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#1744112
XxPancakes20xX
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Having problems with my collard. 
I need to know how much and what to feed my lizard because I have been feeding him about 10 crickets twice a week(but he doesn’’t eat the all) and he has been having some problems. His tale has started to fall off at the end and his feet are doing something similar to his tale. In the cage I have critter carpet, A Small heat rock, A Cork log, A Waterdish, And I have a Heatbulb on one side. Thanks
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05/23/08 01:25pm
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#1744337
CollaredsGUY
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Message To: XxPancakes20xX In reference to Message Id: 1744112
Having problems with my collard.
idk man, that dont sound to good. id go to the vet, thats sounds bad. could have something to with shedding. i read that if tegus don’t have enough moisture, they retain sheds and their toes start to fall off. not sure that matters for collareds, but idk whats causing that. maybe someone else knows but if not id go to the www.kingsnake.com forum for help. or you ask eve panis. her website is www.suncharmers.com. id ask her immediately. in terms of food let them eat to their hearts desire, and depending on how old it is, feed it three times a week for an adult and if their younger feed them more often. although sometime their not always hungry, so you gotta balance it. i think you should put him on sand, i have my male on repti carpet, but thats only temperary cuz im keeping him away from my female. you animal is haveing some major physical problems. id recommend talking to an expert breeder like eve and take him to a vet. that heat rock could be bad also, they need light for heat lots of it. what are you basking temperatures.
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05/23/08 05:56pm
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#1746177
Chippychop
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Message To: CollaredsGUY In reference to Message Id: 1744337
 Having problems with my collard.
sounds like one of three things!the first guess would be!parasites!!!the secound would be something called rot //wich is like cancer to lizards /the third thing would be metabolic bone disorder(lake of calcium)or even improper lighting or heating!Collards are a varasious lizard and need constant heat of no less then 65 ferienhieght with basking spots of over a hundred!also collards love high hummidity/they need to be sprayed daily or have suuffient hummidity!without it they will dry up and die!hope that helps! chip!
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05/25/08 06:32pm
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#1746427
CollaredsGUY
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1746177
Having problems with my collard.
high humidity is deadly for collareds, it will cause a respritory disorder. are you sure thats a good idea... good amount of water are ok, but i dont think it should be that humid. they are arid reptiles, not igaunas. provide a good water bowl, and if you need to mist in the mourning, that will stimulate drinking, but humidity should not be above 40%.
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05/25/08 10:18pm
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#1750034
Futbalstud42
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Message To: CollaredsGUY In reference to Message Id: 1746427
Having problems with my collard.
i live in missouri and we have C. collaris collaris (eastern) here naturally. It is always humid here, can be very very humid. But they also live out west and in desert settings without the humidity. Humidity will increase the chances of molds, fungus and respiratory infections but you just have to be more careful.
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05/29/08 12:00pm
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#1751388
Chippychop
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Message To: CollaredsGUY In reference to Message Id: 1746427
 Having problems with my collard.
well I spose to muck humidity would be bad however;I think I rather drown a lizard then dry him out so to clarify I would go 25 to 50% hummidity depending on where collard is from!personally I keep my cages at 50 % humidity and yeah sure collards are not an iguana yet they are iguanadia family!!!!!any way lets see a pic of this lizard if its still alive and then mabey we could better to identify the problem!thanks Chip!
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05/30/08 07:13pm
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#1751392
Chippychop
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Message To: CollaredsGUY In reference to Message Id: 1746427
 Having problems with my collard.
also didn’t your collard run away cuase of lack of propper attention !yeah thats what I thought!Chip!
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05/30/08 07:15pm
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#1753011
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1751388
Having problems with my collard.
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yeah sure collards are not an iguana yet they are iguanadia family
Yeah Acutely Collard lizards are their own family Crotaphytus and so what if collaredsguy lizard ran away that has nothing to do with humidity and he’s right high humidity is and can be deadly to a collared lizard
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06/05/08 09:14pm
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#1755991
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1753011
Having problems with my collard.
you don,t know!
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06/09/08 02:19pm
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#1756104
Chippychop
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1755991
 Having problems with my collard.
oh yeah!!! well I bet you my collard would eat your little collard!!!but you don’t even have a collard lizard any more cuase it ran away from impropper care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but my lizard who gets lots of love and food and humidity has grown into a huge collard lizard ////that would probabaly just kick your little collard lizards !thank you Chip! the rockstar!
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06/09/08 04:41pm
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#1756232
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1756104
Having problems with my collard.
Hey I wasn’t trying to get into a fight with you and guess what I bet your lizard is big and healthy I don’t really care I never said he wasn’t anyway this site is for information and to help people with their animals and you saying high humidity can’t kill a collared is not true and in most cases it will kill them so if you don’t know what your talking about don’t say anything.
