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Postby Richard.C » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:02 am

lovely pics,what a group of stunners,and what nice homes they have,thanks for posting
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Postby Leigh » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:08 am

That was a nice bit of viewing mate, proper shots nice enclosures and I also love the new avatar, I have photographic envy towards you haa haaaa
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Postby Zach » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:10 am

DT thinks she's so tough with her under-tongue shots.... :grump:



KeiKei is looking lovely.... :love:

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Postby Dragontears » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:19 am

KyleWeiss wrote:Might I add every time there's a DT picture post, her animals and cages ALWAYS look so clean? Mentioned or not? :lol:

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:lol: Well, I did mention that I had just did a thorough cleaning of everyone but Kei Kei's tank. I did wipe some collard greens off Mamma's lips before the shoot too. :whistle:

For the most part, my skinks are easy to spot clean after. Sprout poos in his water, not the substrate, so as long as I keep his water clean, his tank is poo free. Mamma and Styx poo on their basking rock :hurl: but that, too, is an easy fix. Kei Kei and Nona tend to hide their poo and I may or may not find it before it is dried up and smell free and covered with substrate, so even though they are there, you can't see them.
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Postby Dragontears » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:20 am

Zach wrote:DT thinks she's so tough with her under-tongue shots.... :grump:



KeiKei is looking lovely.... :love:



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Postby suez » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:13 pm

[quoAs Jenn already said, that's my big Mamma the Merauke. She was my first.te]

i am almost certain my LOui is merauke please look in my gallery and tell me if you think that too
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Postby Dragontears » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:21 pm

hard to say for sure, but I would lean that way.
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Postby suez » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:25 pm

Dragontears wrote:hard to say for sure, but I would lean that way.


thank you for looking he seems to have all of the traits he is a great guy i love him to bits
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Postby Dragontears » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:42 pm

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Postby Marie » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:34 am

Beautiful pictures! Is Nona a daddy again or what? I thought he and Moe were expecting...
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Postby Zach » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:51 am

:noknow:

They bred better than anyone, but nothing yet....I thought for sure she was 2 weeks ago, but now she's a little thinner....then she gets fatter....then thinner... :oi:

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Postby Dragontears » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:43 pm

She probably already had babies and Zach just doesn't want to share. :heated:
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Postby Jenn » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:36 pm

He's hiding them in his carebear purse!
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Postby Dragontears » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:19 am

:jawdrop:
Zach, that's not nice!
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Postby Marie » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:06 pm

Do skinks, or reptiles in general, resorb their fetuses?
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Postby Zach » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:44 pm

Oh, you two are just hilarious, aren't you!!!


Marie, what do you mean exactly?

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Postby Leigh » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:58 am

I'm not sure about that , zach I've read that some animals re-absorb unfertilised eggs
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Postby Marie » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:27 am

Certain animals can terminate pregnancy by either resorbtion (essentially the body breaks down the tissue) or abortion of the fetus. When I worked in the vitamin D lab, our mice would resorb fetuses if they couldn't support the pregnancy. I'm not certain, but I think that animals can even selectively resorb a dead fetus and maintain the live ones. I was wondering if this has been documented in reptiles. After Jenn's Easterns mated, she said the female gained weight, only to lose it again. Now you have said that Moe is losing and gaining weight. :noknow:

I found one article that tries to address this issue. Sounds like it's a controversial issue in the reptile world. The article is kinda hard to read, but still interesting (for a science dork). http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/thommo/pdfs/2003/120BlackburnWeaberStewartThompson2003.pdf
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Postby bluecheezytree » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:11 pm

So Cute! :love:
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Postby Zach » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:28 am

That is really interesting!

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