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Hey there Craig, yes I know many people use vinegar its very multi purpose. I have not used it that much, not with my reptile work, no reason or negative consciously. we used it on the aquarium glass at some places. When our dog Coco became incontinent I tried the well known odor cure on our carpet,...

Oh hey dont be put off by internet health blurbs that seem to have people drinking it for some reason. Its been used in agriculture as a component in stock sprays for years and human care facilities also. Only get liters PureHealthDiscounts.Com

Hey Thomas, I have a feeling you might like using Hydrogen Peroxide 35 Food Grade. It must be diluted, More isnt better but caustic to materials, some more than others but after some varied usage you will develop a feel for what dilution works best for each cleaning project, item, bio matter. Its Fo...

I like Ball Pythons. In and of themselves, they are beautiful little pythons.

Sounds like good plans Craig. And yeah like that - Thread that people add to and return to, and become staples. Like the Rosey Breeding Thread, The Blue Tongue Thread, etc and on the forum someone opens The Arizona Thread, The Florida Keys Thread and so on and over time they become iconic because of...

You know, here it is so free form, maybe its naive to think this but couldnt a person just start an epic Thread focusing on a regional locality, and invite all comers to participate? They could become like Stickys, and if titled definitively serve the same purpose as the closer knit regionals so man...

Tamara, Craig, Derek and Jimi, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness, Im sorry its taken me this long to say. Ive had alot of work here at home, Lula has had the tumor resected September on the 15th. She's doing well, and we are hoping for the best, re occurrence is high ...

Thank you Craig, very much. I dont mean to take this off topic. But yes she is a family member.

It just popped out - an example I guess of feeling a sense of belonging here at FHF which is nice

Thank you Tamara.

This is kind of awkward and i tried to dismiss it but, it seems that this thread had gotten an exponential number of views after i said the thing i said, and it aint me doing it because that would be - ugh. So if someone is indeed doing that because they agree, etc i appreciate the gesture but pleas...

Once I remember calling FHF the young Lion of the genre. There is a richness here where the strong survive and the vulnerable get much generosity if they need it.

Craig, I enjoy your photos and straight forward, documentative style. Its like you are sharing your personal notes. Which heck, you are! Im glad you had a great time.

Arizona is a treasure. Thank you for sharing

Should I delete that? It was funny for a couple seconds and fellow boomer Craig just handed it over on a platter.

I was just kidding but will delete on demand.

That's ok Craig, at least you dont defecate posts like some ppl

Dang Craig like a warner bros cartoon what you describe yeah so many extreme examples, antlers and legs akimbo getting swallowed backwards, a feature like shoulders being an irrefutable dealbreaker isnt 'believable' to me. The videos look real to me, if i were to give an opinion i think i would be c...

Something kinda interesting is presented in this thread. A huge percentage of people, mainstream people, probably always just believed a giant snake can eat a person. I would think some other subject matter would be the big fake of the century as one poster seems to think it is. We are the ones sinc...

I still think about the neuroethology that would most often happen at initial human/giant snake contact, actions and postures and how they are perceived by a python on the ground, that these are the factors that prevent a predatory response and are responsible for its uncommonness. Not some rigid sc...

human body I mean.

Dont get it twisted - I know what species are involved - but the burms were your main thing, right? Its not ever going to happen again Ernie. And its not the activists or the dumb politicians fault. People dont want to spend their time caretaking things any more. Thats only one wee esoteric change t...

Hey if I visualize that same guy with his arm bent around his head swallowed at the elbow... Totally could see it happen. I mean really why the dedication to the contrary what is that some residual entrepreneurs code of commitment to a product? The rorschach all seems to make a python shape when the...

This same discussion was had in the past, on another thread, and then there are all the other topics, turned into conspiracy-pieces by the same person.

Good luck! Hope you are in for a great trip!

Theres alot of material on saponins which is cited as the toxic element in sansevieria and a light peruse had some liver dynamic stuff with saponins of other species, pos and neg, and some mention of toxicity with poikilotherms as well as dogs and cats. Yet how many of us here, as animal folks, have...

Personally I dont think the plant can be ignored, if we are sincere in seeking an answer, even if for the value of building on fragments of shared experiences and ideas - you just dont know how they can lock together with a future circumstance, but they can. Weighing what information is available I ...

I can't help but think how cool/useful it would have been to get the necropsy on video. Since the vet had disclosed not doing a lot of reptile work, she kind of dropped the ball for herself imo. The opportunity will never come up for her again probably. Its very sad that he lost the spider, they're ...

