Other pets (pics and discussions)

[MasSalvaje]

I would keep feeding her for the next week or two and see if she goes into shed. If she does, it may be an indication that she is reacting to her sabbaticle as a cool down.

-THomas

[guidofatherof5]

I would keep feeding her for the next week or two and see if she goes into shed. If she does, it may be an indication that she is reacting to her sabbaticle as a cool down.

-THomas

Just the kind of help I was looking for. Thanks.

[ConcinusMan]

Awesome job Steve. Elvis is looking sooooo much better than when you first got her. Pretty much the same thing that happened when I got Jewels (Pueblan milk snake I no longer have). It's amazing what a difference proper care and good feeding can do for a snake in a short time. Just 4 months of feeding her properly, and the difference is like night and day. I see the same thing after you've had Elvis for a while. She's looking excellent. Burns healed up nicely.

[guidofatherof5]

I was having trouble getting to sleep last night so I stayed up and did some spot feeding.
This Kenni of female Kenyan sand boa(Eryx colubrinus loveridgei)





This is Blackout our Black(duh) Mexican King snake(Lampropeltis getula nigrita)

[guidofatherof5]

These are my son Kale's(age 13) pride and joy. Kale is my bird kid. Our family has always taken in wayward birds in need of some care. These were hatched here on the Ranch. Kale wants to work with raptors some day. I'm all for that.

P.S. Kale also will be breeding Peach faced Love bird early in the fall.

[drache]

you know, birds are reptiles
sometimes one can see it sort of

[kazariel]

here is my new female mountain king



shes just about 11 month old and 45cm long, just a baby ...

[GarterGeek]

you know, birds are reptiles
sometimes one can see it sort of

I've had that feeling too sometimes. More so with large predatory birds, like hawks and eagles, than with sparrows and other birds. To me, the sense that they both seem prehistoric and ancient is what makes them so similar. Of course, they are both related to dinosaurs, so there is a definite linkage.

[ConcinusMan]

To me, the sense that they both seem prehistoric and ancient is what makes them so similar.

What do you mean "they both seem prehistoric and ancient is what makes them so similar" ??

Silly me, I always thought they were similar because they are similar.

"Like all other reptiles, birds have scales (feathers are produced by tissues similar to those that produce scales, and birds have scales on their feet). Also, birds lay eggs like other reptiles. The soft anatomy (musculature, brain, heart, and other organs) all are fairly similar. There are numerous skeletal resemblances between birds and other reptiles"

And it really doesn't matter what kind of bird it is. They all have close "dinosaur" matches in the fossil record.

[GarterGeek]

What do you mean "they both seem prehistoric and ancient is what makes them so similar" ??

Silly me, I always thought they were similar because they are similar.

"Like all other reptiles, birds have scales (feathers are produced by tissues similar to those that produce scales, and birds have scales on their feet). Also, birds lay eggs like other reptiles. The soft anatomy (musculature, brain, heart, and other organs) all are fairly similar. There are numerous skeletal resemblances between birds and other reptiles"

And it really doesn't matter what kind of bird it is. They all have close "dinosaur" matches in the fossil record.

Exactly! That's why I also said, "Of course, they are both related to dinosaurs, so there is a definite linkage."

I didn't mean to be confusing or contradictory, I was just speaking from an emotional stand-point rather than a scientific one. When I referred to "the sense that they are prehistoric," I was referring to a strange gut-feeling I experience whenever I see a reptile or bird. I really wish I could explain better.

I didn't know feathers and scales were from similar tissues! That's very interesting. - Thank you!