What I've been up to the last 4+ year's

Bsixxx

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Been out of fish keeping for a new venture and has started to pay off...
My other passion aside from monster fish has been reptiles, specifically varanidae or monitor lizards. Specifically for me my favorite is the block headed monitors in the albigularis group.

I have had a pair for three years and before I had the lone male for 5 or so year's. Took me a long time to aquire an old enough and healthy enough female in the USA. Built a few enclosures and finally feel lile I got it right as she recently laid another healthy clutch and this would be her second, the first was 36 original eggs and all but one made it past the 30 day mark. The remaining is still in incubation from original lay date of 6/15/2018, and now this morning around 2am she laid her second clutch which looks like another 30 or so eggs. So here is an update and why ive keen out of the game so long...20181007_123024.jpg 20181005_223048.jpg 20181005_222420.jpg 20181004_203306.jpg 20181004_203254.jpg 20181004_203242.jpg 20181004_203212.jpg
 

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That will eat ur fish lmao
 

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I can't see too much of the monitor but I can certainly see why they are called block headed.They kind of resemble Savannahs,how do they compare to them as far as size and temperament.
 

Bsixxx

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I can't see too much of the monitor but I can certainly see why they are called block headed.They kind of resemble Savannahs,how do they compare to them as far as size and temperament.
Size wise these are larger, my male is a little over 57" and weighs 37lbs and the female is shy of 40" (longer tail) and about 18lbs

Temperament with all animals depends on the individual. My male I can pick up and pet and he comes over to the window to be let out and explores what I am doing. The female runs from me and hisses and tail whips when I get near 90% of the time and the other 10% she just watches my every move.
 
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That's awesome,the male is like a dog!
 
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