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08-21-12, 02:32 PM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Installed....
Bolted to the wall solid....
Littlefoot checking it out.
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08-21-12, 02:34 PM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Looks awesome, Wayne. Will they outgrow it or be able to bask up there for life?
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08-21-12, 02:52 PM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
It's solid, I could sit on it.
So it's there for the long haul.
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08-21-12, 02:53 PM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Nice, well done.
Can't help but picture a Coastal Carpet python chillin on there. 
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08-21-12, 11:25 PM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
here is the other half of the tree I got that from, it still has a strange bend to it's limbs.
This has a lot of potential, like a free standing tripod log...
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08-22-12, 09:19 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
That log looks awesome in there! Get more! LOL
Curious, have you ever measured how deep in the soil their burrows go? Also, it occurred to me the other day that collapsing their burrows every month or two could provide some mental stimulation and exercise, what do you think? Would it be beneficial or just stressful?
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08-22-12, 09:26 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Awesome, did you treat it?
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08-22-12, 09:42 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
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Awesome, did you treat it?
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Heck no... That's a bio active enclosure. all sorts organisms, bugs and bacteria live in there, they break down the poop, enrich the soil and create nitrogen content for the dirt.
I just seeded a bunch of it with "high traffic" grass intended for walkways. Maybe it will work out, maybe it won't.
Their burrows are complex, I have not messed with them. The two of them will go under the basking platform and vanish. The hole is stashed away neatly under the ramp, so I don't disturb it.
I have been adding more soil, and I put a wide patch of established sod over the top of the main chamber, since the roots are all tightly woven together, it reinforces the top of the chamber, and as I water the grass, a lot of humidity is formed down there.
another observation, they don't poop in their water. They go in the moss, and I watched a fresh pile, in 3 days time even the urates are gone.
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08-22-12, 09:47 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Those are some lucky monitors, what size enclosure do you have them in it must be pretty big t6o support it's own ecosystem?
Also what is the difference between bosc monitors and savs?
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08-22-12, 09:57 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Ah, sounds great. We need more logs and more videos!
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Those are some lucky monitors, what size enclosure do you have them in it must be pretty big t6o support it's own ecosystem?
Also what is the difference between bosc monitors and savs?
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Just the name.. They are the same species, Varanus exanthematicus.
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08-22-12, 09:59 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
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Those are some lucky monitors, what size enclosure do you have them in it must be pretty big t6o support it's own ecosystem?
Also what is the difference between bosc monitors and savs?
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Bosc monitor is a Savannah Monitor, and the African trappers call them BOK. (their version of Bosc)
The generic name Varanus is derived from the Arabic waral, which translates as "monitor" in English. The specific name exanthematicus is derived from two Greek words: Exanthema meaning 'eruption' and mata meaning 'idle'. French botanist and zoologist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc originally described this lizard as Lacerta exanthematicus in reference to the large oval scales on the back of the neck. the species is also known as Bosc's Monitor, since a French Scientist named Louis Bosc first described the species
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08-22-12, 09:58 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Yeah I was just wondering as I have heard the term being thrown around a lot. lol
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08-22-12, 10:04 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
Ahh now I understand. thanks for clearing that up.
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08-22-12, 12:44 PM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
They are very cute
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08-23-12, 11:04 AM
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Re: Littlefoot & Cera (New video & pictures)
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