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    Leopard Gecko Substrate

    I keep mine on a 50/50 mix of play sand and coir. It looks more desert-like than a pure sand substrate in my opinion anyway. I've had my oldest female since 1988 and have experimented with different substrates over the years. This is my favorite so far.
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    Feeding Frequency for Slings

    Hello. I actually asked this last week by chiming in on a related thread ( http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=123023 ) however no one ever answered. Thinking that maybe the question became lost in the shuffle I thought that I would give it another shot (I just cut and pasted)...
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    Feeding Slings

    I have been keeping tarantulas on and off for about 28 years, almost always in conjuction with herps, fish, and so on. As a result the T's have always been sort of an adjacent hobby to the other animals and I have never been serious enough to even attempt any breeding . I have raised probably...
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    Supplements/vitamins/calcium etc

    I do not have the details right off hand but I remember about four years ago a study was done at a local university (Radford University) on tarantula feeding. P. murinus were used. One group of spiderlings were fed crickets that were fed a rather bland diet (again I cannot remember the details)...
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    haitian curly tailed lizard enclosure

    I have kept and bred several different species of Leiocephalus in years past and your setup looks good. Are both of those bulbs for heat? If so then the only thing that I would change would be replacing one of the spotlights with a fluorescent light. It is important for sun loving lizards to be...
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    Worried about my Ambystoma

    I realize that this thread is a few days old but I am curious as to what temperature that you are keeping your Ambystoma at? I have a moderate sized collection of Asian salamanders and most species of caudates do not do well in the long term when kept in temperatures in the mid 70's and greater...
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    Introduce Yourself

    Hello. My name is Chip and I have been lurking around this site for about a month or so. I have been keeping herps, fish, and to a lesser extent invertebrates for most of my 40 years. My current major interest is with certain asian caudates however I have a few geckos and fish as well. I have a...
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