View Full Version : What Monitor SHould I BUY
BurmGuy87
03-08-04, 08:13 PM
I'm just curious as to what you guys think I should go for?
Keep in mind I have kept Savs and I can possibly get a room that is 12x10...haha
AH I MIXED THE TOPIC STUPID HISTORY KEEPERa
BurmGuy87
03-08-04, 09:21 PM
BUMP!
Anyone? haha
crocdoc
03-08-04, 09:21 PM
what monitor tickles your fancy?
BurmGuy87
03-08-04, 09:22 PM
well all of them do....but I'm curious as to what you guys like:)
Jeff_Favelle
03-08-04, 09:27 PM
but I'm curious as to what you guys like
I'm confused. Do you want to know what monitors we like better, or which monitors you should like better?
anaconda
03-08-04, 09:32 PM
Crocodile monitor! They have an incredible personality, if you can find, or afford, a baby or small juvenile. And only if you have the means to keep one with the proper care it deserves. ( your 12x10 room should be perfect!!)
BurmGuy87
03-08-04, 09:34 PM
what you like better:)
ugh! don't buy a croc monitor. that would be stupid. Not many expierienced keepers should even dwell down that path... they're not for everyone, espeacially not someone that found a savannah to be a handful.
Get yourself an ackie, or a storrs.....
BurmGuy87
03-08-04, 09:38 PM
haha ok.........if i get anything big its the asian water...MAYBE the nile
crocdoc
03-08-04, 10:17 PM
go for the tegu (not Columbian, though). They are captive bred, easy to calm down and easy to feed.
Sunrunner
03-08-04, 10:28 PM
Lace monitor :)
Ok are we talking in the real world????
Ok then Water all the way :)
crocdoc
03-08-04, 11:05 PM
lace monitor wouldn't be a good idea, either, if a savannah was a handful!
Jeff_Favelle
03-08-04, 11:07 PM
Varanus gilleni or Varanus glauerti
Don't get a croc or nile or water.
chuck911jeep
03-08-04, 11:19 PM
my personnal choice is everything except an exanthematicus, but it's MY personnal choice
Sunrunner
03-08-04, 11:39 PM
I was kidding about the lace, but a water is a good choice.
chuck911jeep
03-08-04, 11:40 PM
If you choose a baby of any species, you will learn fast to work with. Do your research on husbandry for the species you like the most before acquire it and listen to your own judgment. If you love salvator, go for it. If you like exanthematicus, it's your choice. But no matter the one you choose take one thing in consideration: some become tame and some don't, no matter the species. Lot's of people buy bocs monitor to take experience and after a while they think they have enough experience, put the savannah in the freezer and go for another species. Don't do that, buy the one you like the most at first and keep it.
Anole93
03-09-04, 12:02 AM
NILE
Anole93
03-09-04, 12:03 AM
the nile monitor is my favorite
Anole93
03-09-04, 12:06 AM
I know nothing about monitors i jus know the nile monitor is cute!
sheldon
03-09-04, 12:22 AM
Ackie's are great to work with!
NewLineReptile
03-09-04, 12:27 AM
Black Rough Neck Monitors and Niles are my fav's
Brandon
NiagaraReptiles
03-09-04, 06:54 AM
Wow, Storr's and Glauerti suggested for starters? I've had experience with both, and surely wouldn't recommend them as good beginner monitors, but that's my opinion.
Ackies are by far the best choice.....Yellows in particular :)
JonK
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 07:51 AM
Wow great suggestions everyone thanks!
Right now I am searching and printing out EVERY caresheet I find! Then I'm gonna go have a LOOOONG reading session in my room. I'm also pulling out all of my Reptiles magazines cause I have a few with monitor articles! So I am definately cramming here!
Thats good advice Chuck thankyou! I'm gonna pop the ? about having that room today........and if they dont go for it I'll have to narrow my choices down to a Tegu or Savannah....which I'm perfectly happy with but I wouldnt mind a go at a pair of Waters or Niles:) Or hey.......maybe a TON of Ackies! LOL Thats actually not a bad idea cause Ackies are beautiful monitors!
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 08:19 AM
Wow I just found an amazing site that has drained half of my black ink!!!!
http://aquasyst.rockin.net/nile.htm
I printed every part of it!!!
CDN COLDBLOOD
03-09-04, 10:28 AM
I wouldn't even consider a nile or a water from the sounds of this thread. Like Jon said, your better off going with yellow ackies, the only problem is, they cost four times what a water or nile will cost initially. But, in the long run the nile and water monitor will prove to be far more expensive to keep. Whatever you choose, just think hard about why you want a particular species. And, Captive bred is always a better choice. You won't find any captive bred waters or niles kickin around these days (Ravi's the only one I know to have hatched some savannah's in recent history).
