[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jon! You genius!
Just call him Jon "know it all" Boone :-))
> When I first heard of the "hibernation" I instantly thought of the
> little
> Xenagamas which did extremely well. And they were shipped under the
> same
> conditions. Furthermore, I would expect a nocturnal deserticulous
> animal to
> be more cold tolerant than a diurnal one! Could it have been
> dehydration?
so maybe Mr. Boone is right that its not a hibernation,but that the
animals probably hide during hotter and drier month could also be a
reason.
Also there is a reason this gecko is nocturnal: they just cant deal with
the heat and dryness during the day.Its like the knobtails of australia.
So I do not really believe in the "freeze to death " theory .Cold
conditions in reptiles normally only slow down the metabolism with no
harm and desertous specs can often deal with very low ranges, because
its getting sometimes quite cold in this areas.
I more believe to too warm and too dry transport conditions.Lack of
humidity in some specs often leads to irreparable kidney failures within
a short time and this is what kills them long time:
See many examples with chams,P.masobe e.g......
We just had an example last time as an reptile dealer nearly killed
Cham. namaquensis because: "a desert spec needs no water".As we could
get ahold of them some were laying on there sides ,after proper
rehydration we could save 95 % of them (these chams, normally little
devils if you come too close with the hand, in fact where drinking just
out of the box from an syringe without shyness , so desperately the
wanted water)
exporters and too often importers too dont care too much on the
hydration needs of the animals and also in the planes you have terrible
low humidity,which even inflicts sensitive passengers.
>
>
> Xenagamas eat plants, that's normally enough water for deserticulous
> agamids,
> but the geckoes? Isn't this what happens to emerald tree boas? They
> don't
> get enough water between collection and export and their livers get
> screwed.
>
> Certainly though, Crossobamon fit into this list.
>
> Anyone, any thoughts?
>
> --Daniel
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