Quote Originally Posted by cinderbird View Post
i'd recommend breeding roaches if you want to keep any type of monitor. I breed them now for my geckos and its just giving me an extra excuse to get one.

I've seen a few in person including a very personable yellow male that was soooo cute. They are a very small monitor which makes them easy for the "apartment dweller" You can make a nice big cage that doesn't take up a whole room.

Pro exotics has a great care sheet on the little guys.
I thought about breeding roaches, since I got a Beardie and I heard roaches are so much better to start breeding so you have a nice supply of food. I was thinking about the dubias. Where would I be able to pick some up?

They are definitely adorable, and since they stay small that makes it even better for me LOL, I don't really want a monitor that gets too large.

I'll look that caresheet up, thanks.

Quote Originally Posted by Skiploder View Post
Ackies are like any other monitor - but smaller. Feeding is the easiest part of owning an ackie.

That means a lot of work and spot on husbandry. The need a deep substrate that will hold proper moisture, 140 degree plus basking temps a retes stack, plenty of room to move around an explore.

Are they expensive? Yes. A glass tank and one lamp aren't going to cut it.
Thanks for the information, they seem like pretty incredible lizards.

I should be expecting a large enclosure, like a really really large enclosure, that someone doesn't really need anymore. I could use that, from what he's told me, it's BIG.

As for the retes stack, I've seen people use like those rooftop column bricks (same structure as a log hide, except it's cement) and stack those which seems to be secure and provide different levels of heat. Not sure if it's exceptable, but it seems to work.

Would a soil/sand mix do well for substrate?