Some new additions

[RobertCoombs]

First are a trio of little yellow ackies I traded for ,These guys are extremly entertaining and fun to watch



and second I had a couple of nicey colored crested babies hatch out last night , for size reference these little guys can curl up on a dime

[mlededee]

aaaaaw cute!! great pics too. hey, is that cute little red crestie on the left lookin for a new home? :wink: :wink:

[rex322]

aww thier cute! congrats on the additions

[Marla]

Very cool! I wondered how big crestie hatchlings were, but had never seen a reference as clear as that. I'd like to hear more about the ackies, too. It doesn't seem we have many ackie keepers here.

[RobertCoombs]

Mlededee, it may be a possibility but I dont let any of them go until they are well established usually around 3 months old
Marla I have had some larger baby cresteds than these but not by much I almost hate transfering them to their houseing from a deli cup because they are so small and fragile in appearence
The ackies, I would say are the second best first time lizard pet and the best first time monitor to start with, best fed on a diet primarily of crickets,roaches and other feeder insects with once weekly or so helping of ground turkey 120-130 degree basking with 80-85 ambient temps They are extremely friendly and sociable really close to bearded dragons except they require either a humidty holding substrate or the very least a humid hide and weekly soaking

[mlededee]

i'm glad that you keep the cresties until they are established. that gives me time to convince my fiance and to do some good research first anyhow. :mrgreen:

[sophie42204]

Very nice! Great pix as usual.

[Marla]

Robert, I can certainly understand being nervous about handling something that small. I would be too. What are you housing the babies in, critter keepers? My adults (1.1) haven't bred yet, and I think it's because they've been together this entire time, so I'm going to be making a new enclosure to house all three females together and then house the male separately.

It's great to hear that the ackies are similar to beardies in temperament. I was under the impression that there weren't any monitor species that consistently 'friendly', but apparently I was mistaken. How big do they get?

[RobertCoombs]

Marla , I do keep them in critter keepers with a layer of paper towels between the lid and the bottom to keep the fruit flies and crickets in as well as some extra humidity . paper towel for substrate , and a peice of egg crate or paper towel rolls for hides and climbing
The Ackies get around 2 feet in length which is quite a bit of tail

[Marla]

Thanks Robert, very informative! I hadn't heard the idea of paper towel just below the lid before, but that sounds like a good one.