Timor monitor questions - Page 4

jarich · 02-26-13, 03:01 PM

No, Backwater would definitely not be my recommendation, ever.

You can find them for cheaper but it may take a bit of time and searching. Do you have an expo that is coming in your area anytime soon? You can find them there cheaper. Kingsnake or Faunaclassified are both places to watch. They sell pretty quickly, especially the captive bred ones, but you can find yellows for around $250 or so. You get what you pay for though, so if you can save up, then the ones for $350-400 are really great.

Jeepers · 02-26-13, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Zosime

Yeah id be willing to get an ackie but iv only seen them for like 350+ and i dont know where really to find anyone who sells ackies iv seen them on back water reptile should i try there

NO. NEVER... I recently ordered a Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman from there and it arrived dead.. They didn't even have any indications on the package that a live animal was inside... If I report that it can actually terminate their contract with FedEx.

I've heard many MANY reports of customers receiving dead or dying animals from Backwater, either dying from the trip or dying from illness. I do NOT recommend them based on what I went through with them.

infernalis · 02-26-13, 07:20 PM

Several members here breed them, I would support a fellow forum member first.

DiscoPat · 02-26-13, 07:51 PM

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Several members here breed them, I would support a fellow forum member first.

I agree with this.

I plan on buying Ackies in a few years (once I own a house.) and this is would be the first place I'd look.

poison123 · 02-27-13, 12:14 PM

Out of curiosity what is the minimum size cage for timors?

stephanbakir · 02-27-13, 12:27 PM

While I agree that some locations aren't exactly ideal for taking pets to, its up to the individual animals personality, and the keepers level of responsibility.
I took our big sav and one of my retics to G-lit-ch last year, almost 400 people, live bands, flamethrowers, firedancers, fireworks, burlesque, and more for 4 days. I only took the animals out when it was appropriate, and it was a fantastic learning experience for everyone who was there. More then half the people were scared/tense when they saw them but by the end of it, everyone had a blast.
No more rewarding feeling then seeing kids smile when they come over a fear. (excuse my hairy chest)

stephanbakir · 02-27-13, 12:29 PM

Be careful when and where you take your animals, condition them for it, test out the waters with some mock gatherings, try 2-3 people and work your way up from there. add music, add surprising sounds etc, small pets...
I lost the photo but I had one of the sav sleeping in the grass with 3 small dogs piled on him asleep...

**Aaron_S** · 02-27-13, 12:54 PM

I expected more from you.

stephanbakir · 02-27-13, 12:57 PM

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I expected more from you.

Can you elaborate? They were never out during any of the activities that I thought would scare them in the least, they were never in the crowds, always off to the side, both of those animals are 100% comfortable around new people as long as those people don't act like morons. Whenever the sav is uncomfortable he lets me know and it stops there, we go off to the side and he runs around in the water chasing crayfish and bugs.

Terranaut · 02-27-13, 04:02 PM

I totally disagree with taking our reptiles out in public places but if there are places this activity is ok , then functions like the above or burning man or any alternative lifestyle showcase functions are it.
If you took a space alien to a sunday mass the people would run out of the building screeming but take him to a comicon and he would be a celebrity. The crowds at events like this respect the unusual and would embrace interactions with reptiles in most cases. I also doubt a day or 2away from their enclosures would pose any health threat. I also remember the thread these pics are from and it was a hot humid weekend so even better .
Call me crazy but I see a world of difference between the above and seeing peoples faces in a local park. So to me no harm ,no foul.

stephanbakir · 02-27-13, 04:41 PM

I took their enclosures with me, they were in them 50% of the time at least, Chomper spent most of the days cruising around at his digression, mostly basking > chasing critters > basking > swimming > basking etc... He did what he wanted at his own pace, with me keeping a close eye on him.
I agree with Terranaut, there is a time and place for everything.

ilovemypets1988 · 02-27-13, 04:51 PM

i agree with stephanbakir on this 1 as quite frankly, taking his reptiles to that event is no different than taking them to am expo, infact id go as far to say that it would stress the reptiles more at an expo because of all the different species, sex`s, etc, not to mention the fact that it is potentially alot more harming as anything could be contracted.
atleast at the show where stephan took his reptiles was a place to take them and people obviously enjoyed.

**Aaron_S** · 02-27-13, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ilovemypets1988

i agree with stephanbakir on this 1 as quite frankly, taking his reptiles to that event is no different than taking them to am expo, infact id go as far to say that it would stress the reptiles more at an expo because of all the different species, sex`s, etc, not to mention the fact that it is potentially alot more harming as anything could be contracted.
atleast at the show where stephan took his reptiles was a place to take them and people obviously enjoyed.

Wait? What?

You're trying to say that my snakes in a simple display case care that there's a corn snake at the other end of the hall and that it may be of the opposite sex? You've never been to an expo, have you?

On top of that, no one goes to a reptile expo not expecting them to be there so it's a completely different situation.

So Stephan, you brought your savannah's 8x4x4 with all that good soil/sand for making burrows on a trip? Interesting.

stephanbakir · 02-27-13, 05:09 PM

It was a 7X3X2 but yeh, I did. - the proper soil depth, he only had about 6 inches of soil on that trip, simply because it wasn't reasonable to transport that much weight.

Also, I advertised that I was bringing them in advance, every1 knew what to expect, I also wasn't in their face about it, if they wanted to see them they could... otherwise they could avoid em.

murrindindi · 02-27-13, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

I took their enclosures with me, they were in them 50% of the time at least, Chomper spent most of the days cruising around at his digression, mostly basking > chasing critters > basking > swimming > basking etc... He did what he wanted at his own pace, with me keeping a close eye on him.
I agree with Terranaut, there is a time and place for everything.

Hi, I`d just like to ask if it was late in the day when the some of the photos were taken, as it seems to be quite dark?