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My male purple honeycreeper just died today. I've had him and his green female cagemate for at least 12 years, but I have no idea how old they actually were. I got them as full-grown adults from an aviary keeper in CA. They were never what I'd call a bonded pair, but they were generally...

Hi all, it's been a few years, but I decided to come back and pester you folks 😈 and check to see what's new. Hopefully more strides have been made in current husbandry so I've got new things to learn, but most of the basics I do know should still be good. I don't share my house with any...

Hi all, Doing a major sort through my library and have two reference books that may interest someone. Its very unlikely that I'd even be in a position to treat or rescue someone else's herps here. They're not new publications...maybe just ask reimbursement for postage? Frederic L. Frye, DVM...

Hi all, I've been doing a major sort through my library. It is extremely unlikely that my logistics will change enough to keep another cham, so I've decided to part with my hard copies of the CIN Journal spanning the 1994 through 2002 period. I don't have a complete set...not sure why. Most of...

My 9 year old rescue cattledog Bug is at the vet, having been heavily sedated most of the day. She sleeps on my bed and her trembling and crying woke me out of a dead sleep at about 4 am. She had had her annual dental cleaning and a tiny growth removed from her face last Thursday, but also had a...

I've hardly ever seen chams offered for sale up here, but just the other day was surprised to see two juvenile veileds at a mom-pop pet shop/feed store/nursery. Of course they weren't set up very well, but they did have UV lighting and didn't look terrible...yet. Yes, a CF coil type bulb...

Hi all, Haven't been around lately due to an unwelcome encore from cancer. It's been 26 years since it first came up, but a routine annual exam found the elusive little beast lurking just under the radar until now. Had surgery 2 weeks ago, no complications, and no recommendations for followup...

Hi all, Sorry I haven't been around lately. I moved to my current house just a year ago but all has gone fairly well until recently. It's 30+ years old. I had it inspected of course. Over the past couple of months the roof has decided to leak in several places. It is obvious it's had a...

Hi all, Spotted this mesh garden cover that might work as a way to cover a basking shrub that would keep your cham from escaping. https://www.improvementscatalog.com/pop-up-bird-net-with-door/gardening-supplies/plant-care-shrub-covers/280475

Just a shout out to the Mantis Place for their great selection of mesh caging. Not for an insect, but to use as a travel cage for my aviary birds. They had the largest size mesh pop-up cages anywhere; about 24" x 40" with a huge zipper door. My honeycreepers had room to flutter around, bathe...

HI everyone, Well, I am in my new house still surrounded by stacks of boxes and partially assembled furniture. The move had its moments of frustration, exhaustion, and a bit of terror too. The movers showed up at my house a day early...answered the front door at the crack of dawn in my pajamas...

Hi all, Searching for a 175 gal Reptarium cage to borrow or buy ASAP. I will pay shipping via USPS Priority Mail to zip code 99826. I MUST have it by April 21. If you have one you could lend or sell, please contact me directly...I would really appreciate your help! Allison Banks 907-597-2112...

I'll post this in the classifeds as well, but need to ask if anyone happens to have a 175 gal Reptarium I could borrow for a few weeks? No one seems to have them for sale any longer and I am trying to create a temporary cage for my two small birds during my move. I would be happy to pay...

Hi all, This is a perfect thing for you chameleon lovers! Its a glazed ceramic teapot with a sculpted chameleon climbing up the side. Sorry, I don't have a digital photo of it, but here's the description: Teapot is brown, chameleon is green and looks like a female veiled with some white broken...

Hi all, I am trying to find 2 medium sized Reptariums (around 65 gallon size) to use as temporary travel caging for my birds. Can't seem to find them anywhere, just the trays. I'd also consider buying anyone's used Reptariums of a similar size as they will probably flex enough to fit in my...

Well, after 36 years working for various federal agencies, I am retiring. It took a long time to wrap my brain around the idea, but once I did, life changed. Never thought I would look forward to NOT working, as most of my career has been spent doing jobs I wanted to do. It is bizarre to realize...

Hi all, if I don't seem to be around much its due to some weird setting changes to my office computer browser. The forum site isn't displaying or functioning very well at the moment. Guess I'm still here in spirit!

Bet you don't have to deal with this every day! My office is swarming like an ant heap today. Apparently there's a dead humpback whale floating near Glacier Bay, and our whale biologists are heading out to conduct a necropsy on it. There's a high probability it was hit by a large ship...cruise...

Has anyone been reading about the "militia" standoff at Malheur wildlife refuge in SE Oregon? I used to work there. Bizarre to see pictures of my office and nearby home on the news! These conflicts over grazing and land rights have been rumbling since the turn of the century. Nothing really new...

Found this quote online today. I have no idea who "M. Cartmill" is, but the thought is a little like some of the more insidious peppers...the burn sort of sneaks up on you. "As an adolescent, I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human...