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Hi,

Anyone know where I can get a female Kimberly Rock Monitor ? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Cesar
CVReptiles

You are going to have a difficult time finding a lone female, as people with healthy females are usually not willing to sell them off, and people who are selling pairs, are not going to break apart the pair, just to sell the female, as selling a male can be difficult without a female to pair up with one.

You are also going to notice that there is significantly more males in people's collections, as a great number of females are killed off by their owners. Females are much frailer and sensitive than males, and are usually the first ones to dehyrate, and from the several people whom I've talked to who have lost females, they have all lost their females right after laying a clutch of eggs.

You will see an abundance of lone males floating around, but you will find it difficult to obtain a lone female, without buying a male along with her..

Best of luck, happy hunting...

Bob
TREEMONITORS.COM

There are some posted for sale in the classifieds just recently. Maybe he will split up a trio?
James

www.blaberus.com

They will be around much longer than us!!!!

You could try Rare Earth, im not sure if hes selling any, but he does breed them.
http://rareearthinc.com/general.htm

I have a 2001 price list from Rare Earth, and at that time the price for a young one was $750, so that should give you some indication of what you can be prepared to pay for an adult female. It won't be easy to find a good female. Someone might sell one that has not proven to be fertile, but of course they won't tell you that, you'll find that out down the road for yourself when you don't have breeding success. There always seems to be surplus males, but not females. Good luck.

Pam