Good luck!
Brandon
Forget the care sheets, we all need REALITY SHEETS. go visit real dedicated keepers of all the reptiles you are interested in. also, go read my newest reply in the thread about water monitors. -john
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 10:44 AM
I just read it and thanks. But as I said in that thread I am ready for the housing. But I just have to decide what to get. I am thinking of savs, ackies, tegus,....and MAYBE another nile. I had one previously as a rescue it was about 2ft. I gave it a good home:)
Don't buy a nile..... Trust everyone here, I actually never found storrs to hard to work with, but jonk is alot more knowledgable when it comes to dwarfs..... Go with his advice with the yellow ackies. You're pretty young, what happens if you go away to school etc, its alot easier to bring a tank with you, than an 8 foot nile enclosure...... or a bedroom...... heh
food was also mentioned, thats a huge price factor..
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 01:04 PM
I know......I doubt I will but who knows. I will go with the Tegu probably...a 75% chance I will
reptiguy123
03-09-04, 01:10 PM
Ackies! Good luck!:D
Gregg M
03-09-04, 01:24 PM
I would go with a baby Varanus Albigularis........
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 01:30 PM
By that I'm guessing you mean the Sav? Cause I dont see too many Blackthroateds
I dunno about blackthroats either. heh I have a few, they're IMO the best monitor as well, however they get HUGE. Most people dont understand the true size of these guys when full grown. My female went from hatchling to over 5 feet in a year. My male, almost 6..and VERY heavy. They can become quite tolerant to people. If you want a large lizard go for it, but be forwarned they arent the easiest to keep either.
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 02:15 PM
V.hb what all do you own? What is your favorite to work with?
I really want a Tegu, Savanna, or Nile.
I have read about blackthroats and know the size and weight:)
Jeff_Favelle
03-09-04, 09:34 PM
Wow, Storr's and Glauerti suggested for starters? I've had experience with both, and surely wouldn't recommend them as good beginner monitors, but that's my opinion.
Jon, his question wasn't what the best starter monitor was. I even asked him what his question was and he asked what monitors WE liked best. So I told him. If he asked me what monitor makes the best FIRST monitor, I would have told him something completely differemt.
BurmGuy87
03-09-04, 09:37 PM
True...I did ask what monitors you guys like:)
crocdoc
03-09-04, 10:27 PM
oh, if you want to know which monitors WE like, then I love V varius (lace monitors). :)
i'm all about the Green Tree Monitor, just saving my pennies, and working on convincing the gf. Anybody breeding these guys?
Geoff
reptiguy123
03-11-04, 12:56 PM
In that case, komodo dragons all the way!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D
bluechameleon
03-12-04, 01:19 AM
varanus salvator marmoratus MY FAVORITE! i dont know what your asking because your question changes all the time but i would consider a tegu to start off.
pikachu
03-12-04, 01:59 PM
im looking in to a pair of peach throat monitors myself, they're beautiful, a bit flighty though. im in for tegus first, if i can find one. i heard water monitors are as tame as puppys if you treat em right. but thats alot a space being used for 1 lizard. you could have a few nice set ups in a room that size. stay away from niles, for the love of the lizard gods, stay away from niles!
BurmGuy87
03-12-04, 02:04 PM
Haha no way I love Niles. I onced owned one:)
I will prob go with the Sav or Tegu!
Dr.Herp
04-03-04, 09:50 PM
Niles are cool, i love my baby. But not a choice for a begginer. Go with the sav. for sure!
kap10cavy
04-03-04, 11:44 PM
Well, I love my savannahs . I would kill for an albig if I had the room and money to care for one. what I'm looking at getting next is a red ackie, such lively purty animals.
Bartman
04-04-04, 01:31 AM
My first and only monitor was a savannah...after doing all the research like usual i got him, not to long ago either. I found out a little later that most the caresheets i read were completely wrong. I wasnt doing a great job caring for him but i turned him around really quickly...hes now doing absolutley great! I have never worked or looked at ackies but ive heard their the best first monitor lizard from quite a few people. Ive owned a tegu and their a lot of work..more then a sav imo.
If it was me, like i did, id get a sav forsure. Their very intellegent, then again so are most monitors lol, but most adults ive seen are extremely tame so if your looking for an animal to handle once in a while id say sav or ackie...I couldnt get my tegu out of the tank!
I wouldnt suggest a nile forsure though...plus you already have a burm, thats two giant animals, lol...good luck with whatever you choose though
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