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18-Apr-07, 08:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | Short Tailed Pygmy Monitors
Does anyone here keep them? If so can you fill me in abit on there requirements? (Such as enclosure size for an adult trio, Temps, How often and quantity of feeding) Cheers for any help provided
Jason |
18-Apr-07, 08:55 PM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | | I think expansa1 and flavirufus both keep them, but neither come on here often.
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18-Apr-07, 10:24 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-04 Location: Sydney, Northern Beaches Gender: | | | I love this little monitor too..but cant get my hands on any until im old enough to get my class 2 license (and of course get the money).
Not much help but i think their care would be much the same as other small monitors - mainly gilleni, acanthurus and eremius which have a similar range. Less height for the enclosure of course.
Heres a very brief outline of their care if you havent already seen this: http://www.varanus.nl/V_brevicauda_beschr_eng.htm |
18-Apr-07, 10:37 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | I havnt ever kept them but I would give them a hot basking spot 60C or more(at the hottest part) and sand as a substrate, from what i have read they mainly eat insects. Other than that i would assume standard monitor husbandry would be ideal. |
19-Apr-07, 01:30 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Thanks for your help guys, Im getting a trio next week and was wondering if a 1200mmL x 600H x 600W would suit the trio. |
19-Apr-07, 01:31 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | heaps heaps heaps big enough.
A trio could happily live in a 2-3' tank.
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19-Apr-07, 02:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-04 Location: Sydney, Northern Beaches Gender: | | | | That should be great, some people keep pairs of ackies in 4x2x2 (and probably smaller) so a trio of brevicauda should have plenty of room.
Dont forget to post pics of them when you get them! Good luck with them. |
19-Apr-07, 02:44 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | | why not put them in a 6 x 2 x 2 they would have the time of there life in a cage that big.
give them as much space as you can aford because they will use every inch | |
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