Forum: Pictures
21-05-2013, 02:59 AM
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Spring is in the air.
My keystone male ivory tortoise (Big Whitey) has been mating several of his females since the weather has warmed up.
Ivory x 67% het (I have a small number of eggs from this female and male ready...
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Forum: Pictures
18-04-2013, 01:45 AM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
18-04-2013, 01:43 AM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
17-04-2013, 10:00 PM
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I am not a chelonian researcher. Nowhere have I...
I am not a chelonian researcher. Nowhere have I claimed such. I am a Biologist and research and development scientist (I sent you a LinkedIn invitation to connect on 10Jul2012 that would have allowed...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
17-04-2013, 07:22 AM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
16-04-2013, 08:17 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
16-04-2013, 07:58 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
15-04-2013, 02:59 PM
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I have printer paper. It has a white color. It...
I have printer paper. It has a white color. It does not require calcium to reflect white light. My ivory hatchlings and their heterozygous siblings would possess roughly the same amount of calcium...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
15-04-2013, 02:19 PM
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Depends on the tyrosinase enzyme variant...
Depends on the tyrosinase enzyme variant (isozyme). 37C is the typical human body temperature. There are plenty of animals that have tyrosinase and produce melanin at temperatures higher than this....
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
15-04-2013, 02:13 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
15-04-2013, 02:11 PM
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The mottled coloration you see in redfoot...
The mottled coloration you see in redfoot tortoises. Most often witnessed in "cherryheads" (the definitions for cherryhead vary somewhat depending on who is talking -some go by region/locale and some...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
15-04-2013, 02:02 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 10:36 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 10:17 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 10:04 PM
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Tell me what anatomical limitation exists that...
Tell me what anatomical limitation exists that prevents a redfoot from consuming the silica level found in grasses to the point where it would reach a state of impaired health, assuming one exists,...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 09:21 PM
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I would be interested to read the anatomical or...
I would be interested to read the anatomical or physiological basis for these claims. I see assertions galore, but not evidence for support (and especially not from a peer-reviewed source, although I...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 10:54 AM
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To clarify, for leopards under higher heat...
To clarify, for leopards under higher heat indoors, with or without UV, they were higher white in my observations. For sulcatas kept indoors without access to sunlight, even with heat, they were...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 08:09 AM
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Taxonomic classifications are shifting from...
Taxonomic classifications are shifting from anatomical and regional to genetic branching and relation as we refine our systems for analysis and categorization. The label does not really weigh in for...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 04:24 AM
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I have raised animals with UV and without (but...
I have raised animals with UV and without (but with supplemental D3) for the tortoise examples as well as witnessed the care parameters of others, many of whom did use MVB and FL light sources that...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 03:35 AM
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In my experience, it is usually high heat which...
In my experience, it is usually high heat which causes the high white and reduced pattern result. There may be those with genetic predispositions, too, but most of what I see on the market or as pets...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
12-04-2013, 02:53 AM
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Redfoot tortoises and sulcata tortoises both...
Redfoot tortoises and sulcata tortoises both benefit from protein in the diet (vegetable primarily and animal supplementally if you so prefer it) and ambient humidity. The burrow my animals keep is...
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Forum: Pictures
12-04-2013, 02:40 AM
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A few shots of one of my larger, which is not...
A few shots of one of my larger, which is not actually large (yet), hypo CH/RF animals.
Raised in/with the same environmental and dietary parameters as (all of) the others. Mind you, some animals...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
06-04-2013, 04:05 PM
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This does not really present much difficulty or...
This does not really present much difficulty or conflict.
Keeping them warm to hot with decent humidity, adequate variety of foods with adequate fiber and protein, a source of clean water to drink...
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Forum: Pictures
06-04-2013, 03:40 PM
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