Monitor missing nail?

[Bodie]

I looked at buying a sand monitor on the weekend & noticed it was missing a nail/ claw, is this normal? It didn't seem to affect it climbing or anything.

 

[gillsy]

Common for monitors to loose nails as they don't shed properly. It only affects athestics, so if you want it go for it.

 

[JAS101]

my lace has a missing nail , he seems to get along ok without it .

 

[PeppersGirl]

Doesn't bother my ackie at all, he lost two front claws but it's just as hard to keep him off the curtains

 

[Tristis]

Common for monitors to loose nails as they don't shed properly. It only affects athestics, so if you want it go for it.

monitors do shed properly if kept right.

 

[El_Lagarto]

My male ackie has ripped out two nails from moving around his cage. Each time i found him with blood and the nail hanging at a funny angle which eventually falls out. He is a very big boy and I suspect it might be from climbing on the plastic vent which has very small holes that his nails could get stuck in. So far they have all grown back.

 

[Bodie]

Thank you, so will they regrow or will the monitor be without a claw?

 

[cadwallader]

i have not heard of them re growing i don't believe its like some lizards tails.... all mine have all toes so if the enclosure is right its not normal to lose toes...

 

[El_Lagarto]

If it's just the nail it may regrow depending on how it was lost. Atoe will never regrow.