A few pictures of my varanus sp collection

[philipniceguy]

Female kimberley


Male kimberley monitor



Nile






not often seen lil mert (female i now think) shes very shy



big mert (male i now think)




more in a minute

[philipniceguy]

Nasher my female salvadorii

hanging out




Rubbish picture but i forced a meeting between them in the tunnel. Dasher was already in there so i shut is exit off and got nasher to go up there and shut her exit off. Middle mesh divider still closed I was hoping she would show signs of submitting but after 10minutes she was not so i opened exit dividers LOL




DASHER my male salvadorii

he is NOW 220cm 70cm SVL and 150cm Tail now he is getting BIG LOL

Dasher relaxing on his back hide.

"yer what you looking at"

I can smell ya phil .............

[murrindindi]

Hi, you have some beautiful monitors in really nice condition, well done for that!
I`m not saying you`re a cissy, but what`s all the protection about with the V. glauerti??
Any signs of breeding behaviour in the salvadorii, and how long have you had them all?

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, you have some beautiful monitors in really nice condition, well done for that!
I`m not saying you`re a cissy, but what`s all the protection about with the V. glauerti??
Any signs of breeding behaviour in the salvadorii, and how long have you had them all?

I always start trust building with my hoodie on, thats my way. The one in the video is the only one that comes to my skin but all prefer the hoodie I'm guessing as it's easy to grip to LOL.

Salvadorii have matted a number of times, first time female produced 5 infertile eggs. Second time round she produced 10 infertile eggs (though i thought 4-5 was good) The last time I put them together female attacked the male and got a nasty bite back for her aggression towards him. I will introduce them again but once the weather is much warmer as this effects my enclosures ambient temps.

I had the current pair of salvadorii just over a year and the rest, the kims however I not had long maybe two months. I got both salvadorii ar around 3ft total length females 6ft males males over 7ft he has grown 4ft ish in 12 months which is not bad

[murrindindi]

O.k, your excuse for wearing basically armour plating to feed the smallest monitor is accepted. At least if it doesn`t work they won`t know it was you hiding under there....
When she laid the eggs where were they deposited?
Yes, that`s good growth in a year.

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

O.k, your excuse for wearing basically armour plating to feed the smallest monitor is accepted. At least if it doesn`t work they won`t know it was you hiding under there....
When she laid the eggs where were they deposited?
Yes, that`s good growth in a year.

First time all over the place. I offered an area 8ft by 4ft by 3-4ft deep of moist bark/compost. She made a large borrow around 2ft deep and 3ft long and only attending this borrow for days just seemily to check it but days before she laid temps outside dropped ALOT which in turn made my ambient temps 5-10'c lower in her enclosure mainly overnight. She then made loads of other small holes and ended up scattering the eggs. No heating of the substrate was offered as it was 28-34'c ambient temps day and night prior to the outside weather change wish i did now as i swear she was happy with it until the weather change.

second time round. i offered 4 x differant 110l bins filled with differant stuff and 1 x nest box all heated this time. She entered each one only once or twice but not one was even clawed (i had ipcam on record so missed nothing) she choose to lay the eggs in the bark/compost mix between the nest bins, same substrate as offered first time round, though nowhere near deep enough.

I clearly have not got what she likes right yet and will continue to try others this year. Due to move her enclosure soon so to allow me more space for differant nesting options. Any ideas greatfully taken onboard

[BarelyBreathing]

I always love seeing your animals. They're great.

[Pirarucu]

All of them are looking great!

[dinosaurdammit]

hey, if you ever get some more pics of your croc monitors id love to use them in my art study.

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

hey, if you ever get some more pics of your croc monitors id love to use them in my art study.

thank you everyone and you got me interested "art study"? I got hundreds of pictures

there hundreds of pictures of my pair here
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0912778&type=3

if it dont work facebook philipniceguy exotics page

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by philipniceguy

thank you everyone and you got me interested "art study"? I got hundreds of pictures

there hundreds of pictures of my pair here
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0912778&type=3

if it dont work facebook philipniceguy exotics page

thank you! id give anything to see these guys in person. I couldnt ever own a croc, they are so amazing but I couldnt resist wanting to pet these guys, and ive seen what babys can do as far as bites go x_____x

i dabble in art, sculpture and paints and reptiles have always been my muse, these guys heads fascinate me- so prehistoric!

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

thank you! id give anything to see these guys in person. I couldnt ever own a croc, they are so amazing but I couldnt resist wanting to pet these guys, and ive seen what babys can do as far as bites go x_____x

i dabble in art, sculpture and paints and reptiles have always been my muse, these guys heads fascinate me- so prehistoric!

you make a realistic sculpure of a salvadorii I'd be interesting in purchasing it. I can never find anything on salvadorii other than photos for sale with regards to art

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by philipniceguy

you make a realistic sculpure of a salvadorii I'd be interesting in purchasing it. I can never find anything on salvadorii other than photos for sale with regards to art

how big would you want it and would you want it just clay or painted? to give you an idea at my sculpting skills here was my pumpkin for halloween



i could do something similar to clay, have a thin tile like thing with a back light that would shine through only where its carved, kinda like a night light

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

how big would you want it and would you want it just clay or painted? to give you an idea at my sculpting skills here was my pumpkin for halloween



i could do something similar to clay, have a thin tile like thing with a back light that would shine through only where its carved, kinda like a night light

Ideally made of clay and painted like a 3d model. email me chat more it's my username @hotmail.com

[AjaMichelle]

Gorgeous as always Phil Thanks for sharing!