Spencers monitor

[Dabool]

just a bit of an update as advised i have put the temps up in the enclosure cool end is 32oC (ambient) and i have installed a 150w infared globe which has bumped the hot area up to 52- 55oC and he has started to eat like a horse.
i also replaced the newspaper substrait with a red sand about 180mm deep and now has a matrix of burrows that were dug but the monitor the first day the sand was placed in the enclosure.
in fact this little guy spends all day digging so i think it would be almost cruel not to keep them in some kind of
substrait that alows this behavior.
he has been feeding on crickets fuzzy mice ,beef heart ,earth worms.
thanks for. everyones advice.

[Dabool]

if any one has anything to ad any further advice is much appreciated.

[cris]

Sounds like you have everything sorted. As it starts to get a little bigger i would increase the basking temp a bit more. A halogen spotlight would be the best way to do this IMO. Eating, digging and baking seems to be all they want to do so sounds like your taking good care of the little guy.

[Kenshin]

just making my personal recomendation for monitors is not use high murcury vapour bulbs they are awsum and provide the best uvb/uva output you can get and you can get them in 100-150 watt bulbs also wouldent hurt to build him a tile stack for directly under the heat source while hes small and as he gets to big for the stack replace it with a matrix of branches and a nice big flat rock to hold the heat under the spotlight

[Kenshin]

heres a pic of a basic setup with a tile stack (top of the stack is 70c) and a digging/nesting site next to it

[Dabool]

cool i have a sandstone paver under the heat source which is about 30 cm from the light i will stack some more in there.

[arbok]

lol grats dabool so jealous! def my fav monitar! but way to big until i get a humble home of my own

[Danny]

can u have them on a class one i realy want one

[missllamathuen]

mine have never bitten me but they whip there tails a bit sometimes, they can get fiesty if they are hungry, mine like woodies, pinkies, whiskerys jelly meat tinned cat food, they like little things that they can sleep under and DONT put sand as the flooring because when they go to the loo the sand can stick to them then it can end up inside them and cause infections use a fake grass or bark chips that dont have chemicals on them

[missllamathuen]

ps thats my lil one in my avatar he is the funniest little man, he surprisingly can jump really high... wierd because my other one doesnt jump

[Dabool]

thanks for the info has one of yours had an anal impaction?
would be great if can you post some pics of your set up .

[missllamathuen]

nope havent been sick at all luckily sure thing i will take some pictures tommorow when there out and about so u can see i am still working out how to use this site i only joined yesturday but ill try to make a board with some pics i can pm u when there up or just keep an eye out

[pugsly]

Some pics

[Tojo]

Love the last pic pugsly,he wasn't letting that one get away!

[cris]

Originally Posted by missllamathuen

they like little things that they can sleep under and DONT put sand as the flooring because when they go to the loo the sand can stick to them then it can end up inside them and cause infections use a fake grass or bark chips that dont have chemicals on them

Who told you that? sounds like complete rubbish to me. Most ppl keep their goannas on sand or soil of some sort(or atleast have some somewhere in the cage). I know i do and havnt ever had a problem.