Recent content by MyTrek

My neighbor used to spray every inch of his yard with diazinon. I used to worry that my cat would go over there. I will never take my tort to a patch of grass I can't be sure was not sprayed.

Very true! I think she had 24 (including the happy couple) and she was so relieved it was small. Are you excited?

That is absolutely my kind of article. I'm going to download the full article and see if there are diagrams, that would be perfect. Thank you!

My daughter got married 4 weeks ago. While she did have the white princess dress the rest was not traditional. They guys did NOT wear flowers but did wear red chuck taylors and red scarves because the ceremony was outside (in FEB, in a snowstorm) and they guys carried red umbrellas over the...

Heather, Do you have a link to Will's post? (Sorry to hijack)

I am looking for information on the anatomy and physiology of scutes, more detailed than diagrams naming them. I'm really curious about the different layers, how they grow, what they are made of, the cell types, where the growth plates start, there relationship to other structures like hair or...

Wow they are cute, cute, cute!!! So jelly you can take them out, still so cold here.

Took my red-footed friend to the vet today. It was a freebie from Jack's Pet where I bought him from, except for the deworming and the meds. I was very happy with the quality of the service as I have a lot of experience with vets for exotics from my parrot rescue days. Well my little one did...

I never want to repeat the carnage that I saw when the raccoons got my chickens at my old house. The chickens that managed to get out of the enclosure the raccoons pried open did not make it far. One was even standing with no head! I have been scouring the forum and looking at the enclosures...

Cute photo, begging for a caption!

I had read about the sphagnum moss somewhere on this forum. Luckily I had some here because I keep quite a few orchids (it was even the brand they posted) and I keep a damp wad of it behind the chunk of bark that makes up a "wall" of his hide. He likes to snuggle into it so he has dampened moss...

Thank you. I am going to call the biology dept at the university and borrow something to take some temperature readings. I live on the edge of campus, I should have thought of this days ago, instead of waiting for my infrared temp gun to arrive.

Great post! Good luck with hatching!

I don't have exact temps but have a thermometer on order. There is an 8x8 sticky heat mat on the underside of part of where he hides. I cover the enclosure more at night and will add a night heat bulb ASAP. I also run a humidifier in the room 24/7. The bedding he lies on is dry but I keep it...

Hi all! Waiting for the vet app't tomorrow for my new red-footed. I wanted to post a few pictures and ask about the black line down the center of his (I think he is a he?) plastron. I don't know if it is stained from the bedding or a sign of something bad. Anyone want to weigh in? I finally...