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Our savannas copulated during the summer. My female laid eggs this past week. Our male found them first, and the one egg that did survive had already dried up. I was just wondering because I had read before that they will lay a series of eggs over a period of time from one copulation. I am not sure if this is true and was wondering if anyone knew a rough estimate of how long the females will be fertile with the eggs from copulation until they are laid, and the time period between the separate batches if this is true. I am not sure of the spelling for copulation but I will assume that you all understand what I am talking about.

Thank you
Christina

Hi

I don't believe there have been substantiated cases of monitors producing multiple clutches from a single successful copulation. I may be wrong and someone will correct me.

From copulation to laying is about 3 weeks. My savannahs used to produce a clutch every 3 months.

Best of luck with your savs. Keep breeding them as long as you can.

Cheers
--Ravi--

Great job Christina!!

You are obviously doing something right if your Savannahs are breeding. We need a lot more people to get involved with captive breeding of this species so that we can have more healthy, well started babies for people to choose from as pets instead of sickly, wild caught animals loaded with parasites. Hopefully more people will begin having success breeding these animals now that we have a better understanding of their needs in captivity.

Are you located in the U.S.?