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Rick_Albig
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Well finally got down to the zoo yesterday. Nice selection of monitors they had too (even if some of the enclosures were not the best)
Well im sure i dont have to tell you what they all are!
Rick
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kroakykaren
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Great pics Rick, thank you so much for sharing them 
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: |
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 very nice Rick,wouldn't mind a trip there myself
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:08 am Post subject: |
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some fantastic pics there ric - looks as though the komodo has put ona bit of weight since I last came over ...
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Rick_Albig
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Cheers guys! Ye they had a great selection but some of the enclosures needed much improvement. In particular the Lacie looked very thin and dehydrated and all of the enclosures needed to have some decent deep substrate and more humidity. They all (appart from the Komodo) looked a little underweight too. 
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| Rick_Albig wrote: | Cheers guys! Ye they had a great selection but some of the enclosures needed much improvement. In particular the Lacie looked very thin and dehydrated and all of the enclosures needed to have some decent deep substrate and more humidity. They all (appart from the Komodo) looked a little underweight too.
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Well from those pics I would say the lacie looks to be a normal weight, you can tell by looking at the tail base, also when monitors look dehydrated their eyes appear to be sunk in giving the appearance of an heavy brow. Yes the komodo looks on the fat side.
I know the hierarchy ( Izolde ) at Chester and she is very knowledgeable as regards to monitors. The enclosures are designed like this so that they meet the paying public obligation. People go to the zoo to see animals that's the simple reality, if they had more cover then people would not see the animals on display. Last time I was there, the varius enclosure was virtually the same as the one at Rotterdam just on a smaller scale, which is where the Chester varius derived from the Rotterdam breeding program. |
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thomas mcpherson
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| it is a great zoo if your in to your monitors i don't remember seen the ackies but i defiantly remember the pair of crocodile monitors |
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Varanus-Cam
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: |
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nice pics, the emerald tree monitors are a nice addition to the reptile house there iv not been for a while (a year or so) and they wasnt there, i will have to take a trip to have a better look
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AlbigularisCrazy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:47 am Post subject: |
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Nice pictures Rick!
Hows the eggs looking?
Cheers,
Chad
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