u/Tormentula

This might be a very stupid question cause I'm also very stupid with reptiles; but I grew up under the impression that touching reptiles/amphibians would give salmonella, and I mostly stayed away from these animals all my life since my parents had this belief and never wanted kid me catching it.

Well now I'm interested in pivoting from invertebrates/aquatics to reptiles (particularly lizards, frogs, and specifically garter snakes) and I'm a bit confused whether salmonella is a contagious thing you don't need to worry about from properly kept animals (like ringworm from dog), something that doesn't exist unless specific conditions are met (like how dart frogs aren't poisonous unless fed the toxic so C.B. animals don't carry it), or if its essentially like I'm touching raw chicken every time I touch a snake or frog or their water bowl or something.

I kind just want an understanding from reptile experts whether this is a real concern or something I should ignore / not overthink too much. I never see it mentioned when looking at reptile care.

Me and my family members agreed to get S. Heros because there is a lot of information out there that heros is mild and plenty of handling to show they're not 'asian pede' potency, but I'm having a really hard time sourcing one. Polymorpha is an option but I'm hoping for bigger.

I see some information online stating that Scolopendra "White Leg" is actually less potent than heros, and some of the sellers of the pede wouldn't give a straight answer of "its like a wasp sting", "Its like one of the asian species", "its S. gigantea and they're generally safe", etc.

I don't plan on handling but wanted to hear more thoughts on them incase I need to pivot because of Heros availability. A comparison would be appreciated (hornet/wasp/vietnamese pede/etc.

As of right now the new version of imperial mandate gives 15 AH on immobilizing CC spells, since Elise and Jayce Es are half CC the AH is being applied on their alt forms (rappel, Jayce wall).

This is an indirect buff to elise support shaving off a lot of CD on rappel.

Also I want to bring to attention that uh... amumu/renata can shave -60s off their ultimates by combining malignance and new imperial mandate, 150s->90s is such a cartoonishly big jump on its on let alone the 6% damage amp for everyone.

Likely just need to have Imperial Mandate not apply to Trait_SwapsIntoImmobilizingCCSpell

EDIT: fwiw its also a bit fucked with aphelios cause if you switch to gravitum all his other Qs suddenly get benefit from it too.

I have a scolopendra dhaani and I've read things like they can clip through walls or 'they'll always find a way'.

I have mine in a terrarium similar to tarantula cribs and its weigh down as an extra (specifically this, the top lid slides in first then magnetics into the center where the top can't be pushed directly up it has to have the magnetics actually slide out of place first.. but i still weighed it down on the top anyways). There's no screens or meshes to chew its acrylic panels held tightly together by these pins that need an excessive amount of force to squeeze and push out. As a fail safe I keep most of my old world T/bolty pet's enclosures in another large reptizoo enclosure which no questioning something could still squeeze inbetween the doors but it gives an extra line of defense for when watering/feeding and makes it easier catch cupping or coaxing back in. I treat these like doored shelves basically

Was curious if the escape artist thing is more overblown (I keep old world Ts and we call them escape artist, never had it happen in the last 10 years and they can climb so how does a centipede outcompete exactly?), or if they are literally capable of figuring something out like an octopus.