7-8' male and x2 5-7' female varanus salvadorii

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then watch what ya agree to!! lol.

silly little guy.......... lol
 
A. gigas;4794721; said:
not really, just warning them that it will be a challenge and to be extremely careful

I am well aware of what i am getting into. thanks dad...

Varanio, can you get ahold of ben and see what he wants for the little ones, as he is not the fastest responder...
 
to the original poster. I have kept only a single male salvadorii, he was 8 feet long and I to thought I was more then ready, I had worked with waters,niles,black throats and argus, As well as many years with large snakes. but I will tell you there is no monitor quite like the crocodile monitor. they have very long sharp claws, a perfect jaw structure for separationg flesh. a long perfect whip like tail with amazing aim. they are smart, will test there cages constantly. learn routine very fast and take advantage of that to there needs. You said something along th elines of needing plexi in between you and a retic well let me put it this way if you can not handle a retic on your own they do not even think of getting a crocodile monitor. Know i am not saying for people with no expeirince to go pick up a 14-18 foot retic alone. I am simply saying that a retic going for your face is nothing compared to a large crocodile monitor going for your face.

for one crocodile monitor I would have nothing less then 12x12x8 (most house ceilings are 8) also each monitor should be seperate from each other unless you are trying to breed. you could accomplish this by setting up the males 12x12 in the middle and both females 12x12 on either side. with pull out wood, or dark coloured plastic inserts that are 3x3.
You will also want a easy way to drain the water in the enclosures as well as a easy way to feed the monitor with out putting your self at to much risk ( I used Midwest's gentle giants as feeding tongs) also they eat a ton my lone male cost me 50-75 a week. just things to think about.

do not take this as a flamming.
take care
kirk
 
toki2292;4798032; said:
to the original poster. I have kept only a single male salvadorii, he was 8 feet long and I to thought I was more then ready, I had worked with waters,niles,black throats and argus, As well as many years with large snakes. but I will tell you there is no monitor quite like the crocodile monitor. they have very long sharp claws, a perfect jaw structure for separationg flesh. a long perfect whip like tail with amazing aim. they are smart, will test there cages constantly. learn routine very fast and take advantage of that to there needs. You said something along th elines of needing plexi in between you and a retic well let me put it this way if you can not handle a retic on your own they do not even think of getting a crocodile monitor. Know i am not saying for people with no expeirince to go pick up a 14-18 foot retic alone. I am simply saying that a retic going for your face is nothing compared to a large crocodile monitor going for your face.

for one crocodile monitor I would have nothing less then 12x12x8 (most house ceilings are 8) also each monitor should be seperate from each other unless you are trying to breed. you could accomplish this by setting up the males 12x12 in the middle and both females 12x12 on either side. with pull out wood, or dark coloured plastic inserts that are 3x3.
You will also want a easy way to drain the water in the enclosures as well as a easy way to feed the monitor with out putting your self at to much risk ( I used Midwest's gentle giants as feeding tongs) also they eat a ton my lone male cost me 50-75 a week. just things to think about.

do not take this as a flamming.
take care
kirk
*claps*
 
One other thing to think about, is in all honesty, lets say you are able to produce varanus salvadorii offsrping. Which to my knowledge only 3 or 4 people in all of North America have been able to do this. Then to do you have no conscience on who is going to be buying the said offspring.
just one more thing I had thought about.

take care
kirk
 
toki2292;4800685; said:
One other thing to think about, is in all honesty, lets say you are able to produce varanus salvadorii offsrping. Which to my knowledge only 3 or 4 people in all of North America have been able to do this. Then to do you have no conscience on who is going to be buying the said offspring.
just one more thing I had thought about.

take care
kirk

offspring if hypothetically were produced, wouldn't be for sale to the generral public...
would be donated to zoos and other such research facilaties.
As not many people I know of can take care of these animals...
 
varanio;4788935; said:
Crocs are a different story, even I don't mess with them. But I like your intentions, however if I may add. The two females can not go im that same enclosure. And you must have visual references for these animals to be able to attain each others presence. The male need to know there are females and the females need to know there is a male thus the two females knowing there is more than one competing female to mate with the male. Again if you want the easiest possible scenario keep all three animals separated until you are prepared to go 30 ft long 12 ft high 12 ft wide, which I insist on being the bare bones minimum for such intelligent, high strung, reclusive large semi arboreal varanus.

As all this happens please share your steps this is highly interesting
I'm going to have to agree that keeping those girls together in that enclosure is a bad idea. There is a very good chance that they will kill one another.
 
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