Red Ackies.

Thought you might enjoy seeing a group of my baby red ackies from last summer, wont be so lucky this summer as I sold all the monitors.:( https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../1/ackier2.JPG

Thats awesome bro! Thats like a Pic of the Month nominee IMO. To bad you sold them all! :(

Beautifull animales Ed! But what are Ackies :confused: I'm don't know anything about lizards, but these are cool :cool:

Ackies are Dwarf Ridgetail Monitors (varanus acanthuras)from Australia. also called Ridgetailed Monitors or Goannas, only reaching about 24-28 inches in total length. their small size and beautiful colors make them a favorite captive of monitor enthusiasts, they also are very prolific. :sweeet:

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Beautifull animales Ed! But what are Ackies :confused: I'm don't know anything about lizards, but these are cool :cool:

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Thanks for explaining :thumbsup: I'm going to do some more research on them. Really cool animals!

nice animals Ed. i remember that picture on kingsnake. Nording, definitely look into them. they're awesome animals to keep. beware that they will need a foot of burrowable dirt at adult size though.

Those ackies are too cute! I'm really interested in getting one or two, but it looks like I won't be able too until I move out into my own house, which will be about a year or two. Even then, I'm getting kinda high up in the feeding bills with all of my critters right now, lol. What did you house them in Ed? I heard that one or two would be happy in one of those gigantic metal cow water troughs. And are there heat requirements similar to a beardies, seeing as they're from down under also?

Did you produce those yourself Ed? You still have the adults?

Ackies are too big for me...I like monitors under 15" ;)

Here is a decent caresheet on Varanus Acanthurus for those interested...and they are nothing like bearded dragons ;)
http://www.proexotics.com/care_ackie.html

red ackies are so neat looking and sound like cool animals but i think i'll have to stick with my giant geckos (rhac. leachianus) for now. :) how is your ackie doing marshall?

one day i may have to pick up one just as comething to look at. but i will proabbly wait till my sav grows out of his cage he is in now.

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red ackies are so neat looking and sound like cool animals but i think i'll have to stick with my giant geckos (rhac. leachianus) for now. :) how is your ackie doing marshall?

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he's around 2 feet now and nice and healthy. thanks for asking.

Daniel, too bad monitors under 15" are as much as a used car.;) dang i wish i wasnt a kid. haha

What the duece? How was Ed banned?

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47775