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Bosc monitors are large lizards so require a proportionately large cage. That said, if you can find the space, the Bosc is normally very docile and also very handsome and most will quickly learn to enjoy interactions with you (as well as a belly rub).
EERNNK...wrong. I'd give them props for mentioning a large cage (although no specs?)...but the implication that these will be nice, dog-tame lizards that are very docile and enjoy belly rubs? Hmmm......
Wayne and any other enlightened monitor keepers care to comment?
You must not go to reptile shows often. There are kids and adults just letting their tame savs hang all over them or they have them sitting on the table like beardies. It's a site to see, heck it's to die for.
I couldn't believe savs made that list. The reptile world continues it's backwards spin.
Just because some toolbags let their reptiles get cold to the point where they don't fight back doesn't mean its having a party. No reptile I can think of likes being on its back with its belly being touched.
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The one and only reptile show I've been to, it was so cold in the building that I had to run back to my car and get a sweatshirt. In August, in South Carolina.
Needless to say, all the animals were slow and docile.
You must not go to reptile shows often. There are kids and adults just letting their tame savs hang all over them or they have them sitting on the table like beardies. It's a site to see, heck it's to die for.
I couldn't believe savs made that list. The reptile world continues it's backwards spin.
Oh, I've been to plenty. I'm all too aware of this topic, which is why I brought up the link.
My main issue I suppose, was that I was surprised that The Reptile Report actually posted the link. Perhaps the person responsible simply overlooked that part about Bosc monitors.
My main issue I suppose, was that I was surprised that The Reptile Report actually posted the link. Perhaps the person responsible simply overlooked that part about Bosc monitors.
There is no less than 3 editors at the reptile report scouring the net, Content appears at a brisk pace, so at times not every word can be proof read prior to the links posting.
Since we are at it, I looked at the link, and saw this....
That Bosc will be "mellow and tame" for the whole 2 years it lives, probably get "chunky" and waddle a lot too as it drags it's belly around on the floor.
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i dont know savs are more docile then most monitors. i house mine properly, give them high temps, good soil, etc. but i can handle em' when i need to unlike my mangroves and quinces. i'd say its all based