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matt_fl
at Sat Jun 3 21:19:49 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by matt_fl ]
My opinion.
If nile monitors usually sleep in burrows, and this one doesn't have a burrow, maybe it is using water in place of a burrow. That would mean the cage isn'tnecesarrily any worse for the monitor than a cage in which the monitor burrows at night. But that all depends on whether the water is being used to escape heat or dehydration. If it is being used to escape dehydration, then the humidity is probably too low. If it is being used only to escape heat however, then it doesn't indicate anymore than a monitor using a burrow. Then the question is whether or not it is healthy for the monitor to sleep in water.
So basically, it is saying it is time to check the temps and humidity and offer something like a burrow.
Which brings me to the conclusion that FR is right. lol I just felt like typing this all because I am bored.
Those monitors, they sure seem to keep people on their toes.
lol
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RE: Something out of the Ordinary... - matt_fl, Sat Jun 3 21:19:49 2006