Recent content by Alusdra

This would be mid June through August.

$20/ visit (negotiable). Located in 21210 zipcode of Baltimore. I am going away for 10 weeks and have gotten my mother to agree to look after my leopard geckos. Which should work out great for 5/8 of them, but I have 3 enigmas that I adopted that have severe 'enigma syndrome'. All of them I...

Glucosamine and chondroitin can help with joints. I think one of the two has actually been scientifically proven. There is also prescription NSAIDs. A great exercise would be swimming, if she likes the water. Exercise is good in moderation, but try to figure out how much is too much and stop her...

Betas can live with other fish- but goldfish is not a good idea due to different heat and filtration requirements. Maybe pH also? I would have to look that up and/or ask my fish-crazy roommate.

I agree with BGalloway- you don't need to always get the reptile you see if you are addicted. All or most of the things in this thread are totally true for me, but I can usually resist getting that super cool new reptile (I instead fail to resist the new kind of feeder, the new tank, the cool...

Declawing is not the answer. I have seen many cats with infections, chronic pain, attacked by animals or starving to death if they get outside and are not found... it's horrible. Soft Paws are an option- some cats do great with them. Combined with clipping the nails and kept up with, that can...

Another great article with a ton of references:

I can't watch the Dog Whisperer at all. It makes me almost sick sometimes watching what he does to those dogs. I also have never found a behaviorist with any sort of training and who reads the scientific papers on behavior that has anything good to say about Milan-style training. For boarded...

Even though I'm totally moved out now, I still have to ok getting an animal with my parents. Why? Because they are my back up for pet sitters. It's important to have someone who will take care of your animals if you go away. Especially being younger, you might want to go somewhere for a few...

We had a really dog-aggressive (as in seeing a behaviorist and almost euthanized because of it) smallish shepherd mix that accidentally got put in doggie day care. We about had a heart attack when we pulled up to the place and saw her in the kennel with all the other dogs. I yelled at them for a...

Could be a lot of things, most if not all of which require a reptile-savvy vet. I would take him to one ASAP so they can figure out what is going on. It sounds like possibly an infection is involved, at minimum.

Did you try going to another vet? Perhaps the one you talked to before does not know much about reptiles? I don't see anything wrong with your care as described. She still looks to be in relatively good condition from the recent pictures.

On vacation we go for long walks on the beach, bask in the sunshine, read a book... On a more serious note- if I am going to be gone longer than 3-5 days and can't take them with me, I would see if someone could come in and change the water and put some mealworms in the bowl every few days. I...

It is also possible, though cost-prohibitive, to spay female geckos. Male geckos having their hemipenes removed would be less difficult, but they might possibly be able to breed still. I, too, would never breed any of my geckos, and there of plenty of responsible adults looking for pets for a...

The person hasn't e-mailed me back yet. They were asking for a ridiculous amount of money for the two animals and set-up, so probably was not impressed with me saying I'd only take them for free. :/ I do have room for one temporary gecko... but I can't fail at fostering again. I'm still trying...