can someone help me...im 13!

[V.hb]

Theres no reason to keep the two together, Both are incredibly powerful predators that will eat at their own will, be it eachother or what you feed them. These animals will bite eachother out of territorial behaviour, are you prepared to treat a wounded animal? Keep in mind that a wounded monitor (espeacially a wound dealt from another monitor) would be incredibly serious if not fatal? Both of the listed monitors have incredibly powerful jaws, I know first hand as my hand has been in the mouth of both species at one point or another!! All i can say is be careful with what you decide to do.

[reptile171]

Uh oh, real sorry guys i didnt get that i was in a hurry and didnt read it all the way, once again im sorry and im seperating the two soon....

[varanuskomodoen]

I'm fairly new to monitors, but they seem to fascinate kids. What is the best type to get (my preference is cheap and good for handling) .

[reptile171]

uuuum......none....lol, im just kidding you need to be expirienced with them and do your research, i would say your should buy a hatchling savannah monitor there about $29.99 and there about 6 inches at the time, they grow to about 5ft in a few years.With my expirience there quite tame....... How old are you?

heres a good site for care information: http://www.anapsid.org/savannah.html

I would not say to get a nile monitor ....good luck!

[Jeff_Favelle]

i would say your should buy a hatchling savannah monitor there about $29.99 and there about 6 inches at the time, they grow to about 5ft in a few years

WRONG! In a few years??? A properly-kept monitor will reach adult size within a year! Even still a 5-foot Savannah is HUGE! I've never seen one. Maybe one with a reaaaal long tail.

[Bartman]

yea id say the average for a a sav is like 3.5 feet..prob tops 4..i odnt know bout the female and male difference

[mbayless]

I have seen and held 3 such large savanna monitors 5 feet and more!! They're out there - the largest was 5'5" (= same height was JohnA. over at cybersalvator = hahaha) some years ago; A friend of his, Gregg M. had a 4.0 footer named "Mongo", alos very large....you do not see large ones much for in Africa they end up in a pot for soup! Same with V. albigularis who can reach 8 feet or more and V. niloticus who reach maybe 9...Soup-de-suer anyone?

cheers,
markb

[V.hb]

My female albigularus went from 9 inches to 51 inches in 12 months. Ive had savannahs go from hatchlings to 35-36 in under a year! 9-10 months!

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

So far, with all the advice given to you(reptile171), i have to agree with all the posts giving you advice. Ive got a savannah(only 10 inches right now)and i am taking care of three at a pet store and they sure as hell have dif care requirements as the nile. Like stated, if you said your sav was sick it should be quarentined for at least 30 DAYS!!! Have you got the money, a job, can you pay for their care? An average vet visit for me(one of my snakes or lizards)can cost me an average of $30. A check-up at least yearly should be done. Food, probably the MOST EXPENSIVE part of keeping an animal, besides setting up a HUGE tank for these lizards. I now breed my own mice and rabbits because it was costing too much to buy feeders for my animals all the time. I get crikets for my scorpions, frogs, and sav by about 100 and mealworms, superworms, and waxworms too. Its alot of money and you have too be caring for them properly. Hey, im a couple months from 14, but ive done my reasearch(too much, i am the computer hog). But no matter how much reasearch i do, i am always asking people, backing my reasearch up with facts, and checking if i can provide proper care. Good luck and i HIGHLY sudgest that you take the advise of all the others on this forum. By the way, a savannah will RARELY grow to 5 feet if not 4. The bigest one i am working with is just under 3.5 feet. Good luck.

Chris

[SHvar]

My first bosc monitor was 6 inches long when I bought him, he grew to 40 inches that year, then topped out at 4 ft 6 inches at 2-3 years and stayed there until he died at 5 or so.
My current large BT/WT cross was 16 inches long at 2 months old when I got her, she grew to 60 inches at a year old, shes now 2 and 6 ft 1/2 inch long.
My red ackie is a year old at 22 inches or so.
My timor (now my friends wifes monitor) is 4.5 -5 years old and 29+ inches.
They can grow very very fast and you dont realize it.
Right now my one friends baby BT is between 2-3 months old and hes already 17 inches.
Another bosc I had tripled in size in 8 weeks time from when I got him.
The cages are the most expensive part followed by food then vet bills, the animal itself is the least expensive part.
Expensive hobby, but then I make good money so it helps alot. I know before I was 20-21 I could barely afford to keep more than 1-2 monitors and sometimes other bills and myself went without so they could get fed, my husbandry suffered then as so did the monitors because I couldnt do any more for them. At that time I was also working full time and taking night classes. I had already been out of the army before this yet.
Some things to think about before getting one.

[varanuskomodoen]

like I said, I'm new to monitors. A crocodile monitor wouldn't be my first choice, and I would keep it well away from a savannah or any other small monitors.

[Reptiles Galore]

Hi kid

If your nile is a spaz and is hissing and trying to bite you, then you should try taking a small towel about the size of him, and then put it over his body ( mostly his head so he cant see whats going on) then just hold him, and he should start getting commor, and then just move the towel down from his head so he can see and just hold him.

Aaron

[varanuskomodoen]

Hold him so that he (or she) won't get away and do NOT hold him for the first time standing up. Sit down because if it does struggle free of your arms, it won't fall a great distance, and less harm will be done! Good luck!!