Here are some interesting comments I got about the sand controversy from someone in my vivarium group: Well of course the size does matter. If I eat pea gravel...
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Lucy
DanceToday@...
Oct 5, 2000 2:05 am
Welcome to the new member who joined today, whose name I don't know yet. Posts to the group come in bursts with none for several days or so and then a bunch...
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JPECK425@...
Oct 11, 2000 3:02 am
Hi everyone. Just wanted to give an update on the two Giant plateds, that I rescued a few weeks ago. One was doing well, but the other one's survival was in...
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Holly S.
ballpythonsrock@...
Oct 11, 2000 11:46 am
Hey Jeff, Congrats on the rescue! Glad to hear they're doing good. Things seem to be pretty quiet around here lately! I haven't been posting for a long time...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 11, 2000 4:07 pm
Jeff, Yes, posts come in spurts. Great job with your two rehabilitated plateds. I'm sure they are sooooooo much better off now! Will you tell us about your...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 11, 2000 4:14 pm
Holly, Pictures are always welcome. I don't know of any space limit. I have photos but haven't gotten them on the web yet so I can get them to the files on...
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JPECK425@...
Oct 11, 2000 6:12 pm
The showcase that I used for the G.validus is approx. 6'x2'x2'. It is glass on all sides and the top. The bottom is partical board(coated). There are two 24"...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 11, 2000 10:11 pm
Jeff, Thanks for the description. A few questions as I scrounge around for inexpensive cages, too, but have yet to find one in someone's trash! I have a used...
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sedgwic
sedgwic@...
Oct 12, 2000 12:06 am
I have a litter pan for water in my cage too i used a lightweight length of driftwood to make a bridge as the litter pan is as wide as the cage so they have a...
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JPECK425@...
Oct 12, 2000 3:10 am
Hi Lucy. The importance to a fully level surface under an aquarium is usually referring to a tank filled with water. There is a lot of pressure on the glass...
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JPECK425@...
Oct 12, 2000 3:18 am
I was really surprised at how much they seem to enjoy a quick swim for savanna animals. I put the pan in the corner on the cooler end. I was having trouble...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 12, 2000 3:56 pm
Yes, Jeff, I agree they do have a lot of personality. I think they are an underappreciated lizard....
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DanceToday@...
Oct 12, 2000 4:01 pm
Jeff, Thanks for the information about the tank support issue. That makes sense that you would have to be more careful when it's used for an aquarium. About...
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Caro
Caro@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:45 am
Man am I a sucker. LOL I did it again folks. I just came home with yet another lizard. <sigh> I am just too soft hearted. hehehe It is a Uromastyx. They said...
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Aalset@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:53 pm
Did they tell you Uromastics need a spott in the tank that need to be 110 degrees to keep them healthy? Betty...
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Caro
Caro@...
Oct 13, 2000 4:05 pm
Hi Betty, Nope, as usualy they didn't tell me much of anything. I had to do the research and find it out myself. I have his tank split. One side has a sand...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 13, 2000 5:37 pm
Caro, Cool, I think Uromastyx are very interesting. I think they look like E.T.! I get the name, though, for when I get one some day! They are almost totally ...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 13, 2000 5:51 pm
Hi Betty! Haven't heard from you in a long time. I didn't read your post before telling Caro about the 110 basking spot. Do you know about Agama ...
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Aalset@...
Oct 13, 2000 10:20 pm
I used to have some but don"t have now I like monitors now. I have black ruff neck, 1 blacktroat sav. 1 mangrove, 1 asian water monitor Betty...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
Oct 13, 2000 11:14 pm
Hi gang Re Uromastyx, it is best to err on the side of caution and just put a water bowl for a short while each day, at least until you think you know where ...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
Oct 13, 2000 11:16 pm
Well, I know it is a little late to reply to this, but my wife and I went to a specialist shop to pick up some magazines and came out a while later somewhat...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 14, 2000 2:02 am
Anyone in the group have tegus? I didn't even consider one because I thought they needed large live prey and were not very safe to be around. (Especially ...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 14, 2000 2:03 am
Nick, my computer said this post of yours had a picture attached and I didn't see one. Was there supposed to be? Interesting about the tegus, lacertas and...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 15, 2000 8:44 pm
Nick, Do you know of a book that has the infraorders, genus, species, etc. - all the different levels that lizards fit into- in a chart showing what branches ...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
Oct 15, 2000 10:52 pm
Lucy There are several sources with the various taxonomic classifications of reptiles in them, although some may differ from one another according to when they...
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Lucy
DanceToday@...
Oct 16, 2000 2:03 pm
Hey, guys! This has been a slow month. Is everyone slowing down for their winter brumation or what? Well, I had an experience that reassured me that I am not...
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Nick Smith
nafcon@...
Oct 16, 2000 10:05 pm
Sorry, I didn't mean to attach a picture in the first place! Doh! Nick ... From: <DanceToday@...> To: <sudanplatedlizards@egroups.com> Sent: Saturday,...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 16, 2000 11:57 pm
In a message dated 10/16/00 5:11:38 PM, nafcon@... writes: << Sorry, I didn't mean to attach a picture in the first place! Doh! >> There may not have...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 18, 2000 12:30 am
Thanks, Nick. I'd actually looked at that site before (probably at your suggestion) but forgot where it was. I've printed out part of it and plan to do the...
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DanceToday@...
Oct 18, 2000 2:49 pm
Here are comments of Bert Langerwerf, a herpetoculturist from the Netherlands, now living in Alabama with a large captive breeding facility (Agama...
