crocdoc , i had one when put on the scales at AAE weighed 13kgs plastic box and packing would of weighed 2 kgs max . . either AAE need to get the scales fixed or im lying :lol: which im not
1 2kg of box and packing would be pretty flimsy to hold in an 11kg monitor. The little plastic boxes I use to send hatchlings end up weighing close to 1kg with packing. As you didn't weigh the box itself we are only guessing the weight of the container and still don't know the weight of the monitor.
2. Were you packing a wild caught monitor and shipping it via AAE? If not, and it was a captive, its weight can't really be compared to a wild monitor. Captives carry a lot more excess. That's why I emphasised that the ones in that study were wild animals weighing 9kg. That's a lot for a wild male, as they are much leaner than captives.
3. The photos you've seen of the study may be misleading as Jason, one of the researchers, is a big unit and would make most lacies look relatively small.
4. Without photos, all we have to go on with the wild ones you've seen was how huge they looked. That's why I was asking for photos.If you had to guess the length and weight of these animals, what would you estimate them at?
also crocdoc can you put up some pics of the perentie you work with and cage ect ..
no problem.
enclosure, roughtly 10m x 10m
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pair mating. Check out the size difference in their heads. This female has roughly the same snout-vent length as my adult male lace monitor at home, but due to the different builds she would weigh half as much as him.