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I've been wanting to start a small scale leopard gecko breeding project for a few years now, and I've finally come up with the extra money to kick start my little project. I've been looking at prices for breeding racks and incubators and things like that, but there's one thing I haven't been able to quite figure out.

I have Absolutely no idea how or where I would sell my leopard geckos (which I'm pretty sure is an important part of breeding lol). I've checked at my local pet stores, and they all buy from commercial breeders (plus I'd like to be breeding morphs like Jungles, Snows, and SHTCTs to name a few). Since I'd like to breed morphs I don't think a paper ad would be appropriate, and so far the only thing I've come up with is going to reptile expos and having a booth or making ads on Craig's List. I could really use some advice on places I could look to sell leopard geckos.

And before anyone says it, I don't expect to be making money with this breeding project, I'd just love to have the experience of breeding and selling reptiles.

Thanks!

I owned a Weimaraner for years, and I've always been careful to keep him healthy and happy. One thing that's always concerned me is his feeding, because of bloat. I feed him two meals a day (once in the morning and once in the evening), but he loves going on his walks CONSTANTLY.

I can't feed him in the morning and then wait about an hour before taking him out (he's ready for his walk as soon as we wake up in the mornings), and I usually run with him and play with him a bit too before he goes inside. Since he loves to be so active when he's outside I think it's safer for me to feed him AFTER his walks (he only goes out every other hour or so).

Is this a safe option for feeding my Weimaraner, or does anyone else have suggestions for how I can safely feed my dog?

My girlfriend and I have dated for a little over two years, and we didn't exactly have it easy for most of that time. Her family didn't like me, we couldn't talk much or be together, and both of us had done some things to hurt each other. Now she's 18, her family is accepting of us and much more friendly towards me, we see each other quite often, and neither of us have done anything more than have a slight disagreement in months.

The only thing that's been on my mind lately is something that happened about six months ago. My girlfriend left me because of some BIG relationship problems (I was acting like a dick, and she was being a doormat) for another guy. After about a month and a half of me sneaking around to be with her, the two of them finally broke up and we started being public again. Since all this happened I've changed the way I act, and she's genially making an effort to keep us together, and show how sorry she is and that she cares (going as far as to stick her neck out for me to her family).

The problem is that I can't seem to let go of this past event, and I feel like it's keeping me from moving forward in our relationship. I haven't told her about it yet, but I want to figure out how I can let go of the past before I bring it up (it's still a very sensitive subject after all).

So please, if you have any advice on how I can work this problem out feel free to answer. I would like to move forward in our relationship. Please do NOT answer telling me to break up with her, you're not in my position, and that isn't advice.

I asked this question with much more detail, but the situation is complex and I feel that if I explained what happened it would skew answers, and I'm just looking for advice on how to let go of the past and move on, not what I should do with my relationship with my girlfriend.

My girlfriend and I have been going out for a little over two years, and for most of that time things haven't been very easy on us. To make a long story short for the purpose of this question she's cheated on me a few times, all of which were during some of our very rough times. She'd go out with this other guy, keep everything hidden from me, and eventually it would end. The first time was with some dolt, and that ended when he found out that she was giving me another chance (to be fair back then I was an emotional wreck for reasons that were to blame on me and I don't really hold it against her).

The second time I don't know much about. We were having a bit of a time apart (she still considered us together, and said she only wanted me), and she ended that on her own long before I found out. Once again I don't blame her, because I was saying terrible things that I still don't even forgive myself over.

The last time is the one I can't get over (I'll explain why I want to get over it in just a moment). In mid December of last year she began seeing another guy, and dumped me for him. I wanted her back, and for over a month (we got back together around Valentine's) she was seeing this guy publicly, and me secretly. She lied a lot (to me, him, her family, cops, everyone), and after he left her she came back to me.

Since all this happened she turned 18 (I'll be following her in about 6 months), and for once in our relationship it finally seems like things are actually going smoothly. Her family is accepting of me, it feels like she's turned over a new leaf and is acting like a whole new person (one that is VERY close to me), and I'm actually not acting like a massive dick (which accounted for quite a few of our problems). The only thing keeping me from being completely happy being with her is our past, more specifically the time she cheated on me and left me about 6 months ago.

