Show Me Your Montiors!

[Varanidae]

Very nice serpenttongue how big are your pits

 

[serpenttongue]

Some.

 

[serpenttongue]

Some.

 

[serpenttongue]

Very nice serpenttongue how big are your pits

Roughly 3.5m long, 2m wide, 2m high.

 

[Jason]

managed to dig up this shot of my male lacey. Serpentongue, i absolutely love the last animal in your second lot of pics and the first in your last lot... amazing bands! dont suppose you have a young female like that you'd consider parting with?

 

[ChrisZhang]

great photos guys, whats the smallest monitor to keep in captivity??? and how big would the enclosure need to be?

 

[imported_Varanus]

"dont suppose you have a young female like that you'd consider parting with?"

If he does Jason, I already baggzed first !

"Wait until the male is full grown! Your body is in for a world of hurt!"

I've already jearn't not to walk past him in the aviary during a thunderstorm !!

Edit:Sorry, still having trouble posting quotes and smileys.

 

[jinin]

Monitors By far are the best of the Lizards.

My Sandie:

 

[serpenttongue]

managed to dig up this shot of my male lacey. Serpentongue, i absolutely love the last animal in your second lot of pics and the first in your last lot... amazing bands! dont suppose you have a young female like that you'd consider parting with?

Yeah, they are two nice lacies. That first one looks to be a male, and the other is definately female, so they will make a great pair that should produce stunning babies at some point in the future.

Sorry, Jason, but I don't part with females.

 

[serpenttongue]

If he does Jason, I already baggzed first !

Yeah, mate, you're first in line.

 

[sweetangel]

some of mine

what locality is your accie?? i have one that looks very similar but its locality was not know.

here are a few of my accies

the mount isa ones are the brown coloured ones, then i have a few sandfire red accies. and lastly my new pair and im not sure of locality. i think they might be WA or something

 

[herptrader]

One of your girls is looking a bit gravid:lol:

 

[absinthe_616]

wow serp!! absolutely LOVE your laceys! theyre amazing!!

great pics. cant wait to get my own. how long does it take to get to full length with them?

 

[serpenttongue]

. how long does it take to get to full length with them?

Monitors are fast growing, but this really depends on how much they are fed, and at what temps they are kept. It is possible to get them to adult size by 1 year, but I have never acheived this. Nor would I want to, really.

 

[beney_boy]

ive got a pair of sandies, both unknown sex, gonna get matt stockdale to have a look at them in a few weeks. there is a little size difference between them, the largest is about 65cm total and the smaller is probably about 30cm. at what size can i house them together?

beautiful lacies serpent. cant wait to get a bells phase in the future. the pits you have, how long would they last in one?

 

[serpenttongue]

beautiful lacies serpent. cant wait to get a bells phase in the future. the pits you have, how long would they last in one?

They will last forever in one.

 

[beney_boy]

oh awesome. looks like after my sandies get a bit bigger im moving up to lacies if you also dont mind me asking, did you build the pits, if so how much did it cost? or did you purchase bird aviary-like sheds? and how much did they cost?

 

[Costa]

dam it naledge i was going to do that...

 

[serpenttongue]

oh awesome. looks like after my sandies get a bit bigger im moving up to lacies if you also dont mind me asking, did you build the pits, if so how much did it cost? or did you purchase bird aviary-like sheds? and how much did they cost?

My aviaries were built years ago, so I can't really remember exactly what the cost was, but it was around $1000 an aviary. This is including soil and bark chips as a substrate (plus it's delivery), handiglaze plastic sheeting to put up over the wire mesh (so they dont rub their snouts), timber and metal sheeting(plus delivery) etc.

I also have an aviary that was delivered in kit form from Col Western Sheds, and erected myself. This is about 6m long, 1.8m high and 1.7 wide, and was $1000.

 

[absinthe_616]

finally found this pic. its my fave pic of a baby lacie :3 as if you wouldnt want one!