My little guy

Heres a pic of my little guy
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e5...5/DSC02858.jpg

He's really cool!

What is he?

Does he bite?

He is a water monitor. I dont handle him. I move him to a tub to clean his cage and he gets very nervous. Hes bitten me once but I scared him. As long as he is in his cage I can rub his back and he will be really calm. But he still doesnt trust me enough to be handled outside of his cage

If he's letting you rub his back in the cage at that size, you're off to a good start.

I acquired one in '91 at about 18" TL, and was a nervous wreck. Regurged, took off running, etc. Took a year and a half to calm down. Turned into a 6 foot awesome animal. Best lizard I ever owned. And I've owned quite a few...

Good luck with him. I just hope you realize it's not a big snake with legs...

Chris

Yea we actually had a 6 foot male that someone stole from us last year. He was the best lizard I could ever ask for. But this guy is off to a great start. He doesnt run or anything from me while im in his enclosure and he doesnt mind me petting him while hes in the cage he just doesent trust me out of his cage yet. BUt hopefully he will come around in time. If not ill just have a pissy lizard lol

Nice looking monitor good luck with him.I would switch out that bark substrate and replace it with a dirt sand mix as it will hold the humidity a little better


How did some one steal a 6 foot lizard from you


greg

We are moving next week into our new house and when we move I am redoing his enclosure.

We went to our local reptile show last year and while we were gone someone busted our sliding glass doors and then got him and left. It had to of been someone we knew though because they knew we were gone and im pretty sure noone is going to try to steal a 6 foot lizard if they didnt know it was tame or not.

I am going to agree it had to be some one you know because the average person is afraid of most reptiles let alone a 6 footer



greg

The only thing I dont understand is they just took him. They didnt touch any of my snakes.