The reason I ask is one of the hallmarks of a mechanical death is its sudden, swift in either no symptoms or a brief severe presentation before death. Chronic dietary influenced issues and pathogenic illnesses usually show to a keeper, a guy who has spider tortoises, quite honestly, would see things...

Man kfen that really pulls up a repeating pain for me. I truly would rather find a worm in my fruit. How long was it from first note of irregular behavior, ie; malaise, no eat etc, till death? The duration can be a clue to a mechanical death. A mechanical death is old school zoo vet term for death c...

Because there are always unexamined components to health issues presented on forums, heck even At Hand, in a veterinary format, with a tortoise God or other, these discussions can only be conversant. That is why I basically stuck to sharing per that click on issue, I have interests but seek no patte...

I like hydrogen peroxide for its mechanical behavior on soiled artifacts and dishes. It foams up, rinses away to nothingness easily, quickly. That's my favorite thing about it. It does destroy microbes, by basically blowing them apart but I use it as a physical surfactant with that added and variabl...

I dont mean to sound flip at all, I am just so not wanting to get in a debate. As time goes on hepatic and renal conditions are being noted in older reptiles, or younger animals fed novel matter regularly, as well as other impacts like chronic dehydration (imperfect water presentation) and temps tha...

Yeah - I know, I know.

Oh boy ok Im just going to say it.

I would never feed Mazuri or any pelleted diet to Egyptians, Stars or Spiders.

Just wet weeds. Dandelion, pulled out wheat grass. Mostly dandelion as the staple which was sold at safeway and the asian stores. I also got some other weeds there.

Wet weeds.

The liver is involved with almost every vital system of the body. Animals can live with alot of function loss but if ducts get involved in chronic fat accumulation than yes death can be attributed to the tissue changes that include fat and fibrous areas. Usually this is diagnosed by copious bile on ...

Thanks Bry

In reading some of my own conversation about this topic, it almost sounds like I want pythons to eat people more.

Dang. Do I?

Ah, I just looked closer and the hint of platinum - Exquisite.

I always thought a solid black king was the most beautiful thing.

But that subtle gild, damn elegant.

I get what your saying I think most do, and most pay no mind to length quotes, its the curious iconry that is dramatic but also just interesting. There are many factors in all encounters and I have always thought a version of anti-worm (neuroethology toad study) ie; anti-prey shape and perspective i...

So the pic of the small yet broad shouldered tribesman holding the gigantic python is clear proof that a human can never be taken.

Ok thats cool. We get this is what you think. No need to re explain.

I have to agree. Prior stories lacked credibility. This made the rounds yesterday and was picked up by several news agencies. It appears to be the most authentic evidence I have seen. I would like to hear others on this forum with more experience weigh in. Ive had snakes try to eat me but none of t...

Interesting observations, you add much to the topic. Anoles and green tree frogs were my humble cross env but i had seen them in florida on the same greenery and it was interesting and pleasant to have them together - a pic i want to find is of an anole and tree frog resting upright on either side o...

"Will the shape or behavior of one animal affect the territoriality of another animal [in encl]" You know Ive never felt comfortable doing it, and its the above not immediately -obvious-reasons is why. I had to cut a curator of a museum off from buying collared lizards - the exhibit was mixed, it w...

Now that im home I was inspired to try to find some early 2000 pics, i have of lizards and treefrogs. Not as easy as I thought my pics are a mess. Thats been my most successful multi sp experiences. Lizards will fight each other, and frogs can either eat or be chemically incompatible but tree frogs ...

One last thing, if i may, Supertank means very spacious ay? A better situ to consider and excitingly re-frame perhaps in your biodiverse intentions, is to focus on One species of animalia... and have all the other live things be Flora A beautiful animal (or pr) with a bunch of well chosen badass pla...

Zoological displays of habitats and multiple niche dwellers are common, but keep in mind they allow for losses, for the entity the Exhibit is The Thing - the animals often come and go, there is an acceptance of risk one does not have with a personal specimen. Multi species environments can work but ...

Jimi doesn't dine on Raven's Pie.

He always speaks fairly pro or con and even on this very thread.

I really like that imagery though Regal. I like the way you write, it requires connection with whimsy and dimension.

Hey look at me I'm intruding on the grown folks again heehee

That was beautiful.

I like different things for different purposes, Nolvasan in solution was my favorite for peripheral service areas and I used it on the floor of my tegu's play area. I still have a gallon left from my A.C time and we have a strong dilute of it in a spray bottle for the sink, and the kitchen floor aft...

Sometimes our animal rooms look better than other times. And we all know that a small change or upgrade can mean more moving things around or involvement with tangental work , in the name of being thorough, than what we first intend. Ours partners are Herp Room Widows/rs of this phenomenon. But mine...