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[Peter]

My salamanders arrived.

["couldbecousin"]

My salamanders arrived.

Welcome, new salamanders! How many do you have now? 

[Peter]

My salamanders arrived.

Welcome, new salamanders! How many do you have now? 

My collection as it currently stands:
52 Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)
3 Marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum)
4 Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris alpestris)
3 Marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus)
4 Danube crested newts (Triturus dobrogicus)
4 California climbing salamanders (Aneides lugubris)
3 Lined fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra terrestris)
4 Portugese fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra gallaica)
4 Northern banded newts (Ommatotriton ophryticus nesterovi)

["couldbecousin"]

My salamanders arrived.

Welcome, new salamanders! How many do you have now? 

My collection as it currently stands:
52 Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)
3 Marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum)
4 Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris alpestris)
3 Marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus)
4 Danube crested newts (Triturus dobrogicus)
4 California climbing salamanders (Aneides lugubris)
3 Lined fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra terrestris)
4 Portugese fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra gallaica)
4 Northern banded newts (Ommatotriton ophryticus nesterovi)

That's a HUGE menagerie, plus you have Waggy, and perhaps other pets I don't know about!   

[Peter]

My salamanders arrived.

Welcome, new salamanders! How many do you have now?  

My collection as it currently stands:
52 Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)
3 Marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum)
4 Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris alpestris)
3 Marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus)
4 Danube crested newts (Triturus dobrogicus)
4 California climbing salamanders (Aneides lugubris)
3 Lined fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra terrestris)
4 Portugese fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra gallaica)
4 Northern banded newts (Ommatotriton ophryticus nesterovi)

That's a HUGE menagerie, plus you have Waggy, and perhaps other pets I don't know about!  

Most of my salamanders are juveniles and smaller than my pinkie at the moment, so housing and caring for them isn't as vast an undertaking as it might sound.  The only other pets that I have besides Waggy and the salamanders are the woodlice, crickets, worms and other invertebrates that I use as live food.  Raising enough live food to keep all those little mouths fed is the most difficult part.

[ShyOne]

Sorted out my cosplay for London MCM Expo.

[Binty]

This album.

[Binty]

Bought an album for 44p.  Score.

[eris]

freaked people out at walmart today


Dressed him up like a girl and sat him on my lap, and bought a dog tag for his chastity belt

PPl were like WTF

[Peter]

freaked people out at walmart today


Dressed him up like a girl and sat him on my lap, and bought a dog tag for his chastity belt

PPl were like WTF

Any chance of taking pics next time?

[Peter]

I managed to sex one of my adult fire salamanders, using the other sexed fire salamanders as a reference, and it's a female.

[Callaway]

The gel insert in my right shoe is already making my hurting foot feel better. 

Proper fit is critical to comfort.

I'm not sure what's causing the burning pain in this foot, but at least I'll be more comfortable till it heals. 

Try a spray powder with Tolnaftate in it.

It's not a burning in my skin, though. It feels as if it's in the muscles or something. 

How is the status of your shoes? Are the soles worn a bit? And if so, have they worn out more underneath were you feel the pain?

Could be "just" that, worn soles.

The soles have indeed worn down a bit, though no more so than usual for a pair of my shoes. I suspect my weight has begun to
take a toll on my feet. Also, I walk a bit strangely, kind of on the *outside* of the right foot, and maybe I've weakened a muscle
by doing so. New shoes (and a diet!) are definitely in order, and I will keep using the gel inserts. 

Do the first few steps when you get out of bed hurt more than the rest and is the pain mostly in your heel?

I wonder if it can be a heel spur caused by plantar fasciitis?

I had that right after I had my daughter and heel orthotics I got from the doctor and gentle stretching helped me a lot. 

["couldbecousin"]

The gel insert in my right shoe is already making my hurting foot feel better. 

Proper fit is critical to comfort.

I'm not sure what's causing the burning pain in this foot, but at least I'll be more comfortable till it heals. 

Try a spray powder with Tolnaftate in it.

It's not a burning in my skin, though. It feels as if it's in the muscles or something. 

How is the status of your shoes? Are the soles worn a bit? And if so, have they worn out more underneath were you feel the pain?

Could be "just" that, worn soles.

The soles have indeed worn down a bit, though no more so than usual for a pair of my shoes. I suspect my weight has begun to
take a toll on my feet. Also, I walk a bit strangely, kind of on the *outside* of the right foot, and maybe I've weakened a muscle
by doing so. New shoes (and a diet!) are definitely in order, and I will keep using the gel inserts. 

Do the first few steps when you get out of bed hurt more than the rest and is the pain mostly in your heel?

I wonder if it can be a heel spur caused by plantar fasciitis?

I had that right after I had my daughter and heel orthotics I got from the doctor and gentle stretching helped me a lot. 

I had that kind of pain a few years ago; this is very different. The pain is on top of my foot and on one side (the side closest to the other foot).

[ShyOne]

Got lucky enough to have a great surgeon for my op due to the complicated nature of my leg problems, so now I'm on his waiting list and I have physiotherapy starting shortly!

["couldbecousin"]

Got lucky enough to have a great surgeon for my op due to the complicated nature of my leg problems, so now I'm on his waiting list and I have physiotherapy starting shortly!

That is excellent! Best wishes to you as you await your surgery.