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RE: Gravid Savannah Monitor?

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Posted by: FR at Mon Jan 16 09:29:46 2012  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

Hi Paradon, It really doesn't work like that. Which is why your advice often is contrary to the reality of varanids.

You often say, varanids are easy, which is so very naive of you.

If it was easy, then everyone would be breeding them like colubrids or boas, or balls or beardeds and geckos. What that has not happened even thought, I have been producing them in number for a couple decades. And a few others as well.

Nest is the most critical part, because its not only life or death for the eggs, but also life or death for the female. And in the case of Savs, normally death. Sometimes after the first attempt, but normally after the second or third.

Of course it HAS to be the right temps, humidity(not damp) the right depth and feel, but also the right material. And it all needs to be there at the time of copulation. There is no last minute stuff here.

The real problem is prejudiced keepers, like you and Gregg, you often think like the masses of other snake keepers and come up with that old rubbermaid nest box thing. Well that has been tried and failed a million times, oh a success here and there, but only temporary successes.

As you may have noticed, there are no Sav breeders that have had generations of success, none, zero, nada.

I produced Whitethroats thru several generations, and they are very closely related. Cheers


   

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