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Salt Life
04-09-2009, 7:04 PM
i see that a lot of people own a monitor :D
heres mine
a baby savanna monitor
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MyFishEatYourFish
04-09-2009, 7:09 PM
cute lil guy. hope hes doing well, he looks very wary and alert!
i have a male sav that i will post pictures of when i can. i got him early january at 11" and he is already 20". they make such great pets.
thanks for the thread salt life! i would love to see this become a sticky!
Salt Life
04-09-2009, 7:11 PM
ya that would be cool
Trimax
04-09-2009, 7:12 PM
Lovely juvenile bosc man!
Salt Life
04-09-2009, 7:18 PM
na hes a baby
see
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come on guys post your monitors:D
Mike D
04-09-2009, 7:21 PM
my peacock timors
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/2000cherokee_2006/DSC00294.jpg
ill have updated pics of all my critters this weekend
Salt Life
04-09-2009, 7:24 PM
very cool how big are thay
Mike D
04-09-2009, 7:38 PM
maybe 12" in total length
Trimax
04-09-2009, 7:41 PM
Aww a baby indeed didn't realise he was so small.
Heres my 3 foot bosc
change that coco stuff out and put in some nice dirt, the Savannah will begin to make burrows if the dirt is deep enough.
heres one my male argus im raising up to breed to one of my females. he was born in the middle of nov and is about 29 inches now
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr122/BSM555/P4090188.jpg
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr122/BSM555/P4090191.jpg
bryan
Salt Life
04-09-2009, 7:43 PM
nice
krzr3000
04-09-2009, 7:47 PM
Salt Life, is your little guy tame? Looks like hes chillin there. Every little sav i have dealt with has had big attitude.
Trimax
04-09-2009, 7:49 PM
Ah thats just a holding box for when i'm cleaning ou the viv. It's Summer here in Ireland so he's been out in the garden allot, he started digging a burrow out there the other day! he's v.aggressive as I adopted him and previous owner neglected him.
Salt Life
04-09-2009, 7:49 PM
ya he is tame
but some times he runs out of my hand
AW2EOD
04-09-2009, 8:24 PM
My 7' Varanus Salvadorii. Not the best pics (little blurry).
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0084.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0103.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0077.jpg
Mike D
04-09-2009, 9:17 PM
My 7' Varanus Salvadorii. Not the best pics (little blurry).
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0084.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0103.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0077.jpg
love it
AW2EOD
04-09-2009, 9:25 PM
Would've posted better pics, but my internet isn't working great, today and it takes FOREVER for my photobucket to load. I'm very anal about my pics and keep going back, looking at the ones I posted, annoyed. lol
Thanks for the compliment, Mike D. He really is great...definately not the typical "killer Croc Monitor" you always hear people talking about. I posted the pic, of me holding his head, on a monitor forum and thought people were gonna come after me with pitch forks and torches. You wouldn't believe the beating I took, for that pic.
Salt Life
04-09-2009, 9:51 PM
very cool
Mike D
04-09-2009, 9:52 PM
Would've posted better pics, but my internet isn't working great, today and it takes FOREVER for my photobucket to load. I'm very anal about my pics and keep going back, looking at the ones I posted, annoyed. lol
Thanks for the compliment, Mike D. He really is great...definately not the typical "killer Croc Monitor" you always hear people talking about. I posted the pic, of me holding his head, on a monitor forum and thought people were gonna come after me with pitch forks and torches. You wouldn't believe the beating I took, for that pic.
ive found that reps that have been taken out of bad situations are tamer. its worked like that with alot of stuff i have rescued in the past. my big igg right now was adopted by me and hes one of the tames herps ive ever had. and ive herd horror stories about larger iggs. i know a croc monitor is different.
milokai
04-09-2009, 10:34 PM
here u go bro....black dragon..black water monitor..
AW2EOD
04-09-2009, 10:48 PM
Very nice! I'd love to have a Black Dragon. Little too expensive for my taste, tho.
