Given the beginning of your screen name I'm going to guess you are actually up near the central coast, though at this point that is just a guess.
You have a variety of options but I would put visiting other keepers/breeders in your area at the top of your list. This will give you an idea of...
My experience has been different than that. I too was using ReptiCal initially, then switched to another product based on some discussions with the manufacturer. The following season was when I had all the deformity issues, once they started showing up I switched back to my old protocol and...
I experienced this issue several years ago, when I switched supplements (both vitamin and calcium sources) and suddenly had a rash of hatchlings with eyelid issues. It didn't seem to matter who the sire and dam were as there was the odd one or two hatchlings in each group of clutches that had...
I have to admit that this was the first time I've actually made it to this show since it's inception several years back. I quite enjoyed talking with Marcia and others I had not seen in quite some time. It was also nice to see some of the folks that took time to mentor me ages ago when I...
gecko species do you keep? And why do you keep them? I'm curious what else other than Leopards everyone keeps, whether it is Cresteds, AFT's, etc.
If you discount the other 22ish species I work (snakes, lizards, chelonia, amphibia)with on and off, I'm currently keeping leopards and AFTs...
Just thought I would show the latest updates on my Herp Room Remodel.
I'm actually quite happy with how it is turning out. Everything seems to flow when I'm working in there. Still have a ways to go and seems to take forevery but such is life I guess.
The snake and frog wall of the...
Just cleaning the other day and decided to shoot some pictures of some of last years holdbacks.
My patternless Rainwater amel today
Here he is a youngster...
Ian
It could be that we are seeing some differences due to interbreeding if subspecies as well. After all there have to be some phenotypical differences between the subspecies in order to differentiate them each other. Most herpetoculturalists don't worry about breeding true to the subspecific...
Hi,
Welcome to the forums.
The answer to your question is that you will get normals all the way around with a chance of some leaning towards the yellow parent and some leaning towards the normal parent and some that are intermediate between the two. You will also have some that will...
What part of SoCal are you in? I do live in the area (Chino Hills) and have been involved with the herp scene here on and off for the last 20 years. What specifically are you looking for?
Unfortunately, Steve Sykes is no longer in Santa Barbara, he has relocated to the Sacramento area...
There are two forms of melanophore found with in a vast majority of reptiles, one in the upper dermis layer and one in the lower epidermal layer. The one in the upper dermis layer is dendritic (it has arms and looks a bit like a tree). The melanophore is the furthest in of the three pigment...
I think you are actually looking at a little bit of both, frankly. Breeding darker individuals together will increase the chances that the offspring, overall are darker. Also since in some strains of leopards overall coloration is not truly set until a month or so after hatching, you can...
I think it is a great idea. I do think the most difficult thing about it will be generating the definitions of each morph, even if it recessive (search for the thread we had going for a while about whether the blizzard was a true leucistic or not in the morph forum). I think there also needs...
Nick
I doubt that Marcia will attend the Pomona show. She usually comes down here only for the NARB show in September. There are several good breeders who typically show up though. Are you looking for anything in particular?
It depends on the season. Right now with the temps lowering in my area and the days getting shorter, my big females are doing a jumbo rat or two every two weeks or so. During breeding season, they on jumbo rats every 5 - 6 days.