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Chytrid fungus might have been introduced into the pond by commercial collectors who had unknowingly come into contact with it from imported stock

spread the load with a flat base instead of 4 points of contact

did you read the articles properly?

how did chytrid fungus get into some native frogs? http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/frogs/5 also from here http://wildlife.massey.ac.nz/research/c ... rticle.pdf

already started writing it my dear tried hairspray on them but it doesn't wear off

not the biggest fry and can't train them to stretch right out

yes hopefully it will come back about 3 - 4 months recovery then released back to where it came from or Tuhoa

the kaka and i have an understanding if it doesn't bite me, i won't bite it used to work on the baboons

update from yesterday The surgery went well today, and the kaka recovered well. We placed a pin in the radius and another in the ulna. There did appear to be infection under the skin around the fracture, even though there was no obvious wound over the fracture so we've increased the amount of antibiotics the bird is on. Tomorrow we plan to do some repeat radiographs to check the alignment of everything now that the pins are in - we'll keep you posted!

so by that statement the recent whites frogs were in all "likelyhood" smuggled in it is easier to come down on reptiles as there are less of them around and they aren't cute and cuddly

the price paid for it and if a pair then 50% of the potential off spring for the next 3 years oh plus the stress and emotional harm that was caused

came in skinny and as the days went by and it got stronger the bites got harder

wish i had the equipment to do it

an update on the kaka from massey uni avian vet team Hi guys, Thanks so much for sending your lovely kaka our way. The bird is doing well and is eating and putting on weight. We did xrays yesterday to recheck the fracture and it looks like it has displaced slighly further than shown on previous xrays, likely a result of the muscles of the wing contracting, which means it will definitely require surgery to fix. Blood tests have shown no significant findings although do indicate that there might be an infection present somewhere. The surgery is planned for tomorrow and I'll keep you posted on how it goes. Basically we are going to place a pin in each of the bones to align them properly and ensure they heal straight. It is a pretty straight forward procedure in a fresh fracture but this one is already a bit older (we don't know how long the bird had it before it was found) and that makes the surgery more difficult and more prone to complications like bleeding, poor healing and poor bone alignment. However, we will give it a good go tomorrow. All things going well, the bird will have another set of xrays on Thursday to check the bone alignment after the surgery. The bird is on pain relief and antibiotics at the moment. Thanks again for sending us your wee bird, please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Kind regards, Baukje Lenting Veterinary resident in avian, wildlife and zoo animal health

and then the hobby may change

the ones that died did not seem to feed well even though i kept rotifers feeding to them the fry still going are around 20 - 25mm long now feeding BBS gut enriched with different strains of phyto plankton

all of the above and affidavits from the hands they have been through

hard to get these in focus still over 100 fry lost 15 but these maybe the ones that went through the trickle tower or the pump

there have been some good ideas put forward in the past to legitimise exotic reptile keeping in NZ a body needs to be formed to give a collective front when dealing with authorities

prove the history of the animal in nz

form a society, then apply to affiliate to the fnzas then start the above

costs maf money to do that easier for them to let someone else do it then they can say yay or nay if a standard prepared meets all the requirements then legally it should not be denied

continually replying keeps this conversation off track