A Guide Index ~ Posting Welcome!

[DaDwarf]

Just wanted to add, i only recently got the bw guide and its severly out of date! Im still working on updating, it just goes slow. Any help regarding naming on any of the guides i own is welcome! C:

[Zephyricle]

what is the 2009 VR mime pps worth?
the black one with the white face and red triangles on his eyes. (I currently don't have a picture)

[PronghornPlush]

I've made a guide for the chameleons, since I saw there wasn't one yet and i thought it'd be fun to put together~
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[DaDwarf]

We usually don't make guides until there are more then one litter released xD i was going to add them to my smaller species guide but this is fine too! If you need any help, feel free to pm me C: (Just at tip, try to name them by their most commonly used name on the forums, even if that doesn't match the coloring/species xD)

[PronghornPlush]

Sounds good! Though I was thinking that I would put the names as what they are based on, instead of what people just call them, since there's probably people that want to know. I will probably go state that on the guide. If it ends up being too separate from what people commonly call them then maybe we could have two separate guide things? Shrugs, we will see how it goes

[Atwood]

^ When pets are based on a very specific thing (like a particular species), it's generally best to go with the name of what it's based on, but if it happens to get a different widely used popular name, you can add that into the guide as well, like 'Name 1/Name 2'. :3 For example, the Nick Fennec is very commonly thought to be based on a chihuahua, so it would be labelled as the Nick Fennec/Chihuahua even though it's not actually based on a chihuahua at all. For the chameleons, if/when more get made, it's very unlikely they'll all be based on real things, so at least some pets in the guide will end up having only popular names anyway.

[PronghornPlush]

Thanks Atwood, I'll probably do that :3

[DaDwarf]

The problem with naming them after their species is mainly that you cause confusion xD For example, you named the horned one jackson's cham, while i've not really seen that name being used at all (tho haven't been that actively looking). People just say the horned chameleon. The guide is supposed to help, not confuse. if that makes sense xD Just see how it goes, you can always edit so it's not really a big deal for now haha You can always check the other guides for help and stuff, i'm sure it'll be easy to handle :D

[Joof]

The problem with naming them after their species is mainly that you cause confusion xD For example, you named the horned one jackson's cham, while i've not really seen that name being used at all (tho haven't been that actively looking). People just say the horned chameleon. The guide is supposed to help, not confuse. if that makes sense xD Just see how it goes, you can always edit so it's not really a big deal for now haha You can always check the other guides for help and stuff, i'm sure it'll be easy to handle

Just wanted to add, that i've seen many people calling the horned cham jackson's cham. For example in that monthly discussion thread, but also swap thread.
i would go with the idea of putting both names up, because like DD said, it may cause confusion...

[kivr & fireflii]

Y'all should take the discussion to the thread lol
-fireflii