Hatched this one out today...

[jknudson]

Strong work Daniel! I was wondering how those were doing for you!

[Patrick Long]

Very nice Tristis tristis.

One of my favorite species.

[daniel1983]

Thanks all. I have two more eggs from another clutch sitting in the incubator that should hatch out around the beginning of the year and hopefully some more eggs on the way too. I have a completely empty old Rare Earth Freedom Breeder dwarf monitor rack that needs to be filled up so hopefully I can manage to hatch a few more out

Between the tristis, ackies, and storrs monitors that I keep....the tristis have been by far the easiest to care for. They would be my #1 pet monitor, but they are a little shy compared to ackies....and very very fast

[tigerlily]

Aww, what a little cutie, and what a way to enter the world.

Congrats Daniel.

[Laooda]

Absolutely breath taking... great work! It always amazes me how PERFECT baby reptiles are when they hatch... That girl is gorgeous!

[boa_barney]

stunning animal - might be a dumb question but what kind of monitor is it?

[daniel1983]

stunning animal - might be a dumb question but what kind of monitor is it?

This baby is a blackheaded monitor (v. tristis tristis) which is also know as the mournful goanna by some. They get to be about the same body size as Ackies, but have longer tails and a different personalities.

Here is a shot of mom with a belly fully of fuzzy mice(and hopefully eggs ):


One of the males taking it easy:

[jere000]

are they good first monitors i wanted a croc monitor but that will wait till i have some experience and where could i get one

[daniel1983]

are they good first monitors i wanted a croc monitor but that will wait till i have some experience and where could i get one

Blackheaded monitors are a great first monitor. Care is just the same as any other small monitor.

If you are interested in getting one, I would check out kingsnake.com's classifieds. I believe Doug Price of Price Animal Company has some for sale now. Other than Doug not many people consistantly produce offspring.

[boa_barney]

nice! there stunning animals! i really need to get a monitor one of these days