Black Throat

I took a few random shots of our heaviest monitor in the house. He averages around 30 to 35 lbs. A big puupy dog of a monitor.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...Monitor007.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...Monitor025.jpg
He seems to be a ladies man, and normally will not puff up at me. But tends to towards Win and our volunteer Mike. Otherwise he is just a love.
Thanks
Rusty

nice..i wanna hug him!! he probably won't appreciate my affection tho :(

What a beautiful animal. He reminds me of a dinosaur, and weighs the same as my dog. WOW! :O :sweeet:

WOW!! He is nice looking. How about a feeding video. How long is he? He must have a hide cage and tons of dirt to burrow in!!!

That is an impressive beast! Wow!

He is a big guy at an average of 5 feet long.
Yes his cage is mighty big. The wooden area you see him on top of is actually his hide, he has many o' burrows!
Rusty

My very favorite lizard species. :) Thank you for sharing.

I held Moggie up to the screen and told her if she ate ALL her crickets, she would get that big one day. She wasn't impressed.
But then, she's a lizard.
I LOVE the picture. I wish you could get a picture of him with something for size comparison in with him. He weighs more than all FIVE of my yorkies.
Wolfy

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

He weighs more than all FIVE of my yorkies.
Wolfy

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LOL....he'd probably eat yorkies for breakfast, if Rusty let him! :P
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Originally Posted by JLC

LOL....he'd probably eat yorkies for breakfast, if Rusty let him! :P
:bolt:

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Yorkies don't really hold any nutritional value.
It's pooodles he likes.
Rusty
PS I have some shots with him and a bic pen for comparison. I'll have to find it.

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Originally Posted by Rusty_Reptiles

Yorkies don't really hold any nutritional value.
It's pooodles he likes.
Rusty
PS I have some shots with him and a bic pen for comparison. I'll have to find it.

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Please do!! He's stunning!!!

in that first shot he looks like a sleeping beauty (that could eat my cats with out any problems):O

great shots Rusty! i love big albig noses!

what do you really feed him?

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Originally Posted by Rusty_Reptiles

Yorkies don't really hold any nutritional value.

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HAha!! That's great.. little rats.. Sorry Wolfy, it's just that being a groomer I see the worst of yorkies.

Being a groomer and a owner breeder of yorkshire terriers, MY yorkies would be quite nutritional. I don't take it personal, and I have a poodle too. LOL.
In fact my yorkie named Monkey is my reptile tracking terrier. She locates any reptile within minutes of it escaping and directs me to it by barking a LOT, until the dumb human comes out to capture and put it where it belongs. So far it is is 2 baby ball pythons, and a moniter. Monkey is great at it.
Wolfy(waiting for MORE pictures!!)

Well, I'm sure your yorkies are nicer than most. Most people don't think it's necessary to train their dogs anymore..

I love poodles BTW.. You should post some pics of your doggies in the other pets thread!

Here ya go:
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...Monitor010.jpg
Rusty

This mastermind of ultimate varanus capability recieves:
Rats
Mice
Roaches
Crickets
worms (variety)
chicks
chicken
beef (some)
Turkey
Rabbits
Remember we feed our monitors out of ceremic dog dishes. He gets a mix every other day.
Rusty

Do you feed him whole rabbits??? He is really impressive and I bet those claws would do some real damage if you were wrestling with him!

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Do you feed him whole rabbits??? He is really impressive and I bet those claws would do some real damage if you were wrestling with him!

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He can take in small rat sized rabbits. Normally we cut them up for his dish, otherwise monitors will make a huge mess. He could probably wrestle with a whole one and eat it in peices, but I am not going to be the one to clean that up...lol So we slice it for him.
Rusty