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FR
at Tue Jun 13 18:44:38 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Your problems are only begining.
Yes, breeding is easy with monitors, they breed, males breed females, males breed males. Females breed males and females too. Of course one of those would be important if eggs are to be produced.
If that happens(a gravid female), your problems are common. The hardest part of breeding monitors is getting eggs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that have the possibility to hatch. That is not such a common occurance, even if it is easy.
A healthy pair and food, plus a cultural important nesting area is all you need. Culturally important means something that a particular population of monitor understands. A species may have a wider varity of ways it nests, but a population may only have one. The one that works where they live. Yes, this can be hard to accomplish.
There is a really great lady that use to come here often and still pops in from time to time. Her name is Dragoon, shes from Canada. She had a pair of rudis and she did a great job of taking care of them and attending to their needs. Her pair laid a bizillion eggs(fertile) and she hatched some. She had many many clutches.
Maybe she will fill you in on whats important.
She did nothing species specific as far as I can tell, she simply attended to her monitors needs the best she understood. She had a great feel for living animals(something neglecked here) As successful as she was, she knew very well it was not entirely right to the animals. It was very hard on her. This is something you must be prepared for.
She gave them temp choices, humidity choices, nothing different then any other monitor, fed them. And of course her weak area was nesting. Unfortunately, monitors nests are generally larger then the cages we keep them in. Also humans have very weird ideas and patterns. For instance, we think a nest, HAS to be smaller then the cage(like sparrows or parakeets) That simply doesn't apply to monitors. To me, understanding this area is key to success.
In my opinion, if your not going to attend to this area, then don't keep pairs together. Its horrible torture for a gravid monitor to not have a nest it understands. Eventually it kills them. Sometimes quickly.
So, hopefully Goon will give you a hand. Cheers
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RE: Mail-order-bride for Rico the roughneck - FR, Tue Jun 13 18:44:38 2006