them soil to lay eggs and give them fresh water and food everyday.';

'I'm a little worried my anole isn't finding his food well, I have a heavily planted vivarium and I think he's having issues finding the feeders I throw in, I have never seen him walk around on the ground and I wonder if he's even foraging at all. I can see his pelvis so I'm worried he's getting too thin, he IS still regularly shitting and is green and active, so I'm not panicking, but I'm wondering if there are any good, slow moving insects I can keep in a small dish up on his level so he can have easier access to food. Meal worms maybe?';

'>>4780904
Here are a couple pics of him';

'>>4780917';

'>>4780920
>>4780917
Yeah that lizard needs a cheeseburger. Can you tong feed? Or put them in a bowl on a branch or something?';

'>>4780904
Mealworms and wax worms would be good to put in a bowl and fatten him up a bit. You could also order some bottlefly pupae and hatch them, the flies move around a lot and might trigger his prey drive better';

'>>4780962
I do try the branch+bowl thing, all I have is a fairly deep plastic bowl thing, im pretty sure hes eaten a cricket or two out of it recently, but the depth may be discouraging him. I'll see if I can find something shallow and something that will have trouble escaping said shallow thing.';

'>>4781070
And these may just be the things I try, but yeah the only thing I worry is that they may move too slowly to interest him, flies would be a good move since theres so much climbing surface, honestly I don't even care if they get loose in my house, I just want my little fella to bulk up';

'Field herpers?';

'>>4781138';

'>>4781140';

'>>4781138
Sadly live in the northeast US, we got garter snakes and a handful of frogs, toads, and turtles.';

'>>4781426
I live in the northeast as well actually, on a short trip to Georgia. Got a couple spots scoped out this spring to look for copperheads and rattlesnakes in MA though, really would like to see them before they're totally extirpated.';

'new
>>4781474
>>4781474
>>4781474';

'>>4781138
I'm considering getting on my hiking game this year, I slacked off last year. Although that somehow didn't stop me from accidentally herping. But this year, I'm hoping to motivate myself onto the trails and look around for some snakes and amphibians. One of my folks is moving down south, so I'm hoping that'll also give me some new opportunities to do herping.';

'>>4781138
Dont have anything super interesting (to most people) where I live but I still like to herp.';

'This is gumbo, my first toad and pet.';