monitor idea

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Gourami Swami;1462645; said:
ackies cost what, 350$? To a teenager like myself, working part time and saving for a car, thats alot. Im sure jason is no teenager, but its still a reasonably large sum of money for a lizard.

But, they ARE so damn cool :P

Jason if you cant find any other monitors, there are lots of other cool things for that enclosure.
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sorry but... woooooooooohoo. We've found a reptile that's cheaper here than there! :D
They go for about 85-100 pounds here, and on the classifieds can get them for less now and again. Reds on the other hand... yeah, we are still looking at a large sum of money. Alex did mention though you can't import these animals and we can... Guess that's the difference.
 
Timors would also be a good monitor.
 
Why not get a couple beardies? maybe a mate for your Boa? A box turtle or red-foot tortoise? I dont think there are more small affordable monitors.

80-100 pounds? thats like 160-200 US dollars right? The only price I have seen yellows for is almost 300$, and reds for almost 400.

They might go for cheaper, thats just what ive seen.
 
yeah all around 3 to 4 hundred.I bread beardeds for several years,if anything it will be for monitors,some type of skink,or maybe the first few years for a baby desert tort i may adopt.Whats with gila monsters,how come they are not alowed to be had here?Anyway i realy do like the akies but some skinks like a group of fire skinks might be cool.Ive never had any skinks before,who knows just brainstorming.Those metal tubs are great though and like 100 bucks or so.Got it at a feed store.
 
reds for 400... thats cheap, I saw them for sale for 500 here, so yeah thats a grand for you guys (and a 1.3 for 3,200-or 6 400 dollars). Yours true reds?
 
Maybe a water monitor? Not quite sure how big they get. Alex (varanio) will need to chime in on this thread...
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Water's get HUGE....second largest (well heaviest) monitor after the Komodo. That trough would be the water bowl for a adult water lol.

If a ackie is out of the price range, I might suggest a Savannah, peachthroat, mangrove or
argus...

Whats with gila monsters,how come they are not alowed to be had here
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I presume because they are native to some parts of CA and could easily survive in the others. Introduced species are bad enough without them being venomous too lol
 
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