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12-14-13, 02:01 PM
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sav stay in burrow all day
Hi all. My sav has been strange lately. He would come up and bask for a little and then return to his burrow for the rest of the day. It's been 3 days now that he's like that. He's male for sure due to his flower looking hemi-*****. Not sure what's wrong with him...
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12-14-13, 02:12 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
has the forum censored the word *****? looool! (edit: lol yes it has! can that be changed? its an anatomical word, not a swear word lol)
my Sav has times when he's a little less active, not worried about it myself, by all reports its pretty normal...
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12-14-13, 03:25 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
hemipene
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12-14-13, 03:28 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
well that test worked.
Anyways, use the scientific names and you are ok.
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12-14-13, 03:31 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
Hi, if conditions above ground support activity it`s not "normal" for them to stay underground for several days at a time in captivity, has anything at all changed recently?
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12-14-13, 03:33 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
It's normal.
There have been a lot of recent reports of this behavioral difference.
Most likely the atmospheric differences in the changing season.
We can control temperatures, humidity and light cycles in enclosures, but barometric pressure is in natures hands unless you have compressors and vacuum pumps hooked to your cage.  (sorry I had to)
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12-14-13, 03:44 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
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Originally Posted by infernalis
It's normal.
There have been a lot of recent reports of this behavioral difference.
Most likely the atmospheric differences in the changing season.
We can control temperatures, humidity and light cycles in enclosures, but barometric pressure is in natures hands unless you have compressors and vacuum pumps hooked to your cage. (sorry I had to) |
Hi Wayne, can you link to some of that info? Thanks!
Edit: When you regularly report your monitors can stay underground for a couple of days or so, it surely cannot always be because of the barometric pressure, otherwise everyone`s would!?
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12-14-13, 03:44 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
My storri are doing this, I attribute it to pressure changes and let them be.
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12-14-13, 03:50 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
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My storri are doing this, I attribute it to pressure changes and let them be.
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Hi, haven`t you also been making changes in the enclosure?
Apart from during acclimation I can say NONE of my Varanids kept indoors here in the U.K have ever stayed underground for extended periods (maybe there is no barometric pressure in England)? 
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12-14-13, 07:18 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
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Originally Posted by murrindindi
Hi Wayne, can you link to some of that info? Thanks!
Edit: When you regularly report your monitors can stay underground for a couple of days or so, it surely cannot always be because of the barometric pressure, otherwise everyone`s would!?
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For what it's worth, several Argus keepers on facebook were recently talking about their monitors spending a lot of time underground lately.
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12-14-13, 07:33 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
Hm... end of the world?
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12-14-13, 07:34 PM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
jk.. I haven't changed anything lately. I have however been feeding the sav less food as discussed with you a few weeks ago. Maybe I'm underfeeding him.
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12-15-13, 10:55 AM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
You can change the environment without realising you have!
Cooler country's will effect you monitor as well, depending on soil depth etc, you tend to have to turn up the heat in cooler country's & this alters humidity. Also deeper soil heated from above will cool down from the bottom upwards if left on a floor.
Even with carpets etc the cold fights it's way up from the bottom, this also sends the monitor into a reduced activity state.
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12-15-13, 11:46 AM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
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jk.. I haven't changed anything lately. I have however been feeding the sav less food as discussed with you a few weeks ago. Maybe I'm underfeeding him.
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Hi again, can you put a few pics up and give details of current conditions in the enclosure and room it`s in, also exactly what you`ve been feeding lately?
I doubt the monitor is staying underground because you`ve reduced the total amount of food, to my mind that would probably make him somewhat more active (improved body condition and relatively "hungry")?
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12-15-13, 11:53 AM
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Re: sav stay in burrow all day
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Originally Posted by mdfmonitor
You can change the environment without realising you have!
Cooler country's will effect you monitor as well, depending on soil depth etc, you tend to have to turn up the heat in cooler country's & this alters humidity. Also deeper soil heated from above will cool down from the bottom upwards if left on a floor.
Even with carpets etc the cold fights it's way up from the bottom, this also sends the monitor into a reduced activity state.
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Hi Mark, I would have thought these details would be the likeliest explanation, too?
It`s not to suggest that barometric pressure couldn`t have an effect also, just not my first thought, more especially if it`s a long term behaviour as I thought Wayne`s monitors exhibited (or maybe I`ve misunderstood him over the last year or so) and it`s quite a rare occurrence that regularly gets mentioned?
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