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Rick_Albig

Ill start with good news. Over the Easter weekend i observed lots of breeding between my largest female (Munch) and my male albig (Taz). Over the following weeks she began to swell and start to dig some test burrows. On Friday night she lay 23 eggs (20 OK 3 bad.) This was her first ever clutch and my first clutch of monitor eggs! The eggs are now sat in an incubator at 30C 1:1 vermiculite/water mix.

Now the sad part. Today i found Munch dead. She was extremely thin, sunken eyes, mouth wide open and a swollen abdomen. She also had what appeared to be yolk leaking from her vent. I believe she had retained some of the eggs from Friday night, what i don't know is why. She seemed happy with nest site, and appeared to have completed laying her clutch. I did find one stray egg on the Saturday that she had laid on the surface.

This whole experience has really left me devastated. I know there are many people here who have experienced similar events with breeding monitors. I just hope i can succeed in hatching her eggs, at least this way her legacy will be continued.

R.I.P Munch, you will be greatly missed.

Rick

Gimpy · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:24 am Post subject:

Cant offer any advice, just a "I'm sorry" and R.I.P Munch (great name btw)
Good luck with he eggs though, I hope all goes well.

lol93 · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:55 am Post subject:

So sorry to hear your news, Rick. I hope the eggs do well.
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GJ · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject:

Im gutted for you mate. Best of luck with the eggs.

lophius · Key Member Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 210

Sorry about that Rick .. my female argus died in almost exact fashion - 3 weeks after laying a clutch of eggs - unfortunately I only got one good one.

carl

SteveL · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

R I P munch and fingers crossed for the eggs .. Sad

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christophermchale · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

its always a bummer to lose an animal, but if all goes well youll have 20 more soon. thats a lot of little mouths to feed and sharp claws to scratch you. haha
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poisonjedhead · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:42 am Post subject:

my condolences

though I'm sure there will be a familiar spark in the eyes of her offspring.

a very tragic story.

the things we love so easily leave us, the memory's never don't.
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big_boids_uk · Key Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 307 Location: London

Damn harsh stuff mate. Hows the eggs doing?
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DeanThorpe · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear about that mate.
Good luck with the Eggs and your remaining adults.
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