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  • 02-18-2011, 02:38 PM
    slayer
    Digging up monitor eggs.........
    Is fricking hard work LOL
    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/100_1983.jpg
    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/100_2000.jpg

    She laid 11 eggs with 8 being fertile. Thankfully this nesting (unlike her last clutch) went very well for her. They were laid 16" down on the very bottom of the trough in soil temp gunned at 85.5F

    The "proud" parents

    Mom
    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/100_1580.jpg

    Dad
    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...0002-1-1-1.jpg

    and my hold back hatchlings from a different female just for fun
    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/100_1866.jpg
  • 02-18-2011, 10:13 PM
    BPelizabeth
    Oh they are beautiful. How long is the waiting period now??
  • 02-18-2011, 10:47 PM
    slayer
    Re: Digging up monitor eggs.........
    Thank you. They take 90+ days to hatch.
  • 02-19-2011, 05:29 PM
    BPelizabeth
    Oh wow :O I totally thought you were gonna tell me a hundred and something....lol:rolleyes:

    That is not bad at all then!
  • 02-19-2011, 05:32 PM
    dragonboy4578
    Re: Digging up monitor eggs.........
    Congrats, and I really love the enclosure.
  • 02-19-2011, 06:42 PM
    slayer
    Re: Digging up monitor eggs.........
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by BPelizabeth View Post
    Oh wow :O I totally thought you were gonna tell me a hundred and something....lol:rolleyes:

    That is not bad at all then!

    ................................... Oh, they can go 120+ . I was just being conservative :D

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dragonboy4578 View Post
    Congrats, and I really love the enclosure.

    ......................... Thank you, but from the outside its just an ugly cattle trough.
    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/100_1104.jpg
  • 02-20-2011, 05:07 AM
    suzuki4life
    Re: Digging up monitor eggs.........
    what's your substrate mix?
  • 02-20-2011, 06:35 PM
    slayer
    Re: Digging up monitor eggs.........
    Sand and dirt.
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