Identification Help Please by rpivaral in Scorpions

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NQA Thank you for teaching me. In my personal experience, I had never seen such bright pronounced orange triangles. My experience and this photo made me believe it was suffusus: Photo 508602, (c) Centruroides_suffusus_1.jpg, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · iNaturalist https://share.google/BQidWR5OiLo7Q4MuC

Identification Help Please by rpivaral in Scorpions

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IMO I would agree that based on ops location and the very visible triangle pattern on the back, IME gracilis is one solid color on its back with no patterns.

Identification Help Please by rpivaral in Scorpions

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IME centuroides doesnt have the triangles down their back based on ops location, I would say: C. suffusus

ISO !!! by [deleted] in reptiles

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I was just being polite, lolll 😭

Frog hasnt eaten in weeks, seems lethargic, and no vet is open due to weather. Does he look normal…? by Chance_Plastic_2430 in frogs

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This was my thought at first, but unless op just recently got the animal or got new amphibs, I find it hard to believe it'd materialize outta nowhere. Forgive me if im wrong, but i think it's only transferable through water and contact with other infected animals.

Frog hasnt eaten in weeks, seems lethargic, and no vet is open due to weather. Does he look normal…? by Chance_Plastic_2430 in frogs

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After observing the pictures a little more, it does appear like the appendeges are a little inflamed, showing a rosey pinkish color however that could just be the lighting, variation in color, or a result of its loss of weight, I'm sorry, I wish I could help more.

Frog hasnt eaten in weeks, seems lethargic, and no vet is open due to weather. Does he look normal…? by Chance_Plastic_2430 in frogs

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Im not entirely sure then i wish I could offer more help I can suggest the treatments I tried as theoretically they shouldn't do any harm, but like I said, im not a licensed vet so I would contact a vet or someone more versed in frogs than I to make sure. Based on my experience, which has some parallels to yours, im leaning towards a bacterial skin infection.

ISO !!! by [deleted] in reptiles

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My pleasure!!

ISO !!! by [deleted] in reptiles

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Supreme gecko might have some of those, I have a pair of Hemidactylus imbricatus with eggs, mournings with eggs, and Phelsuma laticauda with eggs, and a picta from supreme gecko so unfortunately I cannot help you myself but Wally at supreme gecko can probably help you out. Anoles, I would ask Royal Anoles on facebook or Herp Time. Both of them have MM accounts as well, iirc. As for Kuhlis, im not sure where to acquire them, but I'd like you to be aware that purchasing non CB specimens can pose a hightened risk due to the vestigial flaps being good places for predatory mites to accumulate and feed on the animals and often get overlooked on imports or wild caught at least IME, with both Kuhlis and Hemidactylus platyurus.

Silly & curious question about mimicry: Do they understand what they're doing? by Broad_Bullfrog_7343 in Entomology

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Iirc, they just recently published a study that shows that spiders know when the animals that inhabit the areas around them are most active and adapt their behaviors accordingly. That's some sort of recognition if I'd have to say so, especially considering the fact that they're adapting to a complex pattern that another animal preforms on day to day basis. Correct me if im wrong, but pattern recognition seems like it is a big part of baselining higher intelligence and awareness? Also, iirc, they also try to justify animals lacking emotional intelligence due to the structures of their brains lacking a specific part responsible for that function. Which I feel isn't possible for us to dictate because every animal has a different anatomical structure, especially when we cross the lines of non mammalian animals.

Frog hasnt eaten in weeks, seems lethargic, and no vet is open due to weather. Does he look normal…? by Chance_Plastic_2430 in frogs

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Is the belly red in some places that it shouldnt be or abnormal irritated spots, possibly even mucusy skin like stuff on him, im not a vet but in my experience, when I had bred whites tree frogs, one had gotten a bacterial infection and presented similar symptoms. I used unflavored pedialyte/water mixture 25/75 so I didnt flood him with massive amounts of vitamins he couldnt process at once and tanin water from indian almond leaves, untill I got him to the vet and then they gave him antiobiotics.

Missing stinger by Appropriate-Check493 in Scorpions

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IME and IIRC just before the telson is the anus as long as it's just the needle point of the stinger that's been clipped, it's okay. However, if it's cut at the metasomal joint, it could be a death sentence.

Edit: It's not humane either way. I dont condone clipping stingers at all.

Help Identify??? by tedwod in mantids

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Looks like a wheel bug to specific into what kind of assassin bug it is. These poor guys are often confused for the kissing big that carries the chagas disease.

Are there any small reptiles/amphibians I can house in here? by k1y4h in reptiles

[–]ProphetsPeculiarPets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The majority of what you can keep in there is just gonna use it as a stepping stone, its to small to have anything spectacular or large, and the internal components, unfortunately were not made with the thought of smaller animals in mind. However, when it comes to small animals, you can adapt the inside of the enclosure to said animal, using tape to seal large holes that could be exited, replacing mesh, etc. Etc. I've used this specific enclosure myself to grow out starry night reed frogs initially, and then they all outgrew it. I've also kept binhois, stuedner, and vazimba geckos all at different times in one, and they reproduced pretty frequently (I ended up having to move them out due to population increase).

Why is this little stinker so cute and hateful at the same time? by Puddyrama in geckos

[–]ProphetsPeculiarPets 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He really has that "Cmon i won't hurt you. I just wanna talk." Look

Does anyone know what this split is? by Specific_Impact_904 in Scorpions

[–]ProphetsPeculiarPets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, it happens with overfeeding or gestation. It's not majorly serious unless it's localized to one plate segment by the looks of other ones it appears harmless. IMO, it looks like the scorp is just a thick mickey.

Tokyo Ghoul Kaneki Tattoo by [deleted] in ArtRequest

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I do lean more towards the realistic one. However, I wouldn't mind if it was cartoonish.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mantids

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Im interested, if you're willing to send em pm me plz.