Monitor lizards!

[imported-varanus]

I suspect may populations of Ackies are somewhat inbred anyway. Having visited remote rock outcrops in Northern Oz, where they're as common as garden skinks on the ground, surrounded by a sea of grassland that stretches as far as the eye can see, I don't think may would make the treacherous trip to the next rock pile just to avoid inbreeding.

 

[pinefamily]

You would need unrelated pairs for mixed genes, otherwise you would be just inbreeding... Are you referring to 2 individuals that have never seen each other?

[MENTION=40362]CrazyNut[/MENTION], yes, apparently there is a risk when introducing ackies for the first time that they can fight. As I said, haven't tried it myself, but I am sure there must be a way to do so. Hopefully someone with first hand experience can enlighten us.
We have a trio of sandfire yellow ackies that we bought as a trio, although one of them does have some toes missing; watching them since we've had them, I suspect that one was introduced to the other two, judging by their behaviour.
We also have a red ackie by himself.

 

[imported-varanus]

I once owned a trio of reds and kept them in a relatively large enclosure without any issues for several yeras. I later on sold them and the new owner put all 3 in a 4 foot fish tank. Within days, the larger male had killed one of the females and badly mauled the other. I'm fairly certain it had something to do with space and/ or the use of enclosure furniture to create barriers between resident animals.

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They had more opportunity to get away from each other, when required.

 

[CrazyNut]

@pinefamily I say you would need to do a slow introduction with a clear barrier so they can get used to each other before the barrier is removed after 1-2 weeks, well thats what I would do anyway lol.
[MENTION=41911]imported-varanus[/MENTION] that's actually really interesting and would make sense, do you know of any papers been done on this or any official scientific research? I would love to read about it. I wonder if dessert chameleons are also slightly inbred?

 

[Trewin]

Yea i was referring to putting 2 unrelated hatchies in with each other. I was thinking that space probable has alot to do with fighting and dominance. ill make sure to put heaps of hiding places in myn.

 

[pinefamily]

[MENTION=41323]Trewin[/MENTION], and make sure the enclosure is big enough; better bigger than smaller. [MENTION=40362]CrazyNut[/MENTION], I'm not sure if monitors can "in-breed" as such; maybe after several generations? Monitors are the closest relative of snakes, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of inbreeding with snakes that I am aware of.

 

[Monitor Madness]

Here is a couple of photos of a lacie I found on my mates property over the weekend. Photos were taking with a phone so sorry about the quality. He was a fair way up the tree too. I sore another one the day before but didn't have a camera with me unfortunately. Its always good to see them out in the wild.

 

[hector]

rosenbergs

Male and female rosenberg

 

[kingofnobbys]

Would love to have one or two SMALL monitors as pets one day , don't have the space for the big guys .

 

[pinefamily]

And introducing our newest monitor, a freckled monitor (tristis orientalis).

You can see how small it is, sitting on my wife's wrist.

 

[baker]

Some monitors I have found over time.
Lace monitor (Varuanus varius) by Cameron Baker, on Flickr
Lace monitor (Varanus varius) by Cameron Baker, on Flickr
Hatchling yellow spotted monitor, Varanus panoptes by Cameron Baker, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/rdFkx7] Yellow spotted monitor on the beach (Varanus panoptes) by Cameron Baker, on Flickr[/URL]

Cheers Cameron