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crocdoc
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: update on perenties and lace monitors |
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The first two clutches of both perenties and lace monitors have finished hatching.
Late last week there was a flurry of activity in my incubator, with both lace monitors and perenties pipping and/or hatching at the same time.
This is what I call a really good day - my two favourite monitor species hatching at the same time in the same incubator:
close up
I have two incubators and this is my 'hatching incubator'. I move the egg box containing the eggs most likely to hatch next from the other incubator into this one, for that extra bit of attention and care. When all of the eggs in this incubator hatch, I move the next two egg boxes in.
This was Friday's effort on the perentie shelf:
This was Monday's (and the last of the perentie egg boxes):
Combined with the first egg box (4 eggs) that's 11 perenties in total. Now that they're all hatched out and feeding, they've gone back to Sydney Wildlife World and several are currently on display (photo below). Soon they'll be sent to other zoos and fauna parks around the country.
In the meantime, the little lace monitors are feeding, basking and doing almost everything else lace monitors do, but in miniature.
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MJ
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Jase
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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They are stunning to be fair. Shame they don't stay that small and cute! 
Well done
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Stuart
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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 Now that is a good day!!!...thanks for sharing the pics with us mate..the perenties colours and patterning is amazing,very vibrant!
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Jase
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| MJ wrote: | FANTASTIC I cant get over the size of the eggs and the size of the hatchlings  |
I hadn't noticed that! They are huge compared to the eggs!
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lophius
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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a fantastic day !!!
What have you done with the lacie hatchlings? |
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Thomas Shanta
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Good work,I'm going to have to pay you a visit someday. |
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kroakykaren
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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They are stunning so vibrant 
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Jadrow
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice crocdoc i hope i have some success with my Lacies this season.
I cant understand Australian rules and regs with us in Victoria we can have salties/freshies/lacies but cant have Perenties.
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Scott W
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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great photos, both species are just stunning , thanks for posting.
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