AttackFish
04-09-2009, 10:55 PM
I'm officially jealous.
I really want to get a trio of ackies, hopefully next year.
:D
Salt Life
04-10-2009, 12:45 AM
very very cool
My 7' Varanus Salvadorii. Not the best pics (little blurry).
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0084.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0103.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Croc%20Monitor/DSC_0077.jpg
:headbang2yay Beautifull and tame:D
Vicious_Fish
04-10-2009, 9:18 AM
Love the croc! You guys make me so jealous, I can't wait to get my first varanid.
CTU2fan
04-10-2009, 10:14 AM
So awesome, a croc monitor...now that's Monster.
varanio
04-10-2009, 10:31 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/fish005-1.jpg
Similis
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/fish021.jpg
Male ackie (Yellow)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/fish116.jpg
His Girls
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/fish109.jpg
Tristis 2.1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/DSC02895.jpg
Female indicus sp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/DSC02903.jpg
Male Indicus sp
This is what I got at work
nice Alex,
how big are the mangroves and what are their local?
Bryan
varanio
04-10-2009, 1:14 PM
nice Alex,
how big are the mangroves and what are their local?
Bryan
No locality Data on them :( they are very small not more than 3 feet. I had another that was going be a stunner ! But it passed unfortunately.
Hopefully you will get some eggs and hatch out some babies. Sorry to hear that alex, I like the pattern on these vs other mangroves ive seen
Bryan
varanio
04-10-2009, 1:51 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/indie1.jpg
as babies 2 yrs ago
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/varanio/babyindicus4.jpg
The juvie I lost
Salt Life
04-10-2009, 2:07 PM
nice monitors
Salt Life
04-10-2009, 4:47 PM
taming him/her in a little bath
he/her is geting relly tame
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AW2EOD
04-10-2009, 5:30 PM
I'm picking up my first Savvy this weekend...a 3' long male, along with my first Retic...trading a guy my sub adult albino Burm.
For my next Monitor(s), I'm planning on a trio of Ackies or a Lace pair.
Mike D
04-10-2009, 5:36 PM
love the pics guys:popcorn:
varanio
04-10-2009, 8:19 PM
taming him/her in a little bath
he/her is geting relly tame
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You dont have to tame it like that. In fact interact with it in its cage. Savs dont take to the water too often so i might be a deterant.
Salt Life
04-10-2009, 8:20 PM
ok thank u i did not know that
Salt Life
04-10-2009, 8:24 PM
ok i wont put him in water agen
Salt Life
04-10-2009, 9:54 PM
eny body els have a monitor
AW2EOD
04-10-2009, 10:16 PM
Trying to post pics of my Golden Tegu (not really a Monitor) but my pirated wireless internet is slow tonight. lol
Salt Life
04-11-2009, 2:11 AM
that whould be cool
ghostknifefish0909
04-11-2009, 6:10 PM
finally took some pics of my savanah
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at about 16-18 inches now
-GKF
ghostknifefish0909 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/member.php?u=22164) your savannah looks ok but not great. Get it off those wood chips and put a good 8-12 inches of dirt in the tank and cover the top of the tank with foil or make a custom top
ghostknifefish0909
04-11-2009, 11:33 PM
ghostknifefish0909 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/member.php?u=22164) your savannah looks ok but not great. Get it off those wood chips and put a good 8-12 inches of dirt in the tank and cover the top of the tank with foil or make a custom top
Like what salt life has? sure i'll try to switch tommorow hopefully. thank you for telling me. All i want is the best for my monitor. :)
-GKF
Salt Life
04-12-2009, 7:28 AM
why did thay move my thread
packer43064
04-12-2009, 8:16 AM
They moved the Pyxie frog thread over here too. There must be something wrong with MFK or something.
ewurm
04-12-2009, 12:30 PM
Dono who dunnit, but it's fixed now
finally took some pics of my savanah
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There apears to be a sligth snout injury on him:confused:
Salt Life
04-12-2009, 8:53 PM
new pics
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varanio
04-13-2009, 7:59 AM
new pics
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Dirt Dirt Dirt get some dirt in there :)
Salt Life
04-13-2009, 4:13 PM
were from out side
Mike D
04-13-2009, 9:44 PM
buy bags of top soil and peat moss and sand. make your own mix.
just make sure there are no chemicals added to it. thats what i do
You can get it from outside as long as no pesticides have been used where you are digging for the dirt. I get mine from the woods behind my house then i go to home depot or lowes to get some sand to mix in with it.
