@Tom do you have any pictures of the whole enclosure. I’ve been seriously considering getting a few enclosures from them myself. I wouldn’t mind the wait for a quality product which they seem to have.
Its hard to get it all in one pic because they are 8 feet long.@Tom do you have any pictures of the whole enclosure. I’ve been seriously considering getting a few enclosures from them myself. I wouldn’t mind the wait for a quality product which they seem to have.
They look absolutely ideal. I had seen a post about them not too long ago, so I did little looking into them, and definitely liked what I saw. That's too bad you have to wait so long. I really like the idea of not having to worry about paint flaking off and wood rotting down the road.
Even with all the venting they hold heat very well. Better than what I need in a heated reptile room. I think they would work very well and be easy to keep warm in a normal house. In a cold garage I would guess the heater would run a lot more, but I don't think additional insulation would be necessary. There might be a need to close off some of the venting in the case of a cold garage.@Tom Everything is really looking great!!
SInce they are not insulated, how are the AP enclosures at holding heat? How do you feel they would do in winter in an unheated garage or outbuilding?
—and incredible fortune on the number of females, to get back to the subject of the post.
That is interesting. It seems you are surmising that warmer incubation temps led to reaching sexual maturity at a larger size, even though both groups turned out all male?@Tom, I may have some insight as far as temp sexing goes. From my original group of 15, I received 5 temp sexed males and 10 temp sexed females. I can tell you that the 5 temp sexed males all started flashing at the 300-400 gram mark, while the temp sexed females didn’t start flashing until they got larger.
That is interesting. It seems you are surmising that warmer incubation temps led to reaching sexual maturity at a larger size, even though both groups turned out all male?
None of my males ever flashed at all while maturing, that I saw. In fact, I just saw my first flash out of one of them two days ago.
I'm not following. What is unfortunate? That they flash a lot or that they don't flash a lot?I got one in three TSFs that turned out female. I had one TSF that flashed eagerly at around 400g onwards and the other male (also TSF) is a lot less macho and has only done it a handful of times. My newest male has only flashed half-heartedly, if at all, but I’ve only had him a bit over a week. It is unfortunately a common sight with this species from what I’ve witnessed
I want to experiment with some clutches from my group, incubate then at 82, 84, 86 and 88. Then grow them up for a year or two to see what ratios I get and also if there is a difference in sexual maturity between the males that do turn out to be males and/or females.
I'm not following. What is unfortunate? That they flash a lot or that they don't flash a lot?
Personally, I don't care if they flash or not, as long as they get the job done when its time to breed.