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Posted by JoeM on October 30, 2001 at 14:26:29:

In Reply to: Re: I disagree with your disagreement posted by JAIME on October 30, 2001 at 13:56:34:

A little over four years ago I bought my first two basilisks, Alpha and Beta. I constructed an enclosure 3' x 6' x 4', filled it with plastic plants, lights, a swimming pool, and heaters. Alpha and Beta freaked out every time I had to clean the cage or change their water. Alpha would bite me when I had to pick him up (which I avoided whenever possible, because he could hit blood every time).

About a year later I came across Fin. Fin couldn't have been more than a few months old, and Fin was dying. He was already turning yellow (not a becoming color for a basilisk). He had an under-the-skin salmonella infection which was eating off his tail, which looked aweful and was oozing gook. The infection had gotten in his eye. I started to walk away and leave him with the other dead lizards in the tank. But he looked so pathetic. Against my better judgement, I bought Fin. I had to handle him a lot to keep him alive. The closest reptile vet was a two-hour drive from where I live, so I was winging it.

Fin survived. His tail healed and he still has vision in his no-longer-infected eye. I will have had Fin for four years in February, 2002. Fin got REAL tame in the process. I wanted to know if I had learned something, or if Fin's behavior was just a freak thing or a product of his earlier illness. So I bought Spock one year ago, on October 4, 2000.

I sold Alpha and moved Beta in with Fin in June of this year. Beta is remarkably tame, considering the fact that she was so old and I had simply not handled her unless I had to until this year. She and Fin began mating in late July and August of this year, so she has not been harmed by my presence.

I am trying to get some photos posted. As they say, one picture is worth a thousand words.

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: A little over four years ago I bought my first two basilisks, Alpha and Beta. I constructed an enclosure 3' x 6' x 4', filled it with plastic plants, lights, a swimming pool, and heaters. Alpha and Beta freaked out every time I had to clean the cage or change their water. Alpha would bite me when I had to pick him up (which I avoided whenever possible, because he could hit blood every time). : About a year later I came across Fin. Fin couldn't have been more than a few months old, and Fin was dying. He was already turning yellow (not a becoming color for a basilisk). He had an under-the-skin salmonella infection which was eating off his tail, which looked aweful and was oozing gook. The infection had gotten in his eye. I started to walk away and leave him with the other dead lizards in the tank. But he looked so pathetic. Against my better judgement, I bought Fin. I had to handle him a lot to keep him alive. The closest reptile vet was a two-hour drive from where I live, so I was winging it. : Fin survived. His tail healed and he still has vision in his no-longer-infected eye. I will have had Fin for four years in February, 2002. Fin got REAL tame in the process. I wanted to know if I had learned something, or if Fin's behavior was just a freak thing or a product of his earlier illness. So I bought Spock one year ago, on October 4, 2000. : I sold Alpha and moved Beta in with Fin in June of this year. Beta is remarkably tame, considering the fact that she was so old and I had simply not handled her unless I had to until this year. She and Fin began mating in late July and August of this year, so she has not been harmed by my presence. : I am trying to get some photos posted. As they say, one picture is worth a thousand words.

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