Every time I think about it I get this terrible emotional feeling, because in all honesty I've never had a worse time in my life. I really want this feeling to go away, but I'm not sure how to let all this go. She's forgiven the things I've done, and she's being very kind and caring towards me, and minus these thoughts so am I.

This is the only thing that's really keeping me from being completely happy, and keeping us from having the good relationship that we haven't had in a long time. Literally everything else that I can think of is fine or better but this. I could use any advice on how to let things go, or how to work past the past (and no, break up with her is not advice).

Thanks!

Today my 4th gen. iPod broke. I won't go into how it broke, but it has a cracked lcd screen, the metal around the volume buttons is dented, and the screen is popped out of the metal a bit. I bought it around Christmas of 2010, so I don't think the warenty is any good. Can I still send it to Apple or something to have it fixed? What exactly can I do?

Thanks in advance, and best answer (if there is one) will get 10 points!

I'm currently taking an Equine Management class in our school's agriculture lab, and since the teacher also teaches Small Animal Care we have quite a few small animals around. On top of a rabbit, turtle, and two guinea pigs, we also have two chinchillas. One is a more calm and sociable darker haired chinchilla, and the other is a highly unsociable lighter skinned one.

The lighter skinned one spends all of his time in hiding (the teacher keeps the dust houses in the tanks at all times for hides, but only puts the dust in when it's bath time), will almost always bite when someone tries/needs to get him out, and is even aggressive towards the other chinchilla whenever he gets to close.

From what I see there isn't any cage bullying going on, and other than when the friendlier chinchilla wants to play with the other one, the two don't usually interact. Because of his unsociable nature people usually don't want to get the lighter chinchilla out, which is a problem that I'd like to see fixed. One day during cage cleaning a girl that ownes a few sugar gliders managed to get the lighter skinned chinchilla out, and placed him in her hoodie pocket while we cleaned. I now know that he can be handled, and I want to begin to handle him, or at least make it easier to handle him when we need to (even if it's just by a certain few people that have a gentle touch).

I'm more of a reptile person myself, so I know very little about caring for and socializing rodents and other small animals outside of my small zone of cold-blooded animals, so I'm coming here to ask what I can do to try and get the chinchilla to warm up to the idea that being handled isn't the end of the world. Most days in class we have a bit of free time, so I can work with him daily five days a week for as long as necessary, but I don't know how or where to start.

Any suggestions and tips would be greatlappreciateded. Thanks!

I'm interested in trying to teach my dog some new tricks, but before I go off to do that, I'd like to know what sort of tricks a dog can be taught. I mean tricks more advanced than shake, sit, and lay. The problem is that the only tricks I've taught dogs before are the basic ones (on top of obedience, house training, etc.).

So what are some of the more advanced tricks that a dog can learn?

I got my Weimaraner when I was in the 6th grade (I'm now in the 11th, making him about 5), and ever since we got him he always seems to pace around a lot when he's inside. We raised him as an inside dog, and he seems to love napping at my side and being inside just about as much as he loves to run and play outside.

Is pacing for weims common? He usually does this to let us know he wants to go to the bathroom, but sometimes he does it when he really has no intensions of going outside. He gets plenty of outside time a day, playing both inside and out. So I really don't know what it is.

I'm planning on getting a Savannah Monitor soon for an SAE Project and hopefully a Proficiency Award in the FFA. For project I'll be building custom tanks for a sav, recording the daily diet, weekly weight and length change, loging taming efforts, and recording what the local exotic vet has to say. I'm a relitivly experienced reptile owner, and I think I can handle a Sav. Monitor, provided I do my research and build the tank and get the suppies before I buy one. One inconsistancy come across in my research are inconsistancies in the diet of an adult and baby Sav.. This worries me because I know that a large ammount of Savs die because of misimformation.

