stress – Al3xandria

Assessing Stress in Snakes through Shit and Sheds

Validation of a shed skin corticosterone enzyme immunoassay in the African House Snake (Lamprophis fuliginosus) and its evaluation in the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) – Berkvens et al. 2013 Introduction Methods Discussion

Commentary – Social Living/Isolation Affects Mite Personality

Personality expression is shaped by the early experienced social context in predatory mites- A commentary on the Schausberger and Nguyen, 2024 paper by Chiara, 2025 As this paper is a commentary on a previous paper, there are no subheadings thus this post will mainly be bullet points

Social Living/Isolation Affects Mite Personality

Early social isolation disrupts adult personality expression in group-living mites – Schausberger and Nguyen, 2024 Introduction Methods Results Discussion

Social stress on body and behaviour (mainly mammals)

Animal models of social stress: effects on behavior and brain neurochemical systems – Blanchard et al. 2001 This paper mainly focused on the effects of social stress, specifically victory and defeat amongst dominant and subordinate conspecifics. This paper didn’t really relate to reptiles so this post was shorter than most and only includes what IContinue reading “Social stress on body and behaviour (mainly mammals)”