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Congrats with your continued success. Is that an Albino to het breeding? How many total in that clutch? What are your percentages of laid eggs to hatched eggs? What is your egg to egg time?(generational)

I think your husbandry is all wrong... LOL

Congrats Bro, I know you have to be totally stoked!
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Mike Heinrich,
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
www.amazontreeboa.org

Kev,

Sweet, very sweet! Matt and I have some catching up to do. LOL

Congrats man.

Brian

Thats nice Kevin, how many albinos you got now
Wish you more success in the future

Good luck,
Bryan

Damn Kevin, is this gonna be a yearly thang now? Does this mean the prices will come down in the near future? Congrats and keep em comin'.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL...CONGRATS
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

>>ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL...CONGRATS
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>>Tom Crutchfield
>>www.tomcrutchfield.com

Tom, the new website looks great! I love the old photo archives.
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Mike Heinrich,
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
www.amazontreeboa.org

Thanks and I'm having a stellar year breeding anything and everything. THE BEST YEAR I'VE EVER HAD. They'll be some surprises in Daytona!!!!!Albino Iguanas for the third year and a LOT of them finally....

Just a couple of goodies....By the way I'm getting a lot of courtship and some copulations with my Varanus mccreai and Varanus p. kordensis projects as well...
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

That's great Tom! I'm having a pretty good year too.

Are you coming up to Chicago in Oct for the NARBC show?
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Mike Heinrich,
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
www.amazontreeboa.org

Well Done Sir! Congrats with your continued success.
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"Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew!" Charlie Papazian

Thanks for the positive comments!!!

I have made a total now of three.....like I could keep that a secret!!! I would like to thank the little people - Johhny "The Earwig", Mike " The Stink" and Nancy "Nutless"... considering they are all shorter than me!

Nah.

The Albinos are very, very cool. They are 100% perfect and do not seem to have any noticeable sensitivities to bright light including UV. My adult albinos have never had issues with the UV. I had a few people wonder if these guys are anything like albino tegus and such. No, they act just a normal looking water in every way that I can tell. My first hatchling is now 5 months and three days, she is HUGE! Super friendly, smart and outgoing. She will ride around on you being very inquisitive and absolutely enjoying human interaction. If there is anyone out there that does not think you can raise a remarkable SUPER TAME water monitor then you have never tried or your doing something wrong. These animals can easily be as tame as a bearded dragon despite their larger growing size. I personally think they are the ideal "dinosaur" to keep if you have the room!

They take about 6 months to hatch at 88F. Captive born water monitors are an absolutely different beast than most imports. They can be extremely gentle and want to interact with their pet keepers. If you are wondering why I am repeating myself some people seem to think that these animals can not be trusted and are "dangerous". Well, a fork is dangerous if you don't know what you are doing with it! They can be AMAZINGLY TAME to the point that they are just too lazy to be ill tempered.

I use Hatchrite exclusively to hatch these guys since it works great for us. GOOD stuff!

So far these albinos have been hatched from breeding het to het. My visible albino males are HUGE. As in my original sire is around 75 lbs. Its a matter of physics, a giant 75 lumbering ogre meets a young pretty little 6lb female. SHould he try to breed with her or maybe should he just eat her? The males can be very rough with the ladies so it has not "worked out". My second male has now also become rather large and seems to take little notice of small girls in his cage. So, for now I have to accept limited production until I get a smaller albino male hatched out and raised up.

Hopefully this answers some questions - Kevin
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Fantastic!

What kind of calcium do have that girl on?

>>Fantastic!
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>>What kind of calcium do have that girl on?

I use the new Zoo Med ultra fine powder with D3..

I really like that stuff!!! Best out there in my opinion!!

K
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