New Water monitor (south Africa)

HI
I got a nile water monitor this morning.
Caught it actually, as I live in south africa.
So I was just wondering what type of setup you guys usually use for yours.
It's still a small guy, less than a foot.
I saw some caresheets, but they weren't explicit enough.
If I feed the little guy on mice and small lizzards, how often do I feed it?
Do you use under tank heating as well as lights?

Like I said on your last post. I don't know allot about Monitors but If this is a wild caught monitor I would recommend that you check for parasites, if you haven't already.

Thanks, I've checked for mites and ticks already.
It seems clean and in good condition.
It's got really brite colours.

Here's a pic.
It bites like crazy.
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/p...039646_553.jpg

From what I know they grow like a weed, I mean they can seriously grow quickly. I believe they get around 5-8ft and can inflict serious injuries to a person with an in-experienced handler (not saying you are) just need to be careful. From what i've read before you feed it once to twice a week on a ranged diet of mice, crickets, mealworms and possible goldfish.

Cool, thanks for the input.
I've caught a larger one before...
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/p...torlizzard.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/p...torlizzard.jpg
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/p...orlizzard2.jpg
So I have a pretty good idea of what they get like. But I let the big one go, the same day.
Sorry about the picture quality, was taken a long time ago, on an old crappy phone camera.
Ya, I just caught the little guy today and thought I'd try keeping him.
Thanks for the advice though.

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Originally Posted by snakemanjayd

Here's a pic.
It bites like crazy.
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/p...039646_553.jpg

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what a cute picture!:D:8:

Thanks

get him vet checked, make sure he is good, then set him in a decent sized tank...maybe 30-40 gal for now with some top soil in it.

feed him some insects and pinkies every other day if not everyday. he will grow like a weed. and will be pretty flightly but he looks awesome.

Nile water monitor? That's one I've never heard of.

I'm pretty sure it's just a Nile monitor as Niles are native to Africa and Waters native to Asia.

Here's a page on them
http://www.sandsexoticanimals.com/ca...lemonitor.html