Can i have one PLEEEEEEEASSSSEEE!!! - Page 3

kenchenzo · 04-01-11, 04:19 PM

when you have a monitor you have to be dedicated for them.

infernalis · 04-01-11, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchenzo

when you have a monitor you have to be dedicated for them.

That's one I know first hand.

kenchenzo · 04-01-11, 04:24 PM

they are worth all the effort.
the main thing is taming them down.
mine is a rescue that was let loose then found by the RSPCA and now i have him.
he is getting better slowly.

infernalis · 04-01-11, 04:31 PM

Good luck, Niles have a reputation... I can't speak first hand so I leave it alone.

I'm sure it will do much better in your care.

kenchenzo · 04-01-11, 04:37 PM

its a very slow process but great fun all the way.

whoaxmary · 04-01-11, 05:02 PM

<3 Very envious of all of you that are capable of keeping anything like this. It's deffinetly my goal to learn enough that by the time I'm done school and working eventually I'll be able to invest in something a bit more difficult than that guys I already have. Must be very rewarding to watch them grow .

Millinex · 05-11-11, 03:15 PM

I'd like to correct a few points in this thread, based upon my experience keeping many monitor species.

Most monitors, Savs especially, grow extremely fast, in order to survive they need to hit adult size fast. It's not unheard of to take a sav to almost adult size in 1 years time, and that is probably the main reason I never recommend a sav, nile, water, albig, etc to a first time keeper.

As for monitors being "tame". No monitor is ever tame. That is a huge problem in the herp community, is calling them "puppy dog tame he's so friendly omgawsh". Monitors are solitary predators. Can you gain trust and work with them? Absolutely, will you eventually have a time where something goes wrong and they grab you and take some flesh, you can bet your ***, and you have to be ready for it.

Monitors require a lot of time, space, and commitment. Even as a subadult, my male water monitor's cage takes up nearly half of my bedroom, and he's only around 4ish feet long right now (tail was damaged when I got him, so not sure how long he really is). They are great animals, probably the most amazing I've worked with hands down.

-Mike