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I think it really depends on the individual temprament of the snakes. I have a CBB green tree python that I picked up as a yearling that is okay with being handled. It still nips a little and doesn't like being held - but I think the snake trying to nip me when I'm unwinding him to handle him...

I'm most partial to my pygmy sparkling gouramis and chocolate gouramis. I also love my bristlenose pleco, lyretail killifish (who has killed 2 girlfriends), pygmy cories, and all the various shrimp.

Here is my baby, produced by Julian Garcia (www.juliangarcia.com) I'm a terrible photographer, so this is an older picture that he gave me. Bugs starting to turn green, slowly but surely, and he almost took my finger off last night when I went to feed him (I need longer hemostats!) <3

There aren't any GTP's that retain any red coloration. If you want a guaranteed high-yellow animal its going to cost big bucks, and you'll still get one that doesn't look like a neonate and has some green. A friend of mine and a breeder I highly recommend (Julian Garcia) is in the Seattle...

The 8th works fine for me.

Is this the fourth of july weekend? I might not be able to make it if it is. -Alissa

That's interesting. I had no idea why you shouldn't use peat with amphibians, I just remember reading not to on caudata.org

So what's the plan?

The only animals you should avoid using a peatmoss substrate with are amphibians like salamanders. It's okay for inverts, it's what I use for all of mine (mixed with potting soil because I like the look better.) I agree with everyone else that the belly rot of the snake was most likey...

I would say start out with some of the cheaper staple species, and go for a variety. Get a G. rosea or a B. smithi to experience NW terrestrials, an A. avic (docile nw arboreal), P. irminia or cambredgi (little faster and more defensive than an avic) a P. murinus (aggressive african baboon), a...

Nobody is picking on you. 7 inches sounds waay to big to be a cobalt to me as well. How are you measuring? In addition, many petstores are in the habit of selling things that are improperly id'ed. People are trying to help you figure stuff out. I appreciate it when I get responses like that. At...

I have to agree with Søren on killing spiders through over-nursing. If you can take care of a sensitive avic, you can take care of a pokie. It's hard to put all your eggs in one basket though. Personally, I would go with the P. regalis and the fishtank. I am a huge, huge fan of planted...

I think getting together at Colman Pool would be really fun.

You can handle a psalm or a pokie, especially if you can start with a sling. I think doubting yourself is a good indication of your ability to handle a more intimidating spider. This coming from me, who had a tiny chinese earthtiger run up her pant leg the other day (and then had her...

I would love to be able to see the animals that you see on a daily basis. BTW, I agree with you that feral cats and pet cats that are allowed to roam are a danger to themselves and to the wildlife in the area. It was really interesting to read about how the cats actually increase rodent...

I agree with Oldhag. I had a gecko who had a little bit of trouble shedding but giving it a humid hide really helped out a lot.

That's kinda what I was thinking, but I thought we should kinda figure it out a little bit first. It would be nice to have semi-serious meetings, not just get to know each other, but to learn about T's. I'd love to see what everyone else has/learn how to sex (I'm still awful at it) and...

I'm super computer illiterate, so don't ask me to start up the message board, but I would absolutely love to have meet ups with other hobbyists to discuss breeding/do breeding loans/swap t's/whatever. I feel bad for torturing my poor arachnophobe friends.

I think it's funny that people who keep tarantulas get all up in arms about a predatory animal doing what predatory animals do. I'm sure you'd think it was ridiculous if someone wanted to kill your tarantula because it killed poor cute widdle crickets. I don't agree with cats being kept...

When I notice that slings are getting especially fat/funny colored abdomens (I don't know how to explain it, but the skin looks dull and stretched too tight, I guess.) I just stop feeding them until they molt. A t that is going into a molt too fat might injure itself. Also, by doing that you...