P.S. I do know
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06/09/08 06:58pm
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#1758253
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1756232
 Having problems with my collard.
well then you stop givin people improper information mr. you think you know! but really don’t!now I admit some collards do need a dryer invironment/but as I clearly stated I keep my collards at about 25% to 50% humidity/but thats not what ticked me off /what ticked me off was the comment about (it,s not an iguana) anybody who’s older than 3 yrs of age could figure that out captian obvious!and last but not least wheres your degree who are you anyway what are your credintials?????Chipstill the rock star?
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06/11/08 08:22pm
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#1758752
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1758253
Having problems with my collard.
I didn’t say you where calling it an iguana you said they where in the iguanid family which they’re not their in their own family crotaphytus. Sorry if you misunderstood me. This fight was pretty pointless and Just so you know I think your collared lizard is healthy and big I just thank you shouldn’t of taken a cheap shot at collaredsguy like that saying his lizard ran away because of improper attention that was just mean.
P.S. I didn’t read the post where you said that I was talking about the one where you said collareds love high humidity which is dangerous to them.
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06/12/08 11:26am
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#1759176
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1758752
 Having problems with my collard.
allright then I apologize! I’m sorry:however your gravely mistaken about something and to clarify I will show you the collard lizard(crotaphytus collaris)is a member of the family iguanidae and subfamily Sceloporinae.that is fact and text!you cannot get around that as for the whole humidity thing/I live in wyoming where there is no humidity/dry windy climate so any reptile living here indoor or out(seasonal)will have to be introduced to humidity or the lizard begins to face some real troubles/I also understand that collards are a dryer desert type lizards:and they can also thrive in places with great humidity!my personal opinion as a hardy lizard I,m going to say no! they are hard to keep in captivity and also just to keep them alive and happy is a very expensive process:believe me///as for the lizard running away/well that just shoes lack of knowledge to me! cause you have to have your act together with these lizards /they seem to be very fast and very crafty!oh yeah and one more thing I’ld like to talk to breeders who have been at this for a while!most people get a really beautiful collard and bring them home and they last about sixmonths to a yr I want to talk to people who have genarations of colards! have your people call my people Chip the rock star!!!
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06/12/08 07:47pm
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#1759716
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1759176
Having problems with my collard.
Heres links Of people saying they’re in the family crotaphytidae
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Crotaphytidae
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Crotaphytidae.html
http://biskupfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/collard-lizard-in-colorado.html
http://www.birdandhike.com/Wildlife/Lizard/Cro_bic/Cro_bic.htm
http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/c.bicinctores.html
and there is still more.
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06/13/08 11:47am
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#1760150
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1759716
 Having problems with my collard.
great !ok woopidy doo!they are still a sub family of iguana!your startin to get on my nerves.who are you any way ////do you even have any collards of your own if so lets see them!how long have you been at this /where you from that kind of stuff/I said I was sorry//// your not gettin that agin !your ignorant and rude! if your going to be that way you better have more than just a couple links to back you/cause I,m the type of guy who spend 95% of my time in the field and 5%in the books!your not talking to some dumb kid //your talkin to a real pearson who’s been at this sort of thing for a while now!Collards are my favorite lizard/I know they are cro’s I also know they are cusins to the leopard lizard!I’ve housed quite a few of them in my time/I know what works and what doesn’t/////so if you have any real information I would greatly appreciate it/if not then I think you have a great deal to learn!+ you definately need to work on your communication skills/cause all your doin is gettin on my nerves with your cute little comments!so you better start backin your you lizards with some kind of proof!cause till then I think your somebody whos just trying act cool!and playin like your important/so untill you show me that you are /I pearsonaly think your some jerk/and really you probably could have been a great friend and associate for info/but now you have to give me more than stupid links from other peoples research/agin lets see your collection of Collards!and if your cool and a breeder then lets swop males and get some really cool hibrids //if not ///then just go away!ther it is!! what you got??????? Chip still a rock star!
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06/13/08 07:36pm
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#1760168
Chippychop
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1760150
 Having problems with my collard.
also ////I feel kinda bad cause I just looked at your profile /and it looks to me you seem to know a great deal about your lizards according to the pics I saw!and your back grounds look pretty good too!are they still alive some of them are a couple yrs old according to your profile??any way. Chip!talk to you later///you can bash me back!if you want to///in all reallity anybody who loves Collards is cool with me/but I have to tell you I’m allready sick of the I know more than you game were playing!so lets get past the stupid stuff and move on to how to better our breeds!so do you want to be cool or do you want me to show up at your door step and kick your !
CHIP your all knowing rock star!
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06/13/08 07:57pm
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#1760183
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1760168
Having problems with my collard.
sorry I didn’t mean to upset you I wasn’t trying to say I know more than you I just didn’t understand what you were saying about the whole iguana thing but seriously let’s forget about it. Yea they’re still alive I have a 7 year almost 8 year old Anole Who just breed with my female anole a week ago All of the fence lizards in the pictures are still alive and the male is getting huge. I’ve been reading and studying collared lizards for about 5 years before I even got one so I wouldn’t have a lot of issues with them. I love Collareds.
