Wednesday, September 16, 2009

How to contain an exotic animal at home? Varan

varan

For medium-sized lizards, which can contain in the home, include monitor lizard - tag ordinary (not to be confused with the Argentine tag as high as 1,4 m in length), body length which is 0,9-1,2 m and weigh up to 5 kg . Main color - brownish-black with a bluish tint, because of which this lizard is also called "blue tag". 9.10 On the back of the transverse bands, consisting of yellowish spots. On the back of the head and tail can also be arranged like spots and stripes.

Varan - tag
Varan tag

This is a ground monitor lizard, eating small mammals, birds and eggs, as well as lizards, amphibians, insects, some kinds of fruits and flowers. Ruining egg caiman crocodile, can attack poultry, crept into the hen houses, where eating eggs and chicks. Despite the fact that it is quite big and powerful animal, by nature timid and shy, he, and the risks he would prefer not to communicate, and "boldly rushes heels."

Often, the bathroom becomes a terrarium pintado (steppe), monitor lizard, because it is easy to tolerate slavery. In size it reaches 80-110 cm in length. Body length with a tail - up to 2 m. oviparous. The number of eggs in a batch of 15 to 30 pieces. Incubation period 120-180 days, depending on temperature.
Externally it is a very beautiful view, both in its color, and the structure of the body.

Cape monitor lizard


The diet of this type can be quite varied: from small vertebrates (mice, frogs, chickens) to insects and worms - zoofobusov, earthworms, crickets, cockroaches, as well as eggs, slices of meat and fish.
The main thing - do not overfeed Cape monitor lizard, because they are greedy and prone in captivity, without sufficient exercise and to obesity.

In order for the animals of both species were not aggressive, they should be more likely to communicate, take them to the hands, stroking.
Females are less aggressive than males. Ideally, when the "varanenok" gets to you in the fact that neither is childhood. Then, with Mlada clutches, he feels quite comfortable, natural and assigns itself to a full-fledged members of the family, and therefore will be absolutely tame and manageable. Of course, this does not mean that one should not observe any caution in dealing with animals.

Varan egg


Varan egg
Either way, you should always remember that before you still not a pet, from generation to grow up next to a man, but a wild creature, seized from the native habitat.

Feeding the giant lizards to produce better every day, but you can once in two days.
The water in the drinkers to change on a daily basis, and the trough thoroughly washed under running water. You can add to the trough mineral water (Borjomi).
However, foods must be given various mineral supplements - calcium preparations, crushed egg shells. Every month you can add your pet's food concentrated mineral feed and vitamins.

The minimum size for a monitor lizard terrarium should be 120 × 60 × 50 cm, with the horizontal type. When content needs to take terrarium heater, which can be carried out using termoshnura, termokovrika or using heating lamps.

The duration of daylight hours and work day heated in activity of the animal - 12 hours. Irradiation of UV lamps with UVB 7-8% - during daylight hours. These lamps can perform as a function of lighting and exposure.
Background day temperature 25-28 ° C, night 18-20 ° C. It is possible to irradiate appliances such as UV from 1 to 2 minutes a week - on top, a distance of not less than 50 cm - 1 time per month. Irradiation erythemic lamps and appliances such as UV animal should be in the dry.

In the warm corner of the day should be at least 30-32 ° C, and directly under the heater temperature can be as high and up to 40 ° C, and up to 23-25 ° C at night. Under the point of heating to install a shelf, a snag or a big stone, so that your pet can bask in the pleasure, sitting on them.
As the soil in the terrarium, you can use gravel, sand, pebbles. Once a day terrarium should be sprayed with warm water. It is desirable to contain the giant lizards alone.

When the content of lizards need to know that in winter these animals hibernate, entering into a state of torpor. Therefore, the temperature during the winter should be at 18-20 ° C, not below 15 ° C. Maintain humidity by spraying to the ground in the corner of the terrarium is not more than once a week.

After the animal out of his stupor content to support it in the same manner as before: it's exposure, and feeding, but within two or three weeks should be added to food products containing vitamin E.

Most of the giant lizards, especially the larger species - predators, but bred in captivity with "childhood", they become very tame, accustomed to humans and not aggressive.
Special steadiness and calm disposition, different water monitor lizard. The only thing he needs - it is food and water in an aquarium. Water monitor lizards quite unpretentious in food. Can eat and fresh meat, and a little lie down with the flavor. Because in the wild lizards frequently eat carrion.

... Always and everywhere - the eternal glory of the water!


Waterlizard
Their stomach and the enzyme system well suited for this. They even prefer fresh meat, carrion, and therefore in nature act as orderlies, picking up the corpses of dead animals, as well as everything that is stale.

Because of this mouth and teeth, they accumulate putrefactive microflora and ptomaine - for this reason, the bite of monitor lizard in the wild rather dangerous, and they do not want to provoke and tease, because of the monitor lizard bite can develop even sepsis - blood poisoning.

But, of course, in the home is unlikely anyone will offer moldy stuff your pet, which he gladly would have ate in the wild, however, your varashka and do not be upset, because fresh meat they love nothing less than carrion. They like to live and prey - rats and mice. And then interesting to see how beautifully they hunt, how fast their reaction!

With proper education, comfortable maintenance and regular communication aquatic lizards - very nice animals! Starting with the fact that they are simply lovely muzzles, and meek "facial expression", despite their large size. Sometimes it seems that they are smiling!

Water monitor lizard
Water monitor lizard
They are gullible and pliant, and when you give them the freedom to walk in a large room or a summer in the yard in the sun, it is a pleasure to watch as these heavy, and seemingly clumsy animals stamp, swaying on his legs slightly bowed, as deftly as if and nice catch them on the fly pieces of fresh meat or chicken legs, which they are a powerful digestive system to digest and no coughs, straight from the bones.

Do not forget to always give the name of your pet, and then you really feel a full member of your family! Good luck!
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Marina Dutta

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