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Scott W
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 simply stunning, that perentie is just amazing. Thanks for posting such cracking photos!
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crocdoc
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| lophius wrote: | the lacie looks fab dave --- (the perentie is nice too - prefer the lace myself though)
Do you find that with successive clutches the egg size gets smaller?
If so does this impact upon incubation time, egg viability and hatchling survival?
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Thanks. I prefer the lacies, too.
When you say successive clutches, do you mean within a season? My female lacie is laying larger eggs each year, but within a particular season the clutches have more, smaller eggs. No effect on incubation time, egg viability or hatchling survival. The hatchlings of small eggs are a bit smaller, but they catch up quickly.
In answer to the others, the eggs are incubated on perlite.
The female perentie lays in the sand (it's very deep). Her nests have been perfect.
this is just a test dig, not the final nest
this is an actual nest excavation. When she was finished, she could disappear entirely down the tunnel without even the tip of her tail showing (and not curling around, either)
concealing the nest the next day
concealing her second clutch
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jfry
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| Alex is looking good these days and so is the holdback. I think the series of perentie pictures are excellent as well. |
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Frank
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Fantastic animals and great pics! Please keep us updated with the hatchlings. |
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trueviper_UK
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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What amazing set-ups you have that enable your animals to dig nests THAT deep!
I take it you then have to remove the eggs to then incubate them?
Love the photos, varanids are such cool creatures. We have bosc Monitors in our local shop but I would never have enough room too keep them comfortably 
I am so jealous 
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thomas mcpherson
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| you are one lucky guy |
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Thomas Shanta
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| I really enjoyed this thread,especially the nest excavation,cheers. |
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