taylor111
Well-Known Member
hey
i am looking at geting a lace monitor and was wondering if a 3m x 4m x2.5m cage would be ok for an aduld
i am looking at geting a lace monitor and was wondering if a 3m x 4m x2.5m cage would be ok for an aduld
i wouldn't bother with people like that i want a sand monitor and will most likely get one and me and mum are already planning on a lace monitor when i get a class 2.
only thing is if u get one make sure you can handle it they can give a very nasty bite
deffinatly talk to serpenttongue he is a good bloke and is nearly always willing to help
I don't see too much wrong with a 15 year old getting a lace monitor as long as they have done some sort of research and have a good idea on the animal.
Suddenly you have an adult lace monitor that no one wants, so it gets passed around from person to person. They're an intelligent reptile and they like having routine in their lives, so it's cruel to continually rehome them.
The problem is, some 15 year olds can be quite mature for their age, while others are still very much children.
At 15 years old i was the latter, unfortunately. But i still had a strong fasination and obsession with Lace Monitors, fuelled only by images of them in reptile books. It wasn't until i was 23 that i got my first Lace Monitor, and after having it for 1 year i finally came to the conclusion that i was not ready for this species. Mainly because i was still very much 'hands on' with my reptiles and always wanted to hold it. This led to the animal always being defensive towards me. About 3 years later i was ready for a lacey again and started off with a few hatchlings.
Keeping lace monitors is definately a relationship built on trust. You need to give the animal a lot of time to itself, never be reaching in to grab it, and also never be invading it's personal space (lifting up it's hide where it believes itself to be secure and undetectable).
i read all about that and think i could handle leaving it allone
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