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Originally Posted by VaranidLover
I'll cut right to the chase because I had a whole thing typed out but lost it ;"(
By the shape of the tail underneath, Crash looks to be male. There is a "channel" in the middle, and what looks like two hemipene bulges at the base of the tail, however, the head shape looks female according to a thread I read here some time ago (trying to find it but  which said that "the head of a male is bigger than the female, females neck/head is more elongated males shorter/fatter)
What do you guys think?:
Crash is in shed in these pictures that's why he's so wrinkly, but as you can see in the 2nd picture, there is clearly a bulge at the base of the tail, and he/she has a pretty long neck/head, no?
And finally, a little off-topic but here's Crash's grow out tub. It is 42 inches long, 22 inches wide, and 20 inches tall. Crash is currently at 16-18 inches and 10 months old, was about 5-6 inches and 3 months old when he/she was put in there. Getting time to build the final enclosure which will be no problem, I plan to have it done by winters end (when the tub enclosure will definitely expire).
Just thought I'd share that as a lot of people wind up using big fish tanks to grow them out and all that, but this way, you can hold humidity and temps a lot better and all that great stuff. Took my about an hour or two to modify the tub to work as well, very easy. |
Hi, you asked for opinions so here`s mine; I think the tub is an awful way to keep the monitor in at an age (basically it`s a closed coffin). You mention the animal is now close to 2 feet long and there`s 12 inches of substrate in there, so in effect the monitor`s head would almost be touching the top (there`s only 10 inches "air space" and it looks like nothing much else in there), how is that remotely adequate in size or structure?
What type of heating/lighting are you using?
As far as which sex it is, can you crop the tail base pic and zoom in, also a few more in profile (as in the tail from the side but not resting on anything), and also the head from above?
I truly hope this is not female because at this size more than likely sexually mature with absolutely nowhere to deposit eggs (is the substrate heated to the high 70`s to mid 80`sF and tamped down as firmly as if you`d walked on it)?
No offense, I`m seriously trying to help, you need a proper enclosure as of right now....
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