*****Official Pic Thread*****

Ok, The past few days i've noticed there hasn't been alot of activity on the Monitor and Tegu forum so I thought of this great idea. How about a pic thread of any monitor or tegu. With the pic include age and species. I will get my pics up later ( no digital camera ) but until then let's get it started and get the activity back on the boards. Thanks, Trey

Heres my savanah Testosterone. Not sure on age at all. I think his growth is stunted though.
Taken in December
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL591.../174052311.jpg

And him back a week or 2 ago
http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL591.../168328305.jpg

What a difference huh?
Enjoy

Oooh - cute first pic - I don't think I ever saw T when he was that small - he looks so cute.


Here's my monster (no baby pics - I didn't have a decent cam then)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...av1_723121.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/0/2/8/Sav4.jpg

ill try to get newer pics up soon. my red ackie
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../ackie0062.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../ackie0032.jpg
he's a foot long now so these pics our pretty outdated, but theyre only like a month and a half old! lol. monitors are fast growers!

w00t! i got a new digicam today.
sorry they're blurry. im still getting a hold of it, plus it doesnt help with a squirming ackie in your hand. he's a bit dusty from all that digging. LOL.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/101_0007.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/101_0006.jpg

i would have waited until he shed his tail but i figured you guys would like them anyway.

You're right, Marshall - nice to see the little guy :) AGAIN feeding my desire to want an ackie ... :D

Cute little guy!!! Sue, what subsrate is he kept on?

Currently he's kept on 100% plain, additive free, fertilizer free topsoil. Once his full-size viv is done I'm going to mix 10% sand into the topsoil.

well i thought id bump this. who wants to move on to enclosures? i think it's pretty cool to see what everyone houses their monitors in.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s/100_0113.jpg

Those are all awesome. How much does it cost to feed yours Razaiel?

Hmmmm , now let me see, a fortune?? Hahahaha


It costs me like prob about £80 per month.... ($100 more or less)

I met a really awesome B&W Tegu yesterday - but I can't afford any more :(

He was an adult someone had left for my friend (who runs a reptile shop) to look after. He was totally awesome and really handleable - weighed a ton too ;)

pics of my water.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...21/water42.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...21/water22.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...21/water32.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...21/water12.jpg

Fis21, how old is your Monitor, and is that a nile???
Tried to add pics, can't figure it out :confused: :(

thats a salvator.

thanks, i couldn't tell they are all lovley

Thanks Marshal I Missed This Thred. Yup Salvator. He Is Growing Like A Weed. He Eats 4 Small Mice Every Other Day And Crickets On The Off Days. I Havent Even Started To Tame Him Yet. I Am More Concerned With Him Growing And Eating Well. There Will Be Time For Tameing Later.

Matt Fisher

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...h-21/water.jpg
here is a bit newer pic.

matt fisher

matt, you might want to think about feeding less rodents. try feeding fish, crayfish, worms, shrimp, whatever reptiles you may be able to get ahold of, etc. a varied diet is best.

LINK: http://www.varanus.nl/forum1/viewtopic.php?id=215 took me forever to dig that up. LOL.

thanks bud i will look into it. i have a ton of guppies in my turtle tank maby i sould put some in his water dish and see what happins.

matt fisher

definitely try it.

He's a really cute little guy, Matt. How old is he?

Otis my mangrove, i havent seen one on here so..........
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/Bodar/otis1.jpg

This is Emily a b/w Arg. Tegu, we were told she's a yearling.
Ive posted these once but I didnt want to disturb her sleep for pics.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/100_0236.JPG
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/3/emily2.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/3/emily1.jpg

Here is a picture of the largest member of the storri crew that I took tonight :) I would guess that he is around 7-8 inches long now. The other two are also doing great......growing quick too! These three go through crickets like you would not believe ;)

http://danielhillreptiles.com/New%20...i/storri10.jpg

he looks awesome! great to hear there doing good for you Daniel.

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he looks awesome! great to hear there doing good for you Daniel.

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Thanks Marshall....Your red ackie is looking great as well. These storri have been interesting to keep so far. Their behaviors are very interesting to watch. I have noticed that they don't really care for digging deep tunnels very much.....however, they love to tunnel under things. All the documents concerning v. storri that I had read before getting these were right.....the majority of the time, they can be found in the wild in U-shaped tunnels under rocks.....sure enough....they love to do that :)

thanks! i guess i should post some new pics of him. hes gotten much bigger since i last posted about him.

ive noticed the same thing with my ackie. usually his tunnels are only about 8-10 inches until the "pocket" where he sleeps (hes about a foot and a half), and they're always out from under things (usually the bottom level of the stack) like you said. never out in the open.

have you noticed yours leaving their sleeping/basking/favorite place to take a dump? i have a few theories about what this might be as ive talked to field researches that have noticed the same thing and have told me what they think it might be.

what did you seal that cage with?

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Originally Posted by mr~python

have you noticed yours leaving their sleeping/basking/favorite place to take a dump? i have a few theories about what this might be as ive talked to field researches that have noticed the same thing and have told me what they think it might be.

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LOL.....mine always go in the basking spot for some reason. But from the cage cleaning I have done.....no feces in burrows.

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what did you seal that cage with?

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I did not seal it....LOL. So I have no clue ;)

when Retes' filthy boards and Retes' claims that varanids mark their territory with feces was brought up it was suggested by one of the researchers a talked to (Sam Sweet to be exact) that the monitors could probably be going near one of their important places (i.e. basking spot) for fear of being caught by a predator if they wondered away from a hiding/basking place.

i noticed this also. when my ackie was in a 20 gallon aquarium with one hiding spot hiding spot other then the stack under the basking light he would always go on the stack. when i moved him into a larger cage with many hiding spots he would always go on the very opposite end of the 5 foot cage.

why? that was also brought up. Sam has seen that a lizards in the wild would wonder from a vital place such as a rock or hollow tree trunk/log to go 15 or so feet away because to a predadator finding the poop = finding the lizard.

i believe them having to bask/sleep 6 inches away from their feces is very stressful for them. you have to consider the ways they would evade a preadator in the wild and "stratigically placing" poops is probably one.

Went out autumn leaf gathering yesterday and decorated his viv ...


https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ves_647763.jpg