Post Pictures Of Your Pet Monitors!

Recently fell in love with savannah monitors and tegus. Water monitors are freakin awesome too but way too big for me to own as a pet. Cant wait to get one of these bad boys in a few years when I move out! For now, I will have to live vicariously through you guys! So.. Post pictures of your favorite pet monitors or tegus, I wanna see em all! Include when you got them or some back story if you want :D

Heres a video of Brian Gundy and the only reptile he owns that he considers a pet- his black and white tegu.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps7cMClwR88

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...ii/cid_520.jpg
This is my Sav (Sambuca). He was out for a stroll and my wife took a shot with her phone. Sorry for the crappy pic. He is getting massive, just look at the base of his tail! Sharp claws, or should I say razor talons. When he climbs on me for a visit you can tell because he usually leaves me bleeding. Lots of personality, likes to have a head scratch :)

Heres my demon ornate monitor Jack(aka Lucifer), I got him back in May as a wee hatchling and man has he grown!!

this pic was taken a couple months back, hes alot bigger now

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/v...62679581_n.jpg

bath time for the beast

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/v...uck/photo4.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/v...67457847_n.jpg

Hes quite the handful and hes a LOT of work but I love taking care of him and his personality is so funny. He never bites me but hes sure to whip me when he wants me gone lol

This is my nile Superman (who is actually a girl)

When we first got her in may
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...VnXzIuanBn.jpg

Causing trouble after a bath in june

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...n/IMAG0270.jpg

Showing how tough she is in october

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...n/IMAG0802.jpg

And eating in the weirdest places on monday night

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...9/IMAG0905.jpg



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Heres a cool pic of my B&W

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/...cache/tegu.jpg

And with a friend of mine on a photo shoot.

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_2845.jpg

Here are some pictures of my first tegu. Sadly he was stolen and I don't have any full grown pics. He was just coming out of his second hibernation and slept about 6-7 months each time. I still have an open case with our local sheriff's department so hopefully if they recover any large lizards they'll give me a call.

A couple weeks old:
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z.../babyboon3.jpg

Just turned a year old, one of the few "clean" pics of him since he lived outside and loved to dig:
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0300.jpg

At the end of the same summer in his standard dirty skin:
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0418.jpg

Getting on into his second winter we started getting some nasty weather. After the 4th consecutive freeze I brought him inside and let him spend the rest of his hibernation free ranging the house.

This was one of his favorite spots:
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0586.jpg

Sometimes I'd catch him moving, usually when there was a fire burning.
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0591.jpg
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0593.jpg

Dozing off by the fire:
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0609.jpg

After the fire burned down he'd either go back to his spot or climb up with me. Quite a few times I woke up with a tegu sprawled out on my chest and his head tucked under my chin. Such a sweet boy, he is greatly missed.

Ahhh They all look so awesome ! John, your pics of your tegu lying down beside the fire are too funny, reminds me of my friends dog. Im curious as to how it got "stolen"?

How big do sav's get? Anyone have any care sheets for them? I've been on here: http://savannahmonitor.org/ but wanted to make sure the information was correct.

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Originally Posted by mattchibi

Im curious as to how it got "stolen"?

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Someone came onto my property, opened his enclosure and took him. It took me a while to convince the deputy that the tegu didn't "chew his way out".. The enclosure is escape proof, I made sure of that when I built the thing. The whole thing is fully enclosed and if you dig down there's hardware cloth covering the entire bottom. I just didn't think of protecting against theft and only had a sliding latch on the door, no lock. Here's a picture of the enclosure, it is now always locked!

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0346.jpg

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Originally Posted by John1982

Someone came onto my property, opened his enclosure and took him. It took me a while to convince the deputy that the tegu didn't "chew his way out".. The enclosure is escape proof, I made sure of that when I built the thing. The whole thing is fully enclosed and if you dig down there's hardware cloth covering the entire bottom. I just didn't think of protecting against theft and only had a sliding latch on the door, no lock. Here's a picture of the enclosure, it is now always locked!

