Owner dumps nile monitor because its "too hard to handle"

[Jessica Dring]

I agree with Davo on this one. And it otherwise looks like a healthy monitor..

 

[large_cichlids]

I think L_C needs to read this article. Of course I don't know if that will do any good.

what does this have to do with me.I dont dump my animals

 

[Death Pony]

Wish I lived closer to Chicago so I could give poor Andy a good home.

 

[Kioka]

what does this have to do with me.I dont dump my animals

Do you take everything literally?

The article is an example of why Nile Monitors are not good "pets" for the average family and why there is so many of them are given up like yours was. Sure, you may have an obsession with reptiles, but everyone else in the house have to deal with that obsession. In fact, most large animals that are not abandoned are kept in well-established houses or facility with lot of money. Varanids and large Indo-Australian boids may be my passion, but I don't plan on owning any of them until I get a big place or an independent facility to run my operations as well as the mean to feed and heat them with an expected high bills. You know what? At least I realize my limitations. It may take me 10 or 20 years before I can surpass my limitations, but it will be well worth waiting for.

I may be new, but I at least read the old posts.

 

[Connor0729]

Do you take everything literally?

The article is an example of why Nile Monitors are not good "pets" for the average family and why there is so many of them are given up like yours was. Sure, you may have an obsession with reptiles, but everyone else in the house have to deal with that obsession. In fact, most large animals that are not abandoned are kept in well-established houses or facility with lot of money. Varanids and large Indo-Australian boids may be my passion, but I don't plan on owning any of them until I get a big place or an independent facility to run my operations as well as the mean to feed and heat them with an expected high bills. You know what? At least I realize my limitations. It may take me 10 or 20 years before I can surpass my limitations, but it will be well worth waiting for.

I may be new, but I at least read the old posts.

 

[Fishes33]

i wonder if Andy will do well with dogs and ferret

3 feet / 25 pounds could be a good watch dog, i mean lizard around the house Hissss at robber

Anyway :O look at this ads.. 4ft baby anaconda.. i wonder who would buy this snake

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-pets-other-pets-for-sale-Green-Anaconda-W0QQAdIdZ31371846

and i still see this lil cute skinny nile monitor at my lfs for $80.. wish i can keep him xD

lotta crazy people out here, including me xD

and who would actually go buy a dwarf croc and keep it ... hmmmm i always wonder

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-pets-oth...f-Crocodiles-Landing-Nov-19-W0QQAdIdZ29767762

 

[Jessica Dring]

The experienced and the deluded.

 

[large_cichlids]

Do you take everything literally?

The article is an example of why Nile Monitors are not good "pets" for the average family and why there is so many of them are given up like yours was. Sure, you may have an obsession with reptiles, but everyone else in the house have to deal with that obsession. In fact, most large animals that are not abandoned are kept in well-established houses or facility with lot of money. Varanids and large Indo-Australian boids may be my passion, but I don't plan on owning any of them until I get a big place or an independent facility to run my operations as well as the mean to feed and heat them with an expected high bills. You know what? At least I realize my limitations. It may take me 10 or 20 years before I can surpass my limitations, but it will be well worth waiting for.

I may be new, but I at least read the old posts.

what are u talking about,i dont abandon animals,i may of given them to a better home or a friend but i dont abandon them.Stop trying to get attention.

 

[Kioka]

what are u talking about,i dont abandon animals,i may of given them to a better home or a friend but i dont abandon them.Stop trying to get attention.

You back off right now, you do not flame a fellow member. Nowhere did I say you abandoned an animal, just that you gave them up. Giving them up is different than abandoning them, and I can't say abandoning anyway without invoking a flame from you. Oh, and before you call someone an attention-whore (you didn't say it, I did) at least learn the definition first.

I am done with this topic. God you take everything literally and twist them into what you think is "reading between the lines." On the Internet, don't even bother reading between the lines; it get messy and fast.

Edit: Besides, most of the previous is targeted toward other keepers that think they are so "hardcore" for owning a giant snake, a large lizard or venomous pets without realizing the consequences of their actions. There are people that are in it for the attention and the "coolness" and there are people that are in it for the passion; like I said I have a passion for large Indo-Australian pythons, varanids and to add to the list: venomous African colubrids. However, the difference is that I am not going to jump in feet first or selfishly try to fulfill my desires immediately. Again, don't try to read between the line, take it at face value.

 

[Death Pony]

The experienced and the deluded.

basically most of the people on this site.