A few pictures of my varanus sp collection

[jarich]

Look at the teeth on Nasher! Amazing animals Phil. Did you ever figure out what was up with the gums? I have heard of that from a couple other people as well.

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by jarich

Look at the teeth on Nasher! Amazing animals Phil. Did you ever figure out what was up with the gums? I have heard of that from a couple other people as well.

not scientificly no but from what i can tell yes. Nasher (female) who is brave and fearless of humans, rarely ever bleeds from the gums and when she does it's tiny amounts for no more than 1 day (normally only few hours) so i put that type down to tooth changes as it's not in the same place everytime.

Now onto Dasher a nervous, easyly spoked male (less so now he so large). He shows the same signs as Nasher every now and then BUT the big differane is he threatens me very often, normally when he close to the glass and i suddlenly appear in his view. When very close i can see blood leaking out of the middle of his bottom jaw. This clearly is a "high level" threat/warning directed at me. I'm guessing it's a mix of venom/blood/syliva. On some instances it drips from his jaw but most commonly it's only small amounts which disapear as soon as he licks his lips unlike the tooth change type which is still clearly there when he licks his lips.

thats my take on it though i'd love a scentist to check if it is infact a form of venom or merely just blood

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by philipniceguy

not scientificly no but from what i can tell yes. Nasher (female) who is brave and fearless of humans, rarely ever bleeds from the gums and when she does it's tiny amounts for no more than 1 day (normally only few hours) so i put that type down to tooth changes as it's not in the same place everytime.

Now onto Dasher a nervous, easyly spoked male (less so now he so large). He shows the same signs as Nasher every now and then BUT the big differane is he threatens me very often, normally when he close to the glass and i suddlenly appear in his view. When very close i can see blood leaking out of the middle of his bottom jaw. This clearly is a "high level" threat/warning directed at me. I'm guessing it's a mix of venom/blood/syliva. On some instances it drips from his jaw but most commonly it's only small amounts which disapear as soon as he licks his lips unlike the tooth change type which is still clearly there when he licks his lips.

thats my take on it though i'd love a scentist to check if it is infact a form of venom or merely just blood

Hi, it`s perfectly normal, as you will probably already be aware, the teeth are set into the fleshy gums to a degree, and when they bite their prey they can bleed slightly.

[philipniceguy]

Originally Posted by jarich

Ah, gotcha. What is she wanting?

Originally Posted by Akuma223

What mammal you getting?

Originally Posted by Pirarucu

A large cat?

Sorry everyone but I can't say until i got it out of qurantine.

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, it`s perfectly normal, as you will probably already be aware, the teeth are set into the fleshy gums to a degree, and when they bite their prey they can bleed slightly.

Yes I'm very aware of it, just wanted to show others it in more detail than normal. They bleed anyway every so often in differant areas due to new teeth. The part im interested in most is the "threat" type my male shows now and then, provening this is a type of venom would please me LOL