nile monitor after day 1

[reptile king]

thats i nice monitor, i hope you know that your going to need a bigger set up, im in the process of making a 3foot tall by 8foot by 4foot for my water monitor

[Freebody]

hes doing great now eatting properly now and hes mobile during the day infact my comp is beside his cage and hes just chilling under his heat light watching me and hes not puffing himself all up or anything when i hold him he hisses when i first pull him out but he doesnt wip at my hand he just stays calm and doesnt run but lets me know hes not vey happy about what going to happen but after a couple min as long as he not right out in the open ie have to watch 360' he will just fall asleep and puts his arms and legs right back like hes basking :P hes so cool to watch walk around.
yes i know he will get a full bedroom when i get my own place
he oddly has not eaten the feeder fish i put in his pool he swims in there with them swimming by his head pays no attension to then, looks like i got pet fish now 2 lol been feeding them dog food and trying my best to keep the water oxyginated with a wisk once a day untill he finaly decides to eat his new friends lol

[Freebody]

oh i said it was an ornate nile well actually i dont know what it is i read that ornates have 5 rows from hip to shoulders which mine has but they should have a pinkish tongue where as mines got a black tongue like the common niles but the common nile is supposed to have 7-8 rows? the book i said in my last post The nile monitor by robert fuast says that the tongue typically stays the most consistant between the two species which to me means it really could be either one but from what he says mine is most likely a common nile but the other little treads and post i read i have not read the work typically like he says it they all say it definitively black for common pink for ornate there are other things like the btm jaw on the ornate is more of a boxier shape but i can see the differance in comparison pics lol

[infernalis]

So glad this is working out.

Keep up the great work!!

[crocdoc]

That's a common Nile. The tongue colour is a dead giveaway, but it also has 7 rows of ocelli on its back (you include the ones right above the shoulders and hips).

[Squisher]

I too am glad things are looking up. Proper husbandry however is also a key element in this working out for the both of you.