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    Wanted FT Rats near Chicago

    Any sources for FT rats in Chicago? Need enough that its not economical to purchase at LFS, but not enough to warrant high shipping costs (looking for 2-4 dozen mediums, 2-4 dozen smaller sizes).
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    Feeding spined cactus pass to tortoise

    Every now and then I feed my adult RFT cactus pass from the local market but it's a real PITA to manually extract the spines. I don't need enough to make it worth purchasing spineless pads. If I feed them with the spines in, would the tortoise manage or am I risking injury? Sent from my...
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    Tinley wish list

    I'm looking for the following and will be at Tinley next week. PM me if you have any for sale and will be there. Male Timor monitor, adult or subadult Female Red footed tortoise, adult or subadult Blue tongue skink, male adult or subadult Malir Uromastyx, female adult or subadult Thanks Eric...
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    Wanted ISO - Male Timor monitor, adult or subadult

    Looking for one to pair with my female. Please send photo and price <shipped to or picked up in Chicago > via PM. TIA Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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    Free - Wood stand for 55 gallon tank

    I'm giving away a wooden cabinet stand (two front doors with storage space underneath tank) with a footprint of 48x12". I had a 55 gallon tank on it but there may be others with the same footprint. Pickup is in the northern Chicago suburbs.
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    Wtb - small crickets

    Anyone selling small crickets? Lookkng for 500-1000 Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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    Wanted WTB - Metal stand for 75/120 gallon tank

    Like the title says. I am located in the Chicago region. Edit; 75/90/110 gallon footprint stand. Thanks Eric Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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    Chicago Reptile Show?

    Anyone been to the Chicago Reptile Show? It's this Sunday in Northlake IL. I know its NARBC but was wondering if it was worth checking out. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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    Breeding Albino BPs

    Are there any advantages or disadvantages <besides getting het offspring > to breeding albinos to each other vs breeding albino to het albino or het to het? Are the offsprong more genetically doverse or vigorous for instance in the het breeding? Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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    Leftover feeders

    What do you do with your thawed rodents when they are not eaten? Do you chuck them or refreeze them? I ha e this problem every few feeds when 1 or more snakes will refuse a meal and I have noone left to feed it to. Sometimes this only gets doscovered in the morning as some of my snakes wont tong...
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    Need multiple feeder insects

    I need to replenish some of my feeder insects stocks. Looking for one vendor to save on shipping, who offers superworms, discoid roaches and fruit flies (or at least the first two) at decent pricing.
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    Good Guy rpfunkydrummer

    I picked up a pair of Spotted Python's from Ralph the other day. Price was right and he was local to boot. Snakes look good and were packed well for the short car ride. Helpful with advice as well. Look forward to doing business again and would recommend.
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    Help - I think I have mites

    So first of, I owe an apology to Big Cheese. After thinking it may have been their mice killing off my snakes, I think the culprit is actually mites. While inspecting my remaining snakes (have lost over half my collection of snakes since January) and racking my brain, I now notice tiny black...
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    Inquiry Big Cheese Rodent Factory

    Has anyone had problems with their feeders? Over the last few months, I've had a die off of my snakes, and only my snakes. This has included 2 king snakes, one yearling carpet python, 1 spotted python and now my prized yearling albino BP. Nothing, and I mean nothing, has changed in my husbandry...
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    Advice to building outdoor pen

    I'd like to build an outdoor pen for my adult RFT. In the past, I've created a corner in the yard for him using baby fencing but now that I live in Chicagoland, I frequently get raccoons and skunks in our yard, and coyotes are known to come around (saw one down the street last summer, pretty...
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    All Animal Expo - Wheaton, IL - anyone been?

    I came across this expo, its about an hour from me. I've never been, and was thinking of checking it out. The kangaroos they're having would be fun for the kids but this would involve some rearranging of my schedule and wanted to know if it was worth it, or I should just wait for Tinley. I dont...
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    Good Guy KfCfeeders

    Purchased dubias, superworms and some supploes. shipped fast. Packed well. Would do business again.
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    Flex watt

    I have some snakes in 20 gallon aquatiuns lined on a shelf whoch id lile to run a strip of flexwatt under. Can I run under the aquariums or do I need to put a spacer so as not to pinch the tape?
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    HELP!! - Snake escaped in car

    I picked up a corn snake earlier today and transported home in the rubbermaid shoe box that he was given to me in (stupid move on my part). I get home and unloaded the car to find the snake is missing! He left a number two on my plastic mat in the back seat but its been a couple hours and no...
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    Injured Timor Monitor

    I recently noticed an injury on my Timor's back. At first I thought it was a stuck shed, as the skin around it was pale but then saw what looks like an abrasion or laceration - app 5 mm. - on its back surrounded by a large patch of pale skin. On top of that there is what looks like dead skin...
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