Yes I agree there is a lot of confusion applied to keeping this species. I see it as no different to keeping other species of monitors which are from semi arid to arid areas.

The best way to learn is through your own experience, this is what I found out. A lot of the literature written on this species is either based on a singular occurance with a couple of animals kept in captivity and for the rest well it might as well have been made up because I found it to be complete nonsense.

Maybe that's what these academics do, make stuff up to fill in the gaps to make it sound more interesting!!!

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• v. griseus hibernation - jock, Sat Oct 20 07:43:12 2007
• RE: what did you do? - JPsShadow, Sat Oct 20 09:08:43 2007
• RE: what did you do? - jock, Sat Oct 20 09:30:10 2007
• RE: what did you do? - sungazer, Sun Oct 21 15:45:15 2007
• RE: what did you do? - jock, Sun Oct 21 20:15:46 2007
• RE: what did you do? - monitormanUK, Mon Oct 22 06:06:39 2007
• Its doesnt have to do with. - SHvar, Mon Oct 22 11:08:39 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - JPsShadow, Mon Oct 22 11:06:15 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - FR, Mon Oct 22 11:44:09 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - monitormanUK, Mon Oct 22 12:35:10 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - FR, Mon Oct 22 15:21:58 2007
• RE: thanks for adding to it - JPsShadow, Mon Oct 22 14:54:01 2007
• RE: v. griseus hibernation - MadAxeMan, Mon Oct 22 07:57:49 2007
• Never saw a single species of.. - SHvar, Mon Oct 22 11:20:36 2007
• RE: Never saw a single species of.. - MadAxeMan, Mon Oct 22 13:43:15 2007
• If you read what you posted. - SHvar, Mon Oct 22 23:10:29 2007
• RE: If you read what you posted. - MadAxeMan, Tue Oct 23 07:37:48 2007
• apples to oranges. - SHvar, Tue Oct 23 22:37:55 2007
• About Apples & Oranges - MadAxeMan, Wed Oct 24 19:47:53 2007
• You still havent gotten it. - SHvar, Wed Oct 24 21:52:15 2007
• RE: If you read what you posted. - FR, Fri Oct 26 01:35:38 2007