Green Tree Monitor

[thetupak]

Does anyone know of anyone who breed's them here in the US

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[BWSmith]

Just look for someone with hundreds of lacerations on their arms and hands

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[thetupak]

I guess i didnt do enough research what's the deal with them they dont make good captives

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[BWSmith]

Actually, I have never worked with Greens, just Blacks.

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[thetupak]

I seen they have very sharp claws for climbing is that what your talking about the laserations on the arms and hands

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[BWSmith]

Yeah, I had a pair of blacks make me look like I lost in arm wrestling with a WeedWhacker.

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[thetupak]

geez you'd have to have something covering your arms and hands to handle them there really cool looking though

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[NicoleRussell]

Originally Posted by BWSmith

Just look for someone with hundreds of lacerations on their arms and hands

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[NicoleRussell]

My lizards (80% of them) give me deep scratches on my arms---it frightens people because they look at it like something attacked me....when actually my captives were just playing or climbing on me

[reptilemama]

I have one, and no, they don't make good captives. Very skittish and not afraid to bite. They're not always easy to find, either, altough I've noticed a few imports available lately. Very few people have successfully bred them, partly because females are few and far between. Mine is a display animal only. He'll take food from my hand (or should I say forceps, those teeth hurt!) if it's something he *really* wants, but that's as close as I can get without a threat display, and if he realizes I don't have food, he zips into his tree faster than I can see. They need high basking temps, and very high humidity, but adequate ventilation, and all that can be tricky to balance out. I love mine, he's great to watch, but he's definitely not a pet that can be handled, and takes a fair amount of time every day to care for. I wouldn't recommend one as a pet to anyone without lots of experience, time, and money.

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[thetupak]

that's what i figured after looking around a bit what about asian water monitors do you know anything about them

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[Ed_r]

Water monitors get huge. They are usually fairly placid, but just plain old BIG!!!

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[hisba]

I love tree monitors! I've wanted some black trees for a long time, but my b/f
doesn't want me to have lizards. (he thinks they are too messy since they 'go'
every day lol he just didn't like my iggy and I think it put him off lizards completely)

There was a gyu who was breeding greens in some shower stalls he converted
into cages.. I'd have to go back thru notes to find his name/website... I'll see
what I can find. I know there is a breeding facility over seas, in Sweden? That
breeds the green and black (and yellows I think?). All the black trees I've ever
seen in stores were very thin and usually died if no one shelled out the$300 or so. I had
my eye on one for over 6 months but no $ and it just got worse and worse until
he died. The stores just don't give them enough cover/make them feel secure
enough sometimes IMO. They are just awesome creatures tho, wouldnt you
guys say more of a display type lizard tho? (due to the claws and their like of being
left alone?) Good luck finding them and I'll see what I can find in my old notes.
-April

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[thetupak]

I'm not really interested in getting one right know if ever but just wanted to see if anyone breeds them here yet and wondered some of the pluses and minuses of careing and such

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[hisba]

Care info:
http://www.themonitorspot.com/greentreef2.html
http://varanus.freeservers.com/prasinus.html

for sale:
http://centralcoastreptiles.com/pricelist.htm
(I didn't see greens on the pricelist but they do work with them)

This is the guy I was talking about:
http://community-2.webtv.net/wolfpac...IKESMONITORS0/

Hope some of that helps...

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[thetupak]

cool thanks for the info

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[haroldo359]

what monitors and tegus make the best pets, based on size, temperment and price?

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[thetupak]

the only ones iv seen i might want is the varanus acanthurus(red ackie)they only get like 2' but there like 600$ for a pair at proexotic and they said they wouldnt have any till some time in the summer cause there is so high demand

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[NicoleRussell]

Argentine Black and white tegus are great pets. They actually enjoy interaction and are fairly easy to keep happy. I have a pair and they really are cool. Read about them here:
http://agamainternational.com/merianae.shtml

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[haroldo359]

thanks nicole

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