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jobi
at Sun Jun 27 13:51:05 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jobi ]
I keep a few yowonoi at present, they where hatched from a gravid WC last year. these ar quit diferent from doreanus, they dig extensive tunels in sandy dirt and live much like grund hogs, always near the entrance ready to dive in at the slaitest mouvement, they color morphology trouly shows they nature (halfway in the hole)
as for doreanus they get poppy tame when kept individualy in bare naked cages. the nature of this specie is bizzar, they ar confliting in nature have large teeths but fragil skin. most fragil species avoid confrontation, doreanus actively chas anf fight intruders of any scecies. there are reports of all indo monitors being fund sharing the same hidding, salvadorii sharing with jobiensis, prasinus, jobiensis sharing with argus (posible integration Port Moresby) all but doreanus.
in nature they are sedentary and live truout life at the same location, families of 10 to 20 individuals dominated by one male witch kills all rivals. females grow a larger head faster then males to protect themselfs from intruding males, they will only acept the alfa male when breeding. thats why not many ar produced as captives (unles raised together) and even then she must acecpt him or terible wonds will lead to death. thats what happens with large teeths and fragile skin.
if you trouly what to work this specie, start with 10-15 hatchelings and raise them in a room size enclosure with a deep dirt-leaflitter substrata, severald baskings and a night drop 65f, thats for PNG doreanus as there need are similar to liasis alberts or they dont cycle regularly and if they do eggs arent very strong.
you take this advise and be sucesfull or disregard it like other fools on this forum and wast my time and your lizards.
best wishes.
ps. captive lizards ar victime of stupid keepers, agamid experts over the world very much like varanid experts have all kinds of rules, they said dont keep them this way, they need that enviernement, oh you cant feed em that. however when working with lizards you realise its the keepers that fail not the lizards. this past year iv produced 100s of hipsilurus and coronatas that acording to experts should be dead alredy.
one last word from me ( iv always been against the keeping of varanids, thats why iv never promoted them, like you I enjoy keeping them beyond reason, hopfully they will stop exporting them soon) like FR I dont bother digging eggs anymore!
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RE: Egg laying with Varanus doreanus - jobi, Sun Jun 27 13:51:05 2010