Recent content by rothsauce

Nice! I'll be doing the same once I'm able to get some good cleaner crews secured. Thought of throwing some calci-sand in the mix just so there would be some more minerals all throughout the mixture. With all the other components I'm not so worried about the negative effects that can be...

How has this project been coming along? I'd like to do a natural setup as well. I think the leos will be much happier and I'd love to see them display some more natural behaviors.

Specially since if it's the species we think it seems to be, it's not a native and there's no telling where it might have come from. Certainly will have a good home now!

Anytime! No doubt it will calm down once it gets used to having a real home.

Did a little digging, as that is a pretty lizard, and it looks a lot like an Indonesian skink. EDIT: Fun link to see how well yours might match :) - The Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink - BlueTongueSkinks.NET

Very nice article! Been reading the sub-forum for natural terrariums, and am wondering what other types of mixtures have worked well for others as far as substrate. Not too keen on using anything in nature around here, city treated area and there's no telling what kinds of chemicals or other...

@ Olympus - True, but you will always have people who do things despite sound advice, or that seem to add more stress to their current situation. Not every impulse is bad. Even well thought out or planned actions can have major backlash. For some it works out. For others it gets worse. The best...

@ Golden Gate Geckos: No need to apologize, as organizing anything in regards to animals and breeders has been and will always be a major project dependent on the community. The AKC and AQHA no doubt had the same problems for verifying genetics and authenticity, finding out what their process...

I'm not sure how these thoughts will be taken, but after reading more comments/doing research they have been on my mind for some time. There are many posts in this thread, and older threads, where many breeders are obviously passionate about their lines and how much time and/or money has been...

Thankful this thread was unlocked. I'm not a breeder and don't plan on breeding, but as someone who is indifferent to owning one of the 'designer strains', I have no issue with either side wanting to carve their mark into the community. Every type of pet trade has their two differing stances...