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·  What does gravid mean?
·  If I put in plants in the tank won't the crickets chew on them. And the plants will die?
·  What do all these 1.2.3 numbers mean before animal species that people post?
·  What does "Het" mean?
·  I am new to Reptile terms but what is a Herp?

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·  What does gravid mean?

Gravid is the egg-laying reptile equivalent to pregnant. When a reptile is said to be gravid, that means there are eggs developing inside the female.

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·  If I put in plants in the tank won't the crickets chew on them. And the plants will die?

They might, however, if you have a reptile that eats veggies, chances are the crickets are going to eat those.

You could always place a shallow dish in the enclosure containing some fresh veggies or some of the various cricket "Gutload" meals available.

This should prevent the crickets nibbling on the plants :)

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·  What do all these 1.2.3 numbers mean before animal species that people post?

The numbers are in the format M.F.U.

M == Males
F == Females
U == Unknown.

So, if somebody posted saying they had 2.4.10 Bearded Dragons, that would mean they have 2 males, 4 females, and 10 that are otherwise unknown (probably meaning they're too young to be sexed in this case).

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·  What does "Het" mean?

"Het" is an abbreviation for heterozygous. This means that an animal is carrying a recessive genetic trait, however is not actively displaying the characteristic - it has only inherited the trait from one of its parents.

This is as opposed to homozygous - inheriting the trait from both parents and displaying it.

For example, an animal that is homozygous albino, will look albino. If you breed this albino to a normal looking specimen of the same species, all the babies will be said to be "het" for albino. They will inherit the gene from one parent, but not from the other.

As recessive genes are required to be in pairs (one from each parent) in order to be displayed, het animals, as a general rule, show no obvious signs of carrying the trait.

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·  I am new to Reptile terms but what is a Herp?

A "Herp" is a general slang term given to a reptile or amphibian. "Herpers" is a term used to refer to people who are interested in, or keep, herps.

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