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I have had the opportunity to get a 1.1 blue tree monitors. I have done my homework as best as I could and reading everything I could find. These guys were recently discovered in 2001 and I haven't seen a lot of detailed information on them. I am looking for information on incubation temps, humidity and any good related information, or any good books on the tree monitor in general. If anyone has an idea on this topic or knows of someone to contact or sources to read I would GREATLY appreciate it. A lot of the information I have been using that is more details comes from green tree monitors information. Thanks for any help

Looks like your pics didn't work. Anyways, congrats for the monitors.

You have a long journey. Very few people successfully bred any of the prasinus group monitors. There is no 100% sure formula. I can tell you that 85F will work for the eggs. Providing an ideal/suitable nesting place will be, by far, your greatest challenge.

German guys have been breeding them with some regularity, so their forums should be a good start for you to resource.

Other than that, heat and feed a lot.

I love the Germans... They sure know their stuff! [chuckle]

84 to 86 degrees. Use a SIM container and you will not have to concern yourself with the humidity level.

I thought they were breeding them in the U.S., too......

Yes, Paradon, they are.

If you pay attention to my post, you'll see I mentioned that I noticed some german guys are getting some regularity in breeding events with prasinus group.

I have not seen repeated success in USA. Which also doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

By the way I have nothing against americans. I learned (and still do) a lot with them.

you know, my cousin is German. My aunt is married to a German guy. I have nothing against American either, but I was very ill.

I think Tom Crutchfield might produce another one soon... His animals look really well.

They got one at East Bay Vivarium, too. It looks really healthy and it was there a long time. They're selling for like $2,000, I think. I can't afford that! [chuckle]

I heard hes done, he got into some trouble, death of his partner or something, anyone have any news on that?

The toughest challange will be providing usable nesting. If you get that right, the rest should be easy. Incubation should range between 83-87. I have a pair that produced a clutch, maybe two but I'm not sure. LOL. Nesting is the biggest mystery. Post pics of your enclosure.

RoadSpawn

Here is my two.

While we are not working with Blue Trees or Yellow Trees for that matter, we are working with Green Trees and starting to have some success with them.
We have hatched eggs from three different clutches and have another clutch cooking. At this time we also have a few gravid girls. In fact two girls went down to lay this weekend. One of the girls who went down is the "yellow" Green Tree type. I hope I get good eggs from her. She is awesome!
Ok, what are we doing? I started with babies or as near babies as I could. Wild caught adult suck. Next we raised them in groups, sometimes moving them around. Each group is in a cage 4ft long, 4ft high and 2ft wide. We do use a very large nest box that is a coco and sand mix. They are fed crickets and mice. Each cage is sprayed most days. Room temps are about 82 in the day and the temps drop about 5 to 7 degrees at night. Each cage has 3 or 4 45 watt halogen bulbs. The cage cork and branches are set up so there are plenty of places to hide, bask, be wet, be dry, etc. The hottest spot in each cage is about 150. I'm surprised how often I see them using those temps.
Breeding follows a clear pattern. The females gain weight, she digs a burrow. They cop, and about 3 to 4 weeks later she goes down to nest. It seems she wants to know she will have a place to lay before she wants to cop. Smart lizards!

The eggs are laid in a spot in the lay box that is about 85 degrees. The eggs are placed about 6 to 8 inches from the bottom of the box. They can and do make really long burrows. We cook the eggs at 85-86 degrees covered in vermiculite. The eggs are buried about an inch under moist vermiculite. SIM boxes did not work for us. Perlite set up did not work for us.
As far as a breeding project goes, Green Trees are a tough one. It has taken us a long time to get where we are now. With only 4 or 5 eggs per clutch, it will some time before we are ready to sell very many. I love working with them, but ackies are FAR more productive and a much quicker project.
Good luck with your lizards. Keep your expections in line. It will not be a quick or easy road to success

Chad

Hello Chad,

THis was some great piece of information! Thanks a lot!

The SIMs were quite tricky to work with at first here. Not it seems I learned how to use properly.