Quote Originally Posted by Ham View Post
Prepare yourself for a tail whipping, poop shooting monstrosity, with very sharp teeth... lol...

I have been pooped on by so many monitors it is ridiculous, I am not familiar with ornate monitors but I know that Nile Monitors are poop spraying machines, they can literally aim it at you... Ever see a 5 foot Nile Monitor spray chunky urates and liquid feces into someones face??? That sounds like a downside to monitor ownership to me... But if you take good care of em they can be really rewarding pets, they just require insane dedication and care...
Its an Ornate, Niles are different critters indeed. And I do believe the owner of this monitor wont have to worry about what it will be like at 5ft, or 2ft for that matter. These people buy a lizard because its cute, put it in a fish tank so they can see how cute it is, join a forum to show off how cute their lizard is, then shrug off any suggestions related to keeping it alive.
And then there's the old "yeah, im building a really great enclosure just as soon as he outgrows this one" even though the animal will die before he outgrows his fishtank, All too common, and the reason why 99.99% of these "cute" lizards die in 3 months.