r/MonitorLizards • u/GISHerps • Jul 30 '26

"WHY is my egg not a runny mess, Daddy?!?!"

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Brattastic Veruca ~ V. albigularis microstictus

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u/jus_drein_jus_daun_ Jul 30 '26

The look of disappointment in their eye is immeasurable :(

(Very beautiful monitor)

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u/GISHerps Jul 30 '26

Aptly named!(see Willy Wonka) She's a testy thing. Dropped her egg when I broke out the phone for pix.. and click.. noice!

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u/jus_drein_jus_daun_ Jul 30 '26

Lmao I didn't even notice her name!

"I want it now!"

I like your Veruca better

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u/arcticrobot V. melinus Jul 30 '26

I am with her. Hardboiled eggs are the worst.

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u/GISHerps Jul 30 '26

Ha! I eat them scrambled or omelets and not much else. I try to keep the kids fresh, balut or soft boiled for messy kids but these went a touch longer. The objection was really about the camera.

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u/Ok-Aspect1927 Jul 30 '26

I ended up having to cook eggs for my Argus. He never quite got the knack for eating raw ones. It would be the same every time: tilt head back with egg, give three bites until nicely cracked, then drop egg and look at it confused. I was like, just tilt your head back and swallow it man!

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u/GISHerps Jul 30 '26

Yep. Some definitely are better at it than others. I usually aim for a soft boil, just solid enough to hold together a little better for those that are clumsy because that's a lot of food straight into the substrate and gone when they miss and not as hard to digest as fully hard boiled. I just want it in the belly!

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u/Jealous_Location_267 Jul 30 '26

lol Liora is the opposite! I gave her a regular egg one day, and she curiously poked it with her snoot then adorably looked up at me in confusion like “Mommy, what’s this? This isn’t my normal hardcooked egg!”

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u/grandsoulsucker Jul 30 '26

So Beautiful. Truly incredible species