Hey Dragoon, about my roughneck!

[firepowerfox03]

Hi there I am In Winnipeg MB and Raven came to me from a friend. Sadly Ravens mate died, She is a very very sweet tempered female (like me!) LOL She is my fav along with my nile Kenge and Sekali my dumeril.

[Dragoon]

How old is she? and how do you know its a she?

I'm sorry to hear of its companion. I'm curious to know the cause of death? I'm on a mission to find out what happens to the hundreds of babies imported every year....

I kinda am trying to get an idea of what kind of life the average monitor leads in captivity. Just as all people are different, I suppose there is as many ways to house and feed a pet. But I have to wonder, what level of care are Canadian monitors getting?
A leading cause of deaths was mentioned as being "accidents" on another forum. Like drownings, squishings etc. From that I gather more attention must be paid to cage furnishings. This is something not mentioned often.

Do you have pics of your animals? I hope you intend to pair up the BRN and the Dumeril. I'd love to be able to find some CB Dums.

Here is a pic of my female.
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/512/596messyeater.jpg">
Goon.

[firepowerfox03]

Hi there I will send you some pics privately if you want

[snakemann87]

Maybe a few onver here also??? lol that is a SWEET pic dragoon

[Dragoon]

Yep, that's my little lady. She's a shredder.
It took a while for stupid me to figure out she liked smaller food. With mice she tends to shake it around and claw it thoroughly ("killing" her thawed food?), but with small rats, she does not stop until she removes all the guts. Then she nor the male will eat those. Once I saw a severed foot on the floor amid the pile, the male went over and nosed it out, swallowed it and still ignored the intestines.
I always feed rodents in the cage now.

Thanks for the email, firefox, I'll reply later.
Goon.

Here's a pic of the male eating.
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/502/596warup1.jpg">

[snake_goth]

sit, stay, good boy,
nice male

[Tim and Julie B]

Wow Dragoon that is a sweet monitor! Great .......

[geckoguy157]

how big is it it looks huge in the first picture it looks cool nice feeding pics

[Dragoon]

The first pic is a tiny 3 foot female, the second pic is a 5 foot male. If they were side by side, the difference is large.
Thanks. D.