intoxicated88
Not so new Member
Hey guys I,ve been looking into monitor's a fair bit the last few weeks. And wondering whats the smallest monitor for an adult and what would the enclosure requirements be.?
THANKS
THANKS
That monitor book seems awesome defiantly A must for any keeper. I already have an Acanthurus and thinking of purchasing some Tristis later in the year when hatching season roles around.I'd suggest some further research (from googling "Australian monitor species" and then looking each up, or buying a good book such as Danny Brown's new book on monitor species - Geckodan » Danny Brown » The Bookshop - Page 1) as it sounds like you have performed next to no research and want to be spoon fed the information which to me would indicate, even taking into consideration that some of the smaller monitors are easy to keep, that you are not ready to be able to provide a suitable long term home for them.
He asked for advice and thats what he got.
That monitor book seems awesome defiantly A must for any keeper. I already have an Acanthurus and thinking of purchasing some Tristis later in the year when hatching season roles around.
I'd suggest some further research (from googling "Australian monitor species" and then looking each up, or buying a good book such as Danny Brown's new book on monitor species - Geckodan » Danny Brown » The Bookshop - Page 1) as it sounds like you have performed next to no research and want to be spoon fed the information which to me would indicate, even taking into consideration that some of the smaller monitors are easy to keep, that you are not ready to be able to provide a suitable long term home for them.
I would have thought coming on here and asking questions would also constitute research, or is reading books and searching the internet the only form of research that is valid, we tell people to ask questions of everyone to get a wide scope of information so that when they do commit to buying an animal they are armed with all the neccisary info for keeping that animal happy and healthy, So at what point do YOU feel the OP is ready to fulfill his obligations after making the statement : you are not ready to be able to provide a suitable long term home for them, IMO the OP has done the right thing coming here and asking for more info so more power to him ..........................Ron
You really can't win on forums can you? You have not offered any advice, rather you've chosen to pick my helpful response apart in order to achieve what?
To answer your question, the OP is ready to keep the species when they are able to provide some form of information before asking questions. Nothing against the OP they have explained themselves but before that explanation all that was available to me was a post which was seeking someone to do all the work for them (again I repeat this has already been explained I am not having a go at the OP).
So if the original question was a general "what's the smallest australian monitor species" or "I've been looking into $@&* monitors, what size enclosure does everyone use" question then it isn't asking for everyone to do the work for them.
I personally will go for a spencers monitor if and when I think I am ready for one as that is the monitor that I really like. I would not like to buy a monitor just because it was easy as it would never be the monitor that I really wanted.
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