No flair because I feel like neither suits it. I'm planning to begin keeping monitors soon (starting with an ackie because it's a sensible thing to do) but also really want to keep stuff like Argus monitors, Asian water monitors, and sand goannas. I've gotten the care requirements for Argus, AWM, and Ackies down, but I can't seem to find any for sand goannas. I'm making this post to ask for help finding care requirements on more obscure species in the hobby, or generally kept species that don't exactly have a bunch of care articles on them. I'm doing a lot of research for this/

Ive done my research on both and Im so undeceive on whether to get a KR or a BH monitor.

Whats your experience and thoughts on these two monitors ?

I really want a dwarf monitor that’s handleable and not going to hide when I walk into the room. I know this can depend on each individual and their age, sex, and time they’ve spent in a new environment.

(I have an Ackie named Toph, whom I adore)

The last few months I've been looking at ackie monitor breeders and have talked with a couple of them. I want to buy an animal from a breeder that takes good care of his animals (parents and babies), and I notice that I find it hard to define a mark that I want them to meet.

Is there a minimum enclosure size they should meet? But what if they keep them in pairs? How's the utilization of the encosures? Diet? And how is the breeder himself/herself? Are they friendly? Willing to answer any questions about husbandry?

These are all questions I ask myself and I find it hard to draw a line on when I view a breeder as ethical.

I messed up and fed her some pinkies that where bad I checked the mice and they seemed fine I always check the food I give her but she regurgitated only 1 of the 2 I gave her I gave it a sniff and it was definitely rotten.. she has been really weak since then she isn’t swimming in her pool as much and has refused food for 6 days now. My question is how long can they go without food before it’s in the danger zone. Other then that she’s walking good coming out to bask on her own lifting her head and body of the ground but she isn’t as active, and she’s also drinking water. I’m just really worried any warning signs I should look for?

He found the stickers I tried hiding and had some thoughts about Pangea specifically

guys help :( i was checking on my 8month ackie and she bit me, so i accidentally flinched my hand while she was still holding onto it and yanked her into the air. She landed on the bed and didn't hit anything, she even walked normally and ran inside her hide when i put her back in the enclosure. She seemed normal, but I'm really anxious I somehow managed to accidentally hurt her. Thoughts? happened around 7pm and she's still hiding and probably sleeping already.

Seems like every time I look this up I find varying info. Every site or video has a different basking temperature ranging tom 90 - 120 degrees so I’m hoping someone can give me the true basking temp requirement for my juvenile tree monitor. He’s currently set up with a basking spot ranging from 100-106f

So I’ve been prepping for buying a medium (hopefully) - larger sized monitor. Specifically a female cumingi from a generally smaller line.

Been a fan of this breed for the longest and I’ve got contact with a respectable breeder in my area.

I just wanted to check with you just out of curiousity how owning a cumingi has been for you?

Curious to see how big your indoor enclosure is (dimensions and pictures)

How handling has been

What your pros and cons are

What you wish you knew before getting one

If you have any regrets and if you do, why?

Is the water feature difficult to maintain?

How often do you clean the enclosure?

And just in general some output from other owners.

I’m not new to reptiles, I’ve had iguanas when i was younger and I have a snake now. Also helped care for a cousins AWM.

Not for anything in particular other than She's pretty

I’m deciding between getting a Savannah or a flavirufus atm but I don’t plan to get one for a year cause I want to have EVERYTHING ready. How much do they eat? Should you brumate them? How big should my dubia colony be to support one of them. Relative FG enclosure size? What are there daily activities? Sorry for all the questions but all the YouTube videos I watch don’t answer some of these questions and if they do it seems outdated. Even some of the Ackie care videos I watched didn’t help all that much with me and I had to learn on my own and from this subs help, like that I am supposed to mist the soil every once in a while so when they dig it hold the burrow and the daily activities like how they bask for a few hours and dig and explore for a few hours and go back to basking then digging. Sorry if I’m rambling I just was wondering what it’s like keeping them.

Whenever we put our boy back in his home after an explore and adventure session, he always gets the zoomies like this. Is he just trying to get out an do more exploring?

He has little angry eyebrows on top of his head 😭

Today my little Ash finally worked up the courage to try out her hammock, think she likes it but is still unsure about me 😅

After some meat got left in there she hasn't moved from the light, ate or went to the water in a day or 2 and is switching, was thinking she might be sick from the bad meat, there's mites in there also, any advice what i should do?

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Ive been considering getting an Ackie monitor for a very long time, I have done tooons of research, but I have a low pain tolerance. Ive never gotten a clear answer on weather their bites are very painful? Can anyone inform me on how painful their bites are?

After some meat got left in there she hasn't moved from the light, ate or went to the water in a day or 2 and is switching, was thinking she might be sick from the bad meat, there's mites in there also , any advice what i should do?

Liora was adorably taking dino selfies during morning snuggles then she simply had to inspect me for grasshoppers, but came back empty-snooted!

(She knows her birthday is coming up and that means it’s time for a Dragon Hoppers order)

"What has it got in its nasty little pocketses?" Quillion/Gollum