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0346.jpg

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Wow that is really freaking uncool. I would have gone nuts if someone stole my tegu!! Very nice outdoor lizard house tho ;)

http://youtu.be/lmOo8I1jOZk

Heres my 8 month old sumatran water monitor(Cpt Jack Sparrow). Love this guy! Had him since he was 3 weeks old. Never bitten or tail whip me, time, patience and food to gain his trust, now he considers me a playful friend who brings him food.

I'll just do present a story line with pics of the ones I had before would require more than one post. So currently I have;

Korben a Colombian Tegu, not sure if he's male or female yet. I got him back in March from a local shop once I was ready after the loss of my other tegus. I saw his little face on KS and knew it was time for another tegu.

The day I got him,..

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP2328.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP2346.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP2351.jpg

and Korben earlier today catching some rays.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3903.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3905.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3912.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3917.jpg

Then there's Natsuki my B&W, I got him a few months later in June, from a local woman who could no longer care for him properly. He was very much under weight but you wouldn't know it today.

The day I got him;

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP2878.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP2903.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP2925.jpg

and now.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3532.jpg

Noms,.. chicks, rat and blueberry turkey :D

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3824.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3503.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP3300.jpg

http://youtu.be/lmOo8I1jOZk

Heres my 8 month old sumatran water monitor(Cpt Jack Sparrow). Love this guy! Had him since he was 3 weeks old. Never bitten or tail whip me, time, patience and food to gain his trust, now he considers me a playful friend who brings him food.

Nice Bubblz, Natsuki is looking great!

http://img.tapatalk.com/5683ed32-11d3-89ec.jpg

Blue tailed monitor

http://img.tapatalk.com/5683ed32-120a-bb8a.jpg

Green tree monitor.

http://img.tapatalk.com/5683ed32-1260-64b7.jpg

Last my male Ackie

Love monitors big time

Here is my late tegu.. Her name.. uh.. rhymed with "witch" .. before I rescued her, she was aggressive.. lol only took me a couple months (and regular feedings) to get her puppy dog tame.. so naturally.. I had to humiliate her.. :P

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...Picture220.jpg

Blue Spot Timor - Drizzle
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/3...JGqB2dwe0h.jpg

Blue Tail Monitor - Tru
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/5...iIsTfqiCrN.jpg

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Originally Posted by mattchibi

Ahhh They all look so awesome ! John, your pics of your tegu lying down beside the fire are too funny, reminds me of my friends dog. Im curious as to how it got "stolen"?

How big do sav's get? Anyone have any care sheets for them? I've been on here: http://savannahmonitor.org/ but wanted to make sure the information was correct.

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Gee Matt, I just looked at your entire history at ssnakess, and not once did you ever post in any of my Sav threads....

Everything you are asking and then some has already been answered..

Sav.org is the MOST CORRECT web site ever published about savs,:cool:

http://www.chompersite.com/outside/images/sav4.jpg

http://www.chompersite.com/outside/images/chomp3a.jpg

Chomper outside gallery Massive outdoor photo shoot

Here's a pretty old pic of my Ornate monitor. He's around 7 feet now...

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...ofIMG_0525.jpg

Chris

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Originally Posted by mumps

Here's a pretty old pic of my Ornate monitor. He's around 7 feet now...

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...ofIMG_0525.jpg

Chris

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Jesus Chris, you keep giving him that crappy Coors Light and he's gonna turn mean. If you put me under a 140 degree lamp with only Coors Light to drink I'd bite your arm next chance I got.

There was recently a heated discussion on Varanus.nl and it was agreed to by all that Stella is the preferred alcoholic beverages for ornates.

Well it's not a monitor but closely related to them.It's closer to a tegu. Here it is,my lil Caiman Lizard...
[IMG]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC_0941.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC_0939.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/...r/DSC_0945.jpg[/IMG]

"Teddy the Tegu" :) 4 yr old Argentine. She's smiling in this one!


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6...8a47ea4a4c.jpg




PS: Water was changed shortly after the pic :)

Oh, I have ackies too!

[IMG]http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file.../ackienew2.jpg[/IMG]

Chris

And we had an Argentine tegu for a number of years until mouth cancer took him from us :(

[IMG]http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...mps_26jane.jpg[/IMG]

Chris

Rodrigo, my Asian Water. My next monitor purchase will either be green tree or blue tree monitors.

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