Recent content by Calummaty Jane

Someone ate their python's eggs... Yeah...nope. I can't even finish this video.

Should not have opened this thread while eating lunch...yuck!

I would hope so!

Good to know--I really like the look of T. pallida and could see it making an attractive cover plant in a vivarium. On the other hand, it sounds like chams can hurt themselves jumping onto to branches without checking to see if they can support their weight?

I use sphagnum for my carnivores and some orchids and have found that if it is dead and sits in stagnant water it sometimes starts to stink and even grow mold--even though it is slightly acidic. It is also just an excellent sponge, which is why it's great for orchids, but I imagine that if...

ETA: Avoid Sphagnum Moss (live or dead): it would do wonders for your humidity levels but would be a huge, unsanitary mess after a week or so.

What is the Latin name? At least one plant that has the common name Wandering Jew is toxic to dogs and cats.

My two cents: 1. Preserved moss that is green has dye in it, which I'm guessing might not be good for an animal that eats it. 2. You can buy dead Spanish Moss, which as someone else said is not real moss, but a kind of tillandsia. You could specifically buy living Spanish Moss, but if you...

Aww, thanks!

Thanks for the words of encouragement! I'm still planning on getting a chameleon in the (hopefully) not to distant future, but at the moment I'm focusing on finishing my dissertation. Hopefully I'll defend in June and hopefully even before that I'll have a job lined up and then I can transition...

Lol!:p I get being offended that OP made a fuss over the word "hobby", but why drag their age into it? It seems like they are doing research, calculating expenses and preparing an enclosure and supplies way before getting an animal. From the dozens of "help!!!!" posts I've read on this forum...

I guess my question is less about "hidden" problems from inbreeding (so, unintentional promotion of harmful recessive genes un-related to the unique coloration that was intentionally promoted here), and more along the lines of, is albino/translucent coloration harmful to animals that need...

There's so much crazy variation going on with snake and bearded dragon morphs, that I have to believe someone somewhere has been keeping records of what kinds of problems are encountered with the inbreeding that has produced these morphs AND then hopefully someone else has gone on to establish...

That's true, so inbred animals are "removed" from the gene pool only if they have some maladaptive trait. If not, then they continue on. So, cheetahs, for example, are highly inbred and have been for some time (not directly as a consequence of modern pressures on habitat or hunting from humans)...

Thanks for this! I was thinking that Dalmatians' coloration is a type of albinism, and a type of hereditary deafness is one problem Dalamtian breeders have to account for in their programs. I assume the level of genetic manipulation (via selective breeding, not engineering) that you describe...