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LeeWarren · Key Member Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 210

In your photo it looks like you have put a small piece of wood on the side and clamped your lamp to that. If that gets knocked off and falls on a piece of cork bark it will start a fire.
If its secured another way then great. Just looking out for you mate.

Rizlah · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:52 am Post subject:

ah now i get you, its not secured any other way but it is pretty secure and its the way i always do it but i get your point now that there is cork bark under it might be an idea to secure it with a chain or something as well to the top of the viv as a safety net.
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LeeWarren · Key Member Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 210

Secure it with a chain, better to be safe than sorry.
I will get the address for the website tomorrow and post it up. I have tried to put as much info as possible on it, there does not seem to be any good sites on ackies.

Rizlah · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:08 am Post subject:

Bohan · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

Are they a true desert species though? Australia is very dry but there are rain forrest environments too,and no doubt loads of "in between" I spray a little into one end of my Ridgetails (brachyurus) viv nearly every night, i also pour a 1/2 - 1 pint of water into the same ends substrate (cool end)(weekly & depending).I first started to take them out weekly for a soaking program (proexotics) but found no benifits from what i was already doing.
My brachyurus are shedding in great sheets of skin now and its nice to see.
Going back over the thread, you wrote they are attacking each other, are they still doing this?.... My pair, The"male" has been harrassing and biting the female for months in an attempt to mate,often so frenetickly(spelling)
that he miss's and gets a leg, i've had to fill the viv with stuff to help her hide herself, which helps a lot, she will happily"ask" to come out and not want to go back in because of him, any way i dont now why but this behaviour has dropped right off just recently and so has the food intake, hormonal, light values ? ?
As Dantro says try cockroaches, not only are they an exellent food item but there sheer speed induces an "escaping prey" take.Ackies are a bit chubbier naturally than say glauerti but mine can still catch an adult locust in mid leap.
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2.0.0 Varanus glauerti.
1.1.0 Varanus a brachyurus.
1.1.0 Chlamydosaurus kingii.
1.3.4 Lacerta vivipera.

GJ · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject:

johne.ev · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject:

Hi.
Something iv'e found which helps when ackies are shedding is to spray inside cork bark tubes, especially if it's a favoured one for hiding in. i agree with GJ, can't go wrong with a digging box full of a moist sand/soil mix.

Madfrontosa · Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: humidity etc

Iv'e been keeping ackies for a couple of year (Mr Warrens originals I understand), and putting a good damp tub of playsand for digging in seems to wok a treat. I also put one of the ready made cave structures over sand, and a large piece of ply with a hole over the tub.

On the feeding issue, when they got to a size to take pinkies, the group of 4 could go through 40 pinkies, 30 medium locusts, and a tub of crickets a week. They grew like weeds and I ended up with 2 males and 2 females which have bred and are great monitors.

One thing I did note was that for a 6 month period they completly went off crickets? But now eat a variety of everything! Don't know why.

As for aggression - the only aggression was when the female attached the dominent male and bit its toes off - blood everywhere? I presume he got his evil way the week after as I eggs not too long after.

As per the couple of pairs of stoors I have - they are far more placid than my ackies - but I will try Lees suggestion on the tub of sand as they have started to have go at mating. fingers crossed for 2008.

John