You make a whole lot of assumptions. Like brumation is for breeding. I have bred many many species of varanids and none required brumation. Period.

All reptiles require a range of temps to properly utilize energy. That is, conserve when necessary and expend when necessary.

Varanids in particular are HOT loving reptiles, like Uromastics are precieved. But more so.

People do not bred Savs because they are not worth the mice to feed them. Sorry, but true. They are great monitors, as good as any, but they are imported at less then 5 bucks each. Thats a weeks food for one Sav fed properly.

In order to establish cause and effect, you must start with a baseline. Which is where you and others go wrong. You do not know that it takes to keep varanids healthy.

Heres why, you think breeding is something special, when in fact, its the least special. Its the bottom line for normal health. A normal monitor produces babies. A really healthy monitor produces lots and lots of babies.

In nature, any thing less then producing offspring is considered total failure and leads to extintion. Of a dying population.

What people belief and what people DO seem to be two different things. If folks think brumation causes reproduction, why aren't there tons of baby savs about? You sir are required to answer that.

I am not trying to put you down or show you in poor lite. But you have no concept what it takes to produce varanids. Your using hearsay as fact.

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