Desert Sand Monitor Eggs.

[kev]

l have 4 Desert Sand Monitor (Varanus Gouldii Flavirufus)
eggs out of 8, that were laid on the 6 of October 2006.
How do they look, l know there is still 4 and a half months of
incubation to go, before they should start to hatch.
They can take 210 to 250 days.
Any answer or advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Chrisreptile]

they look pretty good to me, what are you incubating them on?

 

[kev]

l am incubating my Desert Sand Monitor eggs,
in perlite and vermiculite mixed together.

 

[Chrisreptile]

l am incubating my Desert Sand Monitor eggs,
in perlite and vermiculite mixed together.

i'd heard of the name but didnt know what it was.

 

[grimbeny]

Wow thats one long incubation time, they must come out pretty developed. Good luck with them.

 

[OzGecko]

They look fine to me. What happened to the other 4 eggs? Were they infertile?

 

[kev]

Yes they do take a long time to incubate,
that Monitor's for you, you need to be patient
with them.
One minute every thing is going well, then just
as they are about to hatch, something goes wrong.

The other 4 eggs, went off in the first 6 weeks, from
when they were laid, so l would say they were infertile.

 

[bigguy]

Hi,

I got 8 eggs also. I candled mine the day they were laid and could see no veins at all. Several weeks later I candled them again and 6 showed signs of blood vessels. Two however were still just yellow, with no signs of veins. These I assumed were infertile. Since then one of those two eggs went off. The other is still going but I am expecting it to go off as well.

I had no idea they took that long to incubate. storrs take about 70days, Accies take around 80 to 90, whereas my tristis take around 106days. I was hoping around 120 to 150. Oh well, should get a nice surprise in Winter.

Hopefully my girl flavie is going to lay some more. Shes been mating again, gone off the food and her stomach is starting to swell again.

 

[dragons75]

Good luck guys hope it all goes well

 

[kev]

Hi Bigguy,
l can't work out why the medium and large Monitor's, can take
7 to 9 months to hatch from a egg, where the small monitor's
only take half that time to hatch from a egg.
l do candle mine once a fortnight, and they a all showing blood
vessels, which is a good sign that they a all fertile, and hope they
all hatch, young and healthy.

Good luck with your Desert Sand Monitor eggs, hope they all hatch
as well, and hope your female Sandie get to lay some more eggs,
and their all fertile as well.

Keep me posted on your eggs, l would like to know when yours start
to hatch, and how they all look.

The 2 Desert Sand Monitor's, you see in my avatar photo mating,
are the parents of these eggs.

Cheers,

Kev

 

[python blue]

they look good can you post some pics of mum and dad

 

[kev]

Here in the photo on the left you can see the Father on he's own.
Here in 2 of the photo's you can see the father in one photo
sticking is tongue out, and in the same photo, you can see
the mother with her tail sticking in the end of a tube.
Where in the second photo, you see the father facing to the
left near 2 power leads, the mother is in front of him, facing
to the right.

 

[kev]

bump bump

 

[JandC_Reptiles]

Site working now

 

[krusty]

this sounds very interesting.
have checked out your site to,might have to look at geting some rats of you soon.

 

[richardsc]

hi kev,how r the sandy eggs going,awsome set up if u dont mind me saying,im interested in how u set it up,do u have heated boxes to the sides of sand area,and if u need to find a home for any im looking to buy some
cheers

 

[Chrisreptile]

hi kev,how r the sandy eggs going,awsome set up if u dont mind me saying,im interested in how u set it up,do u have heated boxes to the sides of sand area,and if u need to find a home for any im looking to buy some
cheers

he's suspended.

 

[richardsc]

ok,hmmmm,suspended means,banned or something does it