First off, your measuring Air temps and reptiles do not go by air temps. You should take the temps at burrow depth and see what they are.



ALso as mentioned, Soil type is KEY, think of them as birds, each bird species has a particular way to nest and uses a particular material. You know stick nesters, or muddabbers, etc.



Monitors are very much that way. They are very particular about soil type. ALso soil temps are key, again as mentioned.



About what happens when they hold eggs and that is very very common when theres no proper nesting. Sorry to say, they die. Or die soon. After a few failed reproductive events.



If your only interested in a pet, then do take her to the vet and have the eggs and ovaries removed. She can then live a very long life without concern of reproductive failure. Of course assuming she is a she and is full of ovum or eggs.



Lastly, varanids can lay eggs that hatch without breeding. Rare but does occur.



Good luck

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