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06/13/08 08:25pm
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#1760203
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1760183
Having problems with my collard.
Heres some pics of the collareds
Their favorite basking rocks
And their cage
And it’s a 40 gallon
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06/13/08 08:52pm
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#1760208
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1760203
Having problems with my collard.
And I think we could make good friends Sorry I offended you
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06/13/08 08:57pm
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#1760349
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1760208
Having problems with my collard.
also can you post pics of your collareds
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06/13/08 11:51pm
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#1761961
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1760349
 Having problems with my collard.
I will show you my pics when I get my camera fixed /a friend dropped it //it shouldn’t be to long. /I appologize too for being a butthead /I just take this stuff way to personaly /it’s silly and most of the time it,s gets me no where but this time humility has found a friend with common interests///Your collards are beautiful and your cage set ups are awsome/I can’t waite to get my camera back so I can show you some really great pics of my collards and a couple leopard lizards!!!I used to farm collards I had a few great males and lots of goofie females /then some kind of varasious parasite got into my world and even befor I could get them propper attention most were allready dead a couple fought for there lives but in the end after about six months they all died /I was crushed /and I didn’t buy a collard for a long time/just recently I added a couple new friends !I promise as soon as my photo world is up and running I will post them for you//I will also show my cage set ups /most are custom!I think you’ll like my set up.I have a 40 gal breeder cage /but right now it’s housing two tremper giant leopard geko’s/and my other cages are bigger /I have an outside terrarium thats 8’’by4’’by7’’high/I’ll show you that one two/and inside I have a 4’’ by 4’’ kinda fun /still needs work/but it will have all the bells and whistles!well anyway talk to you later alligator! CHIP!
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06/15/08 06:38pm
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#1762008
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1761961
Having problems with my collard.
hey do think you could tell me how old this female is she was a wild caught I bought and I think shes 5 years but I’m not sure
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06/15/08 07:23pm
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#1763349
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1762008
 Having problems with my collard.
well I’m truley not sure /it’s hard to guess there age//especially from a photo//however old she is ,,,she certainaly is fat and sassy looking/if you want I have pics of frilled dragon in the frilled dragon forum/my post is (look at this baby)anyway I can’t waite to get my photoshop going agin/either tonight or tommorrow /or soon when I do I’ll make a great a new post I’ll show you all my lizards I have two tremper giant leopard gecko’s /I have two armidillo lizards/(they have a long story too)then a frilled dragon(male)and I,m looking for a female!then I have a male and female pair of leopard lizards and I have two male collards /and a couple females as well ,can’t waite to post them!oh also I just cuaght some wyoming lizards I’ll probably let them go this fall/but I’ll show you them too! anyway talk to you later!!
chip!
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06/16/08 10:03pm
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#1763363
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1763349
Having problems with my collard.
Hey do you know how you can get them to eat one of my new females won’t eat anything but crickets should I get her an anole.
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06/16/08 10:17pm
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#1764088
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1763363
Having problems with my collard.
you could deffinaletly try an anole/if you can catch flying insects they are the best varriaty of protien for collards!Lace wings above all /we don’t get them here so I catch yellowjackets and bees and wasps to replace the lacewing ///also I catch butterflies and moths /but you tend to take a high risk since wild caught bugs could have pesticides!how big is this female /and how old?sometimes they just get weird and have these really strange diets as such eating only crickets /I had one once that wouldn’t eat dusted crickets or well anything dusted with calcium/so I had to introduce calcium a diffrent way!I used and still do full spectrum lighting /so they can get that xtra little something!latyer Chip did you get to see my frilly???
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06/17/08 04:47pm
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#1764202
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1764088
Having problems with my collard.
yes thanks for the advice and the female is a year or 2 and she’s 7-8 inches
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06/17/08 06:29pm
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#1765102
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1764202
 Having problems with my collard.
neet well I,m having a bad day! my baby lizard (armidillo died )and I have a male collard swift(not really a collard lizard though)its a guyana anyway he’s sick and I don’t think he will make it iether! oh well /you just keep pluggin along //whats happening to me is called karma/this is what you get when live on the edge! well talk to you later /I,m going to go be sad for a while!
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06/18/08 02:52pm
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#1765118
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1765102
Having problems with my collard.
sorry to hear that
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06/18/08 03:08pm
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#1768352
Chippychop
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1765118
Having problems with my collard.
well today is a new day/yesterday I got up and went to work/a friend has an aurgentina tegu that was rescued from sure disaster/it,s a couple yrs old and she’s lost all of her claws/we calciumed her back to life and today she gets two big mice or two rats a day /she’s healthy and doin great my friend uses her for reptile shows!anyway just thought I’ld drop a happy note for a change!see ya Chip!
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06/21/08 08:59am
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