Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

Rick_Albig · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:08 am Post subject:

I think she will come round if given the correct environment and enough time. One of me females recently died with egg complications, she was around the 44' mark and missing some tail, my smaller female is about 46' now and my male is about 48'.

You can really see on the pics the locality differences between the male and the females

Here are some old ish pics of them all.

martin day · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject:

mine is alot like the second from bottom but a bit darker
ive just noticed that she is starting to shed and the bits that have came off are reveling a much brighter pattern ,her shedding is a bit flakey is there anything i can do to help ,ive just sprayed her but i cant think of anything else i dont want to remove her as shes still settling in,
is it true that males have a lump at the base of there tail and their bottom jaw is alot bigger than females
the shop keeper told me she was a female i just want to make sure !
thanks
martin

Rick_Albig · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject:

As far as the shedding goes i would just leave it. They never stop shedding! Just make sure you have good temp and humidity gradients. If you keep her on deep substrate it will be relatively high in her burrows (up to 90%) and fall as low as 30-40% under her basking spot.

If you post some pics of him/her i have my best go at sexing her and giving you some info on locality and sub species. Try and get some full body shots, tail base, and head. Thick lower jaws and tail bulges are a good indication of a male but this is not always that easy if you have no comparison.

Here is a pic of my males bulges taken by Carl (lophius) whop had my male before me.

martin day · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

by the looks of those bulges mine must be a female
my temps are 92 warm side, 80 cool side ,115 basking spot
my humidity stays around 55
why is her shedding so flakey my tegu shed comes off in long bits do yours shed the same, i worry over the littlest things i just want to make sure shes ok
thanks
martin

Rick_Albig · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

Albigs, in fact most monitors, do not shed in big strips like tegues. I wouldnt worry too much about it.

martin day · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject:

thanks for all your help rick Wink