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 #1835664


Geezle
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 Going out of town

What do you guys do with your monitors and other reptiles when you have to leave for a couple days? I’ll only actually be gone for about a day and a half, and unfortunately I don’t have anybody trustworthy I can get to come in and look after my herps. I used to overfeed all my reptiles before I would leave, but I recall a discussion a while back that suggested laying off the food a day or two in advance and lowering temps and was just wondering what you guys would suggest I do.



08/18/08  10:29pm

 #1835672


Crocdoc
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1835664


 Going out of town

A day and a half? I’d do nothing.



08/18/08  10:35pm

 #1835674


Geezle
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   Message To: Crocdoc   In reference to Message Id: 1835672


 Going out of town

Heh..I suppose. I’ll be leaving friday night and coming back sunday afternoon.



08/18/08  10:36pm

 #1835675


Geezle
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1835674


 Going out of town

...Sometimes I just overthink things...

I wish you could edit posts on this forum!



08/18/08  10:37pm

 #1835716


Sidbarvin
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1835675


 Going out of town

Seems like a perfectly valid question to me, Geezle.
08/18/08  11:20pm

 #1835734


Jr_
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   Message To: Sidbarvin   In reference to Message Id: 1835716


 Going out of town

That is a good questions.

I would say they would be fine for that time period.



08/18/08  11:37pm

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Debcat
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   Message To: Jr_   In reference to Message Id: 1835734


 Going out of town

Seems like a great question to me. Even though you will only be gone a short time the answers might help others who would be gone longer. Can’t imagine it is easy to find a pet sitter that is willing or that you would trust to care for you monitors though.
08/19/08  12:29am

 #1835892


Geezle
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   Message To: Debcat   In reference to Message Id: 1835771


 Going out of town

So say I was going to leave for 3 or 4 days...would I be looking at doing anything different in that case?
08/19/08  07:36am

 #1835921


Alyssa125
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1835892


 Going out of town

I have the same problem of finding someone to care for them. Any one live close to blasdell NY willing to come take care of mine? haha
08/19/08  08:59am

 #1835930


M&KSchaef
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   Message To: Alyssa125   In reference to Message Id: 1835921


 Going out of town

My wife and I went on vacation in July and were gone for nearly a week. I simply turned off the timers regulating the light cycles and made sure they had fresh water. I had our housesitter check my lizards daily, but she never saw them. I think they just went down into their burrows and never, or rarely, came out. It is rather warm in my varanid room, so I was not concerned about temperatures. As soon as I get home, I turned the timers and lights back on and they came out.

The Argus were quite hungry, but they are always are! I’m sure they would be fine like this up to about two weeks, but I wouldn’t push it past that time limit. Others may have and had fine experiences. Some species hunker down in the wild when they "find" environmental conditions unfavorable and the time lengths vary considerably. Some even exhibit seasonal inactivity, so our species in captivity presumably "treat" such an event as a natural event.

They may be fine for a month, but for anything over 10 days I’d just have someone check, feed, and water them daily.



08/19/08  09:16am

 #1835968


John Anthony Adragna
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   Message To: M&KSchaef   In reference to Message Id: 1835930


 Going out of town

pull the plug so there is no lighting, no basking. be sure the ambient does not go below 75 and the lizards will wait it out. This is ok for week long trips without a problem. I have doen this numerous times with my animals.
honestly, for 1.5 days I would do nothing.
08/19/08  10:39am


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