New baby Spencers hatched 13th Mar 09. Laid 18th Nov 08
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Baby Spencers Hatched-Australia
mariamoon
Mar 13, 2009 04:06 AM
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sdslancs
Mar 13, 2009 10:02 AM
Wow! How beautiful. How many hatchlings did you get?
Congratulations and thanks so much for sharing!!!
mariamoon
Mar 13, 2009 05:03 PM
Hi and thanks. 14 hatched out of 20. Not a great hatchrate this year for some reason tho' this is the first clutch of this female so maybe that has something to do with it. The mum is one that has kept a bit of the red colouring so hopefully these will too.
TheSerpentsCoil
Mar 14, 2009 12:56 AM
Awesome Awesome animals! I hope to one day own these beautiful monitors!
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John Light
mariamoon
Mar 15, 2009 07:48 PM
new pics today
mariamoon
Mar 15, 2009 07:52 PM
Damn. not too good at this
sdslancs
Mar 15, 2009 08:19 PM
Awesome. Love those outdoor shots!
Cute little buggers, aren't they?)
jburokas
Mar 19, 2009 07:15 PM
Awesome monitors! Thank you for sharing the pics and the incubation length. Short vs most Vv types at 4 months.
mariamoon
Mar 20, 2009 06:32 AM
Yes, I think because Spencers come from a boom or bust area. Get them out and hatched in a good season in a hurry. Mertons on the other hand take 7-8 months to hatch. In that case they seem to lay in our latish summer and they hatch the next spring when food is around. No one has actually said but I assume the Mertons eggs diapause for a while because I can't see that it would take any longer to gestate in real time otherwise.
robyn@ProExotics
Mar 18, 2009 01:02 PM
Great pics, terrific job, congrats : )
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robyn@proexotics.com