Bryan
Salt Life
04-14-2009, 6:45 PM
what if there is some thing in the dirt how do i know
i might get it in the woods
Mike D
04-15-2009, 10:10 PM
depending on where you live depends on what is in the dirt. i dug dirt from outside once. i got home from work and the tank was covered in ants. i dug the dirt while it was still coldish out. ants stayed hidden in the dirt until they heated up and then it was al over. and i checked all around where i was digging for signs of ants. granted it only happened once but i ahve been buying and mixing my own ever since. its cheap enough to do, and id rather have the peice of mind knowing there isnt anything in there.
Salt Life
04-16-2009, 7:52 AM
k thanks
Salt Life
04-16-2009, 8:22 PM
eny body els got a monitor:D
AW2EOD
04-16-2009, 9:32 PM
Here's my new guy, Nubbs.
Perfectly healthy and this guy is a maniac, when you put food near him. Our Croc will gently take food, from tongs but this guy comes at you, like a freight train, when he knows you're holding mice.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Nubbs/DSC_0136.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Nubbs/DSC_0134.jpg
I need to get some new pics, of him, in his 6' x 3' x 2' enclosure. I tried to take feeding pics, last night, but he was eating too fast. lol
Salt Life
04-17-2009, 6:08 PM
nice!
Salt Life
04-18-2009, 2:18 PM
up date
he does not like me he hisses at me all the time now
i am going to leav him a lone untile he comes down:)
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Here's my new guy, Nubbs.
Perfectly healthy and this guy is a maniac, when you put food near him. Our Croc will gently take food, from tongs but this guy comes at you, like a freight train, when he knows you're holding mice.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Nubbs/DSC_0136.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/AW2EOD/Nubbs/DSC_0134.jpg
I need to get some new pics, of him, in his 6' x 3' x 2' enclosure. I tried to take feeding pics, last night, but he was eating too fast. lol
Dont know why but I really like him;)
Salt Life
04-19-2009, 11:31 AM
:Dnever mind he likes me agen
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ryanc2106
04-19-2009, 6:35 PM
NICE SAV,i miss mine that i grew out for a herp shop i use to go when i was a kid, mine was in a wooden cage they gave us if i remeber correctly it was around 5 fee long by 2 deep 2 tall i had him tell he hit about 3 feet, i held him daily and was extremely docile just like my old beardie when i would take my beardie out and sav at same time ( i know bad idea) but they wouldnt mind eachother i remeber one time the beardie ran and walked on the back of the sav and it seemed like the sav want bothered.. haha good times i need another monitor!
Salt Life
04-22-2009, 6:23 PM
you should get a nother wone there relly cool
Salt Life
04-25-2009, 3:38 PM
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ryanc2106
04-26-2009, 3:06 PM
Yeah, no time, and space, if i were to get another one i would at least want a small room size for him
Salt Life
10-30-2009, 2:14 PM
bump
snakeguy101
10-30-2009, 7:55 PM
here are my monitors plus some pics of the komodo that I got to feed a few times...
Note: the savanah was a rescue and the scar was from a heat lamp.
Salt Life
10-30-2009, 7:56 PM
nice
Bsixxx
11-02-2009, 5:58 PM
Reptar when i got him, about 15-17"
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o91/Bsixxx/Reptar/reptar022.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o91/Bsixxx/Reptar/reptar005.jpg