Ackie Hatchie...

[benson]

Well done aslan, you sound like such a PROUD dad!!!!
He looks great, heres hoping he will thrive for you.
Cheers

 

[dragon lady]

Beautiful,just beautiful!!!

 

[Magpie]

I have a smallish form of ackie, only growing to about 40cm TL.
They are fine in a 4x2, although I have mine in a 6'x18" currently and would love to move them outside.

 

[Aslan]

Mags - I prefer to give mine a bit more space than is necessary as well - would love to put them in a large trough/tub in the garage, but then I can't really watch them so it's a hard decision to make. I think evenually they will go down there - just so active and want more room for them...

 

[Aslan]

you little ripper.Thats another monitor in this world to feed baby snakes to LOL.

Can't wait til he gets big enough to eat baby Coastals...!!

 

[Tristis]

till he gets some size on him

 

[jordo]

Congrats, nice looking accie

 

[Aslan]

till he gets some size on him

Cheers, he took his first cricket today - hopefully that size will get on him quickly...

 

[dunno103]

congrats

cute little fella, always good seeing them eat for the first time

cheers

 

[Aussietoby]

It awesome so cute. Congrats

 

[GraftonChic]

Awesome

 

[Nikki.]

Congrats Aslan .What a cutie !

 

[Magpie]

What's the deal with keeping them humid? I've not heard of that before.

 

[cruester]

Magpie. Its just a way of keeping them hydrated when they first hatch out.

 

[richardsc]

not so much keeping them constantly humid
id be spraying them once to twice a day to let them drink ect till they learn to drink from a bowl,mind u i spray the adults and even poor water over there stack a bit but dont have them constantly damp as such,they have a moist nest box year round to though so they often dig through that,they love to dignice looking bubba,i hatched only 2 this year,male ate most of my eggs and lost the female unfortunatly after laying issues,possably caused by male and me interfereing with the egg laying process

 

[Paliadon]

Awesome!!! That is great news.

 

[Kristy86]

wow, what a cutie! I have only just begun looking in to maybe getting a monitor or two and i think this solves the 'if' issue!!
Good luck with the little one!

 

[Aslan]

In regards to humidity,

My adults are kept very dry. They get the occasional bowl of water poured over their stack (maybe once a fortnight or so)...

The young fella is sprayed about twice a day and seems to drink quite regularly, I have only seen my adults drink once, and that was my female whilst carrying eggs - she drank quite a lot...

So, only going off that, it seems that the young Ackie is more keen to get some water into him...not so much a humidity issue for him I guess, more one of hydration...

 

[scam7278]

congrats bud im getting a pair very very soon

 

[Aslan]

Hobbs - Be careful, they're addictive...

I recently picked up three Gillens which are even more so - I am now picturing the enormous Monitor enclosure I want in my lounge room...I think my missus rues the day I brought home my first Ackie