Since I'll be purchasing a baby sav that's where I'd like to focus my questions. One artical I've read tells you that rodents should be the main part of a savs diet, even for a baby. It suggested 1-4 pinkies a week, which doesn't seem right considering how fatty pinkies are and how hard that would be on a growing sav's stomach. Another I read says that insects are about 80% of a sav's diet in the wild, and that seems to be a little more accurate. It says that they should be eating meal/super-worms, crickets, or roaches as a baby. The only problem with this artical is that it doesn't go into much detail as to how many of these insects should be fed to a sav, or how often.

So, which is correct, rodents or insects, and how many how often?

I'm planning on getting a Savannah Monitor soon for an SAE Project and hopefully a Proficiency Award in the FFA. For project I'll be building custom tanks for a sav, recording the daily diet, weekly weight and length change, loging taming efforts, and recording what the local exotic vet has to say. I'm a relitivly experienced reptile owner, and I think I can handle a Sav. Monitor, provided I do my research and build the tank and get the suppies before I buy one. One inconsistancy come across in my research are inconsistancies in the diet of an adult and baby Sav.. This worries me because I know that a large ammount of Savs die because of misimformation.

Since I'll be purchasing a baby sav that's where I'd like to focus my questions. One artical I've read tells you that rodents should be the main part of a savs diet, even for a baby. It suggested 1-4 pinkies a week, which doesn't seem right considering how fatty pinkies are and how hard that would be on a growing sav's stomach. Another I read says that insects are about 80% of a sav's diet in the wild, and that seems to be a little more accurate. It says that they should be eating meal/super-worms, crickets, or roaches as a baby. The only problem with this artical is that it doesn't go into much detail as to how many of these insects should be fed to a sav, or how often.

So, which is correct, rodents or insects, and how many how often?

My Bearded Dragon is almost three and a half years old, and a few months ago I ran into a problem; She has stopped taking interest in her Greens. I offer her a full plate of Collards a day (sometimes Turnip Greens or very rarely some Kale), but a few months ago she stopped wanting to eat her greens (and this has never been a problem in the past).

She still absolutely LOVES her crickets and superworms (the latter being the more common now-a-days), and will happy gobble up 8-10 a day. I know she shouldn't be eating that much, but she won't eat anything else. If I try and ween her off of so many insects, then she'll lay around under her basking spot and not bask, which worries me.

I've checked the temperatures and humidity, and that isn't a problem. I also do my best to get her out for some free time out of her tank daily too. I've tried hand feeding the greens to her, or putting the superworms in the green dish, but nothing seems to work. I've also given her warms baths to get her to poop (fearing bowel problems), but this doesn't seen to be the problem either.

I'm really stumped on what I can do. I could always gutload the insects on greens, but she won't be eating enough of the insects to get her proper amount of veggies.

Any suggestions?

We spent a very short time in my Latin class covering the Roman Gods, and one god (or rather the name of one) caught my attention. Mercury is the roman equivalent of Hermes, making him the messenger, and hopefully also the god typically recognized as mischievous. This is good news for me as I like mythological/historical names in my pets, and the name of a mischievous god would be perfect for a ferret (a pet that I plan on purchasing soon). Loki was on the list, but I'd like to have another mischief god on the list in case I get another ferret (which is very common apparently).

One thing I didn't ask from my latin teacher is if it's Mercury or Mercurius (or which would have been the more common pronunciation), so I'd like to ask that now.

I'm getting a ferret in about two weeks, and I'm having a bit of trouble in the toys department of buying things.

Just about the only toy that I know for sure that I'll be getting is a ferret tunnel (one of the ones that look like dryer hoses), and that's only because I see every ferret with one because they're burrowing animals. I was going to get a pack of two of hard jingly balls that I saw in the ferret section of a nearby PetCo, but that leaves me with about five toys in total (four of which are near identical). I had planned on getting one of the lofa style squeaky dog toys, and perhaps a small sized kong ball.

These are all the ideas I have though. I know I'll need to switch the toys out every week or two to keep the ferret entertained, but I don't think the toys I had planned on getting are nearly enough for toys outside of the cage and some in the cage too.

Any suggestions for toys for a ferret? I'm starting with one ferret and then seeing how that goes, so please don't suggest another ferret for playing (though that would make things a bit easier I think).

