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02-19-2004, 09:01 AM
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Just a few monitor shots.....
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02-19-2004, 03:23 PM
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Very Cool!! What is the common name for them? Real cool to see them in a community setting. Many food squabbles? And How big is that cage?
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02-19-2004, 05:57 PM
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hey I did post a comment but it got deleted---had to be an accident because all I said was how nice they looked 
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02-19-2004, 06:47 PM
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I have 5 groups of 1.2 and all reside in 4x2x2 cages. Community settings are the ONLY way to keep monitors.
No squabbles over food (social animals), so long as you feed them everyday!! LOL!
Common name is Yellow Spiny-tailed Monitor, or Yellow Ackie.
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02-19-2004, 07:08 PM
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jeff, those pics are nice but they make the cage look huge. do you have a pic of the ouside of the cage, or a pic of the whole cage, i would like to see how you set it up, and what the cage is made of. Also in the pics there looks to be a sqabble over the rat, do they fight for very long or does one give up pretty quick.
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02-19-2004, 08:08 PM
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Are those the little Aussie ones that only grow to about 2 feet? They're beautiful.
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02-19-2004, 08:11 PM
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so many lizards so little room ;(
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02-19-2004, 08:39 PM
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Well the kids really don't need their own room do they?lol :P
I hear ya, I need a MUCH bigger house.
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02-19-2004, 08:51 PM
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Sweet pics.
I agree w/ Ace... those pics make the cage look huge! I've got a 4x2x2 and I'm having trouble picturing all that in my cage.
About how big are they, 1.5-2ft?
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02-20-2004, 02:25 AM
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These are DWARF monitors that only get about 2 feet in length. They are not your average Savannah or Nile Monitor. 4x2x2 is enough room to house 1 male and 3 nesting females, but I cut it down to 1.2 because I had the space and its easier to feed them.
They ARE social eaters in that for the bigger prey (like the mouse in question), several of them will take it down and make sure its dead and of no harm. Put a smaller pinky or maybe even a mouse "part", and they all eat individually. Watch Komodos on Animal Planet or Discovery. You'll see social eating. Monitors aren't built like other lizards.
Here's a pic of the outside of 2 stacks of cages in the old monitor room:
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02-20-2004, 02:51 AM
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HERPIN TRIP AT JEFF'S HOUSE!!!!!! |
02-20-2004, 02:54 AM
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awesome monitors, I am in a one bedroom apt and already have many animals or Id get more monitors, now I only have a young savannah. Yours are so pretty.
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02-20-2004, 03:33 AM
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oh wow, they are so beautiful!! i LOVE monitors. i wish i had more room, for more | |
