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Hi Mr. teenager,
Like the other posts have said, you are in for a challenge, and then there will be girls, football, soccer, cars, pizza and so on in your next few years - will you have time for it next week? next month? next year??
These are living beings that need daily basic and some not so basic husbandry needs....you're taking on quite a project here. I hope you are not going to want to tame it so you can walk around the house with it, show it off to your friends? That is what I did with my tegu's and alligator 30 years ago when I was 13. Don't do that...
Your lizard will tame down when if learns it has nothing to fear from you, and it is on ITS TERMS, not yours - it will relax when IT feels you are no threat, and this can take years! Are you preapared for that?
Also food wise, this animals eats alot, craps a whole lot more and will from say 1 foot to 4.5 feet at least try to bite you every time you pick it up, approach it ect ---- and wait! Then when it hits puberty like you are doing now, it may charge you, going right for your eyes!
Are you still there? If so, good. Put newspaper around all the 3 sides of your 29 gal aqauria, and half of the front too, to give it some security and less exposure. It needs hot temps, maybe 105F and high high humidity (moisture in the air) and clean water every day - lots of food of all kinds, live or dead is fine but avoid canned foods and cheese.
Go get Robert Faust's book, "Nile Monitors" and if your serious, Daniel Bennett and Ravid Thakoordahl book, "Savanna monitor" too....if you cannot find them, let me know and I will give a local pet shops name and tel. no. that has them for sale...
good luck,
markb
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