uluru (4 pics).....

well here is my red ackie monitor, uluru. i got him 3 days ago from Frank Retes of Goanna Ranch.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/ackie008.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/6fee8ffd.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/cf3224b6.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/36651b8d.jpg
he still has some stuck shed on his neck but its been coming off nicely.

So tiny, How old is he???:sweeet: So very cute!! Congrats on the new kid!

thank you. im guessing he's only about a week old.

here's a couple that my sister (reptile-girl) took of him:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/ackie011.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/ackie012.jpg

Congrats Marshall, he looks very nice! I don't know a thing about these creatures...how big will he get and what does he eat? Are they nice to handle or more just for display?

ackies are great monitors. they only get about 2 feet. as hatchling they eat mostly dusted crickets and some raw ground turkey (once or twice a week). you offer them as much as they'll eat everyday until the end of the first year. as adults you scale back for maintenance and you can start offering more meats in the diet like pinky mice or chopped adult mice, but still mostly insect like crickets and roaches. they are great for a display animal and for handling. yellows are normally less aggressive then reds but i LOVE the color of red ackies and they can both be tamed. my ackie hasnt tried to bite me yet, he mostly just runs and wiggles a lot, hahahahaha.

He's sooooo cute. -Meltage.- Now I want one. O_O

very nice! what an awesome addition to your collection. :gj: you must keep us updated with pics as he grows! :)

Congrats on the new little guy. :clap: Very cute. :aww:

thanks guys. ill definitely try to get pics as it grows, espescially in that container for a comparison a couple months down the road.

What a cutie.. he looks like he's got a nice house. I like the retes stack. I bet he likes it too.

yeah, i didnt put the second runner along the top retes stack so he could wedge himself as tight as he wanted into it. it seems to be working really well. he also has a half log that slanted into the ground that he seems to be starting a burrow in, although i had to temporarily stop construction for some pics. hahahaha.

Nice looking little guy you have there

He is soooo cute :D and just like a baby version of my Sav. I'd like some ackies too :)

What substrate are you keeping him on? Is that decomposed granite? That looks like a great substrate. I would LOW to get an ackie.

cutie :) i wanted one for a while but i sided with corns ;) what i do is i keep a folder on my computer with pics and dates it is weird watching how my corns and my ball have grown :)

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Originally Posted by Cubby23

What substrate are you keeping him on? Is that decomposed granite? That looks like a great substrate. I would LOW to get an ackie.

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thats actually dirt from a dry stream bed at our property. i found that stream beds are an awesome place to look for dirt for an ackie.

looks like great dirt. hehe i said LOW not LOVE