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28-May-06, 05:39 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: melbourne australia Age: 45 | | | | sandies are great. |
28-May-06, 06:06 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | I've kept 8 species of monitors and they are by far my favourite reptiles. I find them far more interesting than snakes (although I still keep and love snakes), and their appearance is just as stunning in my opinion.
The species I've kept are:
Varanus goudlii (Sand Monitor)
Varanus varius (Lace Monitor)
Varanus mitchelli (Mitchell's Water Monitor)
Varanus mertensi (Merten's Water Monitor)
Varanus kingorum (Long-tailed Rock Monitor)
Varanus tristis (Blackheaded Monitor)
Varanus spenceri (Spencers Monitor)
Varanus rosenbergi (Heath Monitor)
Not only are their behaviours so great to watch, but setting up their environments is always great fun, trying to create naturalistic and interesting habitats.
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28-May-06, 06:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Melbourne Age: 18 | | | | I've owned tristis. Interesting little fellas. Typically extremely shy and timid, however I have come across exceptions, to the stage where they wont run away if you enter the room. Strictly no handling in my experience though. |
28-May-06, 06:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Wagga NSW Age/Gender: 25  | | | | Serpenttounge. Have you got any pics of him not sleeping?
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28-May-06, 06:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Western Sydney | | | | I keep Gilleni.... I can't recommend them highly enough. Interesting, intelligent captives.
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28-May-06, 08:25 PM
|  | The Devils Reject. Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Rugsville..... Gender: | | | | i did have a sandy and i loved haveing him but i had to get rid of him as i did not have the room for him
when he got big......it was a sad day.
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28-May-06, 09:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by craig.a.c Serpenttounge. Have you got any pics of him not sleeping? |
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28-May-06, 09:24 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Sydney Age: 44 | | | | Personally, I think normal lacies are better looking than Bells when they are all colourful like ST's.
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28-May-06, 09:29 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | You should see one of my other ones, Pete. Perfect banding. It'll knock ya socks off!!!! 
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28-May-06, 09:38 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Vic Gender: | | | | I've only kept ackies but they're great fun!
Simon what is the tamest out of the larger goannas you've kept (spencers, heath, goulds and lacies).
Jords
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29-May-06, 01:32 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Newcastle, NSW | | | | Jordo,
I found the tamest to be the Lacies...big male I had was an absolute push-over :-)
Simon Archibald |
29-May-06, 08:54 AM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Melbourne | | | | You have got to love the goannas. We only have a few tiny ackies and we have not had them for long but their antics just hold your attention. Intelligence wise they seem to be close to the top of the tree from an Aussie reptile perspective.
I like the way they "cook" themselves under the basking lights and then go foraging at a million miles per hour until they cool down and then park themselves under the lights again to recharge.
I also like the way they use their forked tongues.
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29-May-06, 10:36 AM
| | | | Monitors
Hi,
currently have
primoridus
storrs
ackies
gillens
scalaris
tristis
mitchells
mertens
sandies
lacies, both normal and bells
and soon to acquire some brevicauda and kingorum |
29-May-06, 10:48 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Brisbane | | | | Monitors
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Originally Posted by Ozboy Hi,
currently have
primoridus
storrs
ackies
gillens
scalaris
tristis
mitchells
mertens
sandies
lacies, both normal and bells
and soon to acquire some brevicauda and kingorum | 
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29-May-06, 10:50 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Sep-05 Location: brisneyland | | | hi all
i have storrs , accies , a goulds and a orientalis and am always looking for more i am after brevicaudas (pitty bout theyre price ) , kingorum , mitchelli , a female orientalis , tristis tristis , female goulds , scalaris but its all about when i have the money as to when i can get monitors :roll: and whatever else i can get my hands on 
i will try get some decent pics of them and post | | |
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