green basilisk.....

[Laurier]

hey all,

well i own the devil. 2 years ago my mother purchased a green basilsik for my brother (how i regret that) and than it got dumped into my hands. it had bitten me a number of times and with a couple i should have went and gotten stitch's. This thing is a demon and i have tried handling it every day and when i take it out with either bites the crap out of my hand or itjumps off my arms and gets loose in the house. ya all i can say is that we spoil him. he lives in a 6 foot long x 3 feet high x 2 feet deep enclosure that has plants sticks and well it looks like how it looked in costa rica where they live. like hes extremely beutiful but he is driving me crazy.

well i am just wondering if anyone has had such a bad experience with this same type of reptile.

Laurier

[sungazer]

i hate to tell you this but they are the mose flightly reptile and they will do what ever it takes to get out of your hands.some are more agressive but some are far less and just might hiss but the experince i have had with them is just leave them to other people to buy

[kenny]

do you want to sell him . I love basilisk I will give you a good price
for the cage and him.
E-mail at reptiles88forme@yahoo.ca or call me at 569-9861
My name is ken and Ilive in Calgary.

[AzR@k]

my Chinese Water Dragon is just as bad the lil' ******* loves to bite!

[Laurier]

i thought chinese water dragons were little babies like bearded dragons. interesting never heard of one being like that.

kenny, my mother is to attached to it but i will keep you in mind because i wanna get rid of in next spring at the latest so i can expand my dart frogs/ chameleons.

Laurier

[AzR@k]

my CWD was nice till about a week ago now when u go to pick him up he opens his mouth and tries to bite

[sungazer]

is your wd stressed out or not getting enough food cuz i have never had have that happen

[AzR@k]

no it is not stressed out and it eats lots

[hydrosaurus]

try approaching it properly,they arent that bad

[chappy]

I dont know alot about agamids Im more into monitors but sometimes if a cage is too big the animal is stressed and territorial maybe you should try a smaller enclosure thats what I had to do for a couple of my monitors and they calmed down alot

[NiagaraReptiles]

Um, I think you're reading the signs of stress incorrectly. Stressed monitors do not become more aggressive, or active or anything of that nature. Quite the opposite in fact. I would be interested in discussing this more with you and specifically about whatever monitor species it is that you're working with.

JonK