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Old 02-04-05, 02:02 AM   #1
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Some new pics...

6ft 3.5 inches and 29lbs now, just over 3 years old. Thought Id take some new pics. Ill post some others next.

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Old 02-04-05, 02:22 AM   #2
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Doin what Albigs do best snoozing under a heat lamp. gorgeous monitor.
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Old 02-04-05, 02:31 AM   #3
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She comes up climbs digs, and basks once very few days sometimes once a day, sometimes once a week or less. But she does 2 things even better, goes underground, and grows continually.
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Old 02-04-05, 11:16 AM   #4
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very nice SHvar! I always enjoy your photos! thanks
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Old 02-04-05, 11:32 PM   #5
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Wow a beautiful monitor, really love albigs no chance in me ever owning one though. Atleast I have nice pics to look at though
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Old 02-05-05, 12:23 AM   #6
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That's a big lizard.

You have to give some respect to somebody who can raise up a large animal like that into a healthy one.

That said... am glad I keep dart frogs...... No need to worry about those big, bad claws

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Old 02-05-05, 01:39 AM   #7
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This was her 3 years ago...

Actually it will be 3 years ago I took this pic in 9 days, she was 2.5 months old and 20 inches long.
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Awesome Monitor!
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Old 02-05-05, 05:04 PM   #9
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Wow awesome Albig he's so kool
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Old 02-05-05, 07:03 PM   #10
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Shes a female actually...

Just think males can get bigger with the correct husbandry, as in over 7ft, and Id venture to estimate 38lbs plus, while maintaining that athletic look. A good example of a huge male WT was Titan from the San Diego zoo, he was over 6ft 10 inches and 38lbs. I saw one BT that was 7ft 3 inches, supposedly 53lbs.
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i always love your pics, ive been wanting a blackthroat for the last 2 years. I finally got my girlfriend to give me permission to get one. any tips you could give me????how did you make that heat lamp setup??????
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Old 02-08-05, 02:38 AM   #12
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Its inexpensive and easy to make..

A piece of plywood about 7/16ths thick or more with 2,3,4, or more $129 ceramic light fixtures from a hardware store, drill holes to feed the wire (16 gauge at least, no thinner) through the center, wire all of them together and to the wire. Mount all of them so that the lightbulbs do not touch but are very close to each other (about 1/2 inch apart at the glass bulb) . You can do some adjusting with the screws as you are tightening them. Attach the cornersof the board to a 155 lb capacity chain from a hardware store, suspend from the top of the cage. With chains its east to adjust basking temps (raise or lower). Make it long enough or wide enough to prevent the animal from hanging over the side and being in constant contact with the bulbs, about 12 inches wide maybe, also make it long enough to be able to add more bulbs as the animal grows.
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How many watts of light do you have heating your enclosure?
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Sweet SHvar! Its great to see a monitor grow up eh. She looks so good
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Old 02-08-05, 10:30 PM   #15
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Her cage uses 6 bulbs total..

There are 4 over her basking spot, and 2 in the middle for extra heat mounted higher all are 45 watt halogen outdoor bulbs, 4 so she can evenly heat her STV length or most of it, I may switch to 5 bulbs over the basking spot and 1 in the center soon. The cage is 10ft long by 5ft high by 4ft wide. Ambient temps on the warm end are 81-82f with a 142f basking spot, and 72f on the cool end.
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