Willows and Tunnels

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And like I’m like. Oh great, a horse themed gender reveal party.

complete with like … just truly excessive foods and of course, themed cocktails

and this sign which like… the fragility of like *not* italicizing the word ‘colt’. Like imagine being this weird abt gender

with like, a bucket that eventually ‘revealed’ the gender

But like… the picture that really just completely undid me, for this party which surely was more money than many weddings -

I was wondering if you have any body condition score charts on hand for snakes and lizards? Particularly: ball pythons, leopard geckos and (juvenile) bearded dragons. Also how to check for dehydration? I've noticed that I'm not very good at spotting these things on reptiles and am a bit worried that I might end up missing a problem.

These are my favorites from groups I'm in, but I don't know of a bearded dragon one unfortunately. They've been shared so much in groups I'm in I honestly have no idea who originally make them so I do apologize to the creators for lack of credit.

Dehydration in reptiles manifests as wrinkly skin that wont sit smoothly, sunken eyes, thick and stringy saliva, and shedding issues. Snakes that don't shed in one piece are poorly hydrated, and lizards missing toes or that have dry, stuck patches of shed are poorly hydrated. Snakes should not have patches of shed on them. And lizards do shed in pieces but it should not be super dry. Dehydrated snakes may also have dented eye caps and for ball pythons I've noticed that they lack an iridescent shine that the healthy ones have.

This is a very dehydrated snake.

And a leopard gecko with stuck shed. notice how it's really flat to the head and looks like you'd have to basically scrape it off to remove it.

Compare to a healthy shed that peels right off, even if it is in pieces.

I feel like sunken eyes are easier to see in person but this is a really sick beardie with obviously sunken eyes

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