Sexing Orientalis

[indicus]

Thats the go Danny, great idea....another option you could try sobrian....thats also great for use in a outdoor monitor enclosure....

[sobrien]

thanks guys,
That's what I'm planning on doing in their big enclosure that I'm building. In the mean time, the troublesom one is going in a tub and the other one will be fine where he is.
Thanks again, Sim

[bigguy]

Yes, with tristis front opening doors are a receipe for disaster. Anyone who has kept tristis knows of their speed. When you open these doors it is common for very hot tristis to simply run straight past you, or even straight up your arm and over the shoulder before you can blink. Many a tristis have disappeared when this has happened.

I actually warned a member of this list about front opening doors, and within a week or two of getting some small monitors one raced up his arm, over the shoulder and was never seen again.

I always us top opening enclosures with the fast monitors, however having a door half way up the enclosure should also work. Remember, at 50c they are way faster then any human so dont make it easy for them to escape.

[sobrien]

Thanks big guy and everyone else, they are bloody quick and I have come across some scary moments. What I have done to solve this is put a peice of glass that's about 40cm high, into the other half of the glass rail that isn't used. This is basically like a continuous glass piece across the enclosure front. It allows me to feed without him being able to get anywhere near me. Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.