Thanks!

I've had a problem with feeding my leopard gecko for most of his time spent with me. every time I try and feed him he just can't seem to catch the prey item. He'll bite near it, or half lunge at it (not even coming close to making contact), or do other things that make feeding a very tedious chore (and worries me). He seems to lock onto anything that moves near his tank, banging his snout into the tank whist lunging, and biting me (non defensively) whenever I put my hands in the tank until he realizes that I'm not food.

I'm not sure if he's just a poor feeder, or possibly blind. When I first got him I used a heat lamp which was switched very quickly for a heat mat, and even after I switched it he would happily stalk prey and shake his tail before lunging. Now he bangs into everything but the food, to the point that I have to pre-kill everything and put it into a food-dish (which still doesn't help).

I recorded a video of him trying to eat a superworm (the video cut off just before he finally ate it), and I wanted advice or theories from other leo owners. This is never something I've seen before, and even after searching for it I couldn't find much of an answer to my problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68q-tJ-10L8

I'm currently doing research on Savannah Monitors, and right now I'm focused on the prey items that I'll be using to feed one. I know that when they're young they should be on an insectivorous diet, but once they get older they can be introduced to rodents, fish, and other meat (all very occasionally from what I understand).

If this is truly the case, and the diet of an adult SM should consist of the occasional rodent, then I have one question about them. I've always used Frozen/Thawed rodents for the safety of my reptiles, but I do have one question about the nutritional value of F/T meals. I've often heard that when they're frozen they lose some of the nutritional value, and I'd like to know how much they may lose, and how I can help return some of this nutritional value via other sources.

And since I'm on the topic of feeding a Savannah Monitor, if anyone would like to take the time to review the diet for me I think it would help me quite a bit (I still have roughly 2 months of research to go, so I'm not rushing into anything).

Thanks!

I've been a bit bored lately, so I've been looking up random facts on reptiles (like the Komodo Dragon), and after I finally rested my confusion on the venom vs bacteria, I decided to dig further when I read that "more lizards than we think are venomous". After a quick Google search I discovered that my very own Izzy (my female Bearded Dragon) is in fact a venomous lizard (albeit in very small amounts).

This has lead me to wonder what other lizards possess venom, how is it injected, and how harmful can it be to the human body (Bearded Dragons included)? Any answers (or links) would be awesome.

Thanks!

I've been a bit bored lately, so I've been looking up random facts on reptiles (like the Komodo Dragon), and after I finally rested my confusion on the venom vs bacteria, I decided to dig further when I read that "more lizards than we think are venomous". After a quick Google search I discovered that my very own Izzy (my female Bearded Dragon) is in fact a venomous lizard (albeit in very small amounts).

This has lead me to wonder what other lizards possess venom, how is it injected, and how harmful can it be to the human body (Bearded Dragons included)? Any answers (or links) would be awesome.

Thanks!

I just downloaded iTunes onto my new computer, and I want to add some new songs to my iPod Touch, but when I try to sync it iTunes says it will delete all my songs and apps that are currently on my iPod.

I have a lot of Apps and songs on my iPod that I won't want deleted, but I also have more songs ready to be put on my iPod... Is there anything I can do or am I going to have to delete my entire iPod because Apple things that's a good idea?

I've been curious about this for a while now, but I can't quite find an answer. If a native English speaking (like myself) where to begin speaking a foreign language (French, German, Italian, ect.) as a main language, would you begin to get an accent? If so, would it become more "heavy" over time?

I've always been interested in taking care of small animals (dogs, cats, more exotic pets like birds and reptiles), and I want to study to be a small animal vet that specializes in exotic pets once I graduate from high school in a year. I defiantly have the smarts for it, but I still have a lot of questions.

One that randomly popped in my head was "Are exotic pets popular in European countries like Germany?" I'm not sure why it popped in my head, but I've been thinking about it ever since it came up. Since I live in the US I'm not sure of the laws in regards to exotic pets in places like Germany, nor do I know how popular they might be.

So can some educate me on how popular exotic pets might be in places like Germany or other European countries?