my herps

no not herpes... I just want to share my passion for herps with you. I'm hoping to find like minded people, and make friends through this blog. dont hesistate to say hello:)

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My beautiful girl pixel models on some roses

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This is Lanai, she was adopted from a dog and cat shelter almost a year ago, where they fed her some sort of red powder. I still don't know what it was. She was very skittish and has gotten a little better but prefers to not be handled; so I leave her alone for the most part. She is very gorgeous, I love her coloring and markings even though her morph is not known, she is beautiful.

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John Scarborough of GeckoBoa Reptiles just posted the final pathology reports from the lemon frost geckos.  Discussion thread here.

tl;dr:

Lemon Frost Female (LF1) - Pictures 1-3 - Tumors were found in the lungs, limbs, skin, pancreas (granuloma, a different sort of tumor), and eyes in the lemon frost samples.  Most relevant passage: “While this female was in good body condition at time of euthanasia, with time growth of visceral metastes would affect normal physiology of the affected organs, resulting in decline and death”.

Lemon Frost Male (LFM1) - Pictures 4-5 - Tumors found in liver, lungs, kidneys (particularly important), skin, cloaca, trachea, muscles, and adipose tissue.   The kidney, liver, and lung clusters are particularly relevant in the second sample since they indicate metastatic cancer.  His condition was much more serious than the female (LF1).  He was 7 months old and had metastatic cancer cells in his fat, indicating consistent and fast spread. 

Scarborough also reports than 6 out of 8 of his lemon frost geckos are showing tumors now.

These findings confirm that the morph should not be supported or reproduced.

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Thank god for Russian dash cams to bring us wonders like this

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they’re saying it’s 3am and they’re so tired and lets just drive and get out of here and then it happens and they’re like ‘well that woke me up”

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That’s what his no driving ass get

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This isn’t snake related but you all need to watch this

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This is my thicc bitch kai, I've had her for over 2 years now. She is a mealworm addict. She is kind of my first reptile I guess (I had a previous gecko, but I didn't do research and it died of stick tail) I've definitely learned my lesson on not buying from chain pet stores and how important quality feeding, and vitamins are. Kai is my beautiful girl and much more chill then my other geckos. I love her so much, and i'm thankful she ignited my passion for reptiles.

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Now vs when I got Crush one year ago.

I keep thinking that hes so tiny but he has really grown since then. Time flies

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Meet Apollo:) he is a beautiful normal ball python that I rescued, hes also my first snake. If you notice any scars on him, please dont come at me, I didnt do that to him. Apollo was found abandoned in an apartment complex and was severely underweight. He has scars from God knows what, looks possibly from a heat lamp. He is now a very healthy boy and is very spoiled. What are your rescue stories if you have any?

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Meet pixel, my beautiful sand boa. Since no one follows me yet I'm just gonna post some introductions :)