No, no good care sheets.Originally Posted by ball python 22
.......and there is no such thing as a good beginning monitor. There are some monitors that are easier to care for than others, but ALL monitors require lots of time, money, space and knowledge to maintain.
Ackies are NOT good beginning monitors, they are a species that have slightly less demanding care requirements compared to larger monitors. They are less expensive to feed, slightly less expensive to house and cannot send you to the emergency room if they decided to bite you. They are one of the easiest monitors to keep, but the husbandry skills required to properly - and the key word is properly - care for one are substantial. You cannot compare keeping even the smallest monitor to keeping a bearded dragon or a snake.
Even the amount of time required to properly research the housing requirements alone is substantial. They need adequate room in three dimensions, adequate thermoregulation zones, a specialized substrate, etc, etc. That means that you must build them an enclosure that fits the bill - there are no pre-made tanks you can buy, no turn-key set ups that will work.
The information is out there, but not in the form of a cookie cutter care sheet or a four line answer on an internet forum. As with many things in life, there are no short cuts to attaining the knowledge you are asking for.
A good first step would be to peruse Varanus.nl. Lurk and learn. Don't spam the forum with questions that can easily be answered by investing the time to properly research the subject.
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