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Some pics of my Dragons, real (monitors), and beardies...

SHvar Aug 17, 2004 01:23 AM

Sobek on her log at over 6ft 2 inches and 2years 8 months old, my female BT/WT/WT cross...

This is Sobeks basking spot, the top level at least, note the temp, its also 165-172f larger than her STV length and wider also..
Sedona my red ackie at 2 years old and 24 inches, note the basking temp, the high spot was 200 on a cool evening..

This is my adult beardie pair that produces some abosolutely huge babies, snuggles in on the log at 16-18 months old and 571 grams and 19 inches, she lays 21 eggs every 3-4 weeks, 118 so far this year starting at 10 months old. Nemo is the hypo-orange-pastel-german giant on his basking spot, Snuggels has her own basking spot although they usually bask together, eat together, sleep together, and he protects her, and her eggs constantly and even helps dig the nest sometimes, hes 21.5 inches and 2 years old, 671+ grams, yes they live together 24/7, he even eats after she is done..

This is their basking temp...

The dragon baby on the right is the male hatchling I kept from Nemo and Snuggles, he is Frodo, hes 4 months old and 16 inches long, the male snow giant on the left is 5 months old and 16.5 or more inches long, they were waiting for more superworms in this pic, yes 2 males living together, hunting together, eating together, sleeping etc, oops I might be breaking someones rules...

An old pic of Shadow my almost 4 year old male BT/WT cross..

A basic note on every reptile I have and some I help raise and care for, none I repeat none have any UVB lighting, all live on dirt (the beardies less of it), have high basking spots, good temp gradients, and varying humidity levels, they all eat whole animals except the beardies also eat greens daily with their crickets, lobster roaches, and superworms. Sobeks next cage (in the next few months hopefully, woohoo new house soon) will also have a dish big enough to soak as occaisionally she wants to, so I have to allow her to soak outside of this cage as theres not enough room for a water dish that big in it. Well next she will have to outgrow a 10ft long by 6ft high by 5ft wide cage. I might also obtain a 5ft male Sienna Leguaan (sienna WT) from a good friend called Blaize, hes a loveable creature but his owner doesnt have that much time anymore working away from home so much, the banded WT he is keeping though.
This is Blaize, I helped raise him from the time he was 12 inches long total...

Replies (3)

robzimmerman Aug 17, 2004 01:51 AM

About how long do they usually stay on those almost 200 degree basking spots? Thanks

SHvar Aug 17, 2004 02:21 AM

Im not sure on most exactlt but, they stay there from minutes to hours, it all depends if they are digesting a big meal, coming out from underground after a few days, or its a hot day and they dont need to bask. Sobek will bask sometimes for an hour or more, the beardies can bask for hours also digesting their daily huge meals. the red ackie willl bask on and off all day for minutes to hours. it depends they decide when they need it. Sobek used to sleep as a 16 inch hatchling on a 122f light assembly surface to digest her food, all night long.

coldplay Aug 17, 2004 09:30 PM

Thanks Shvar, great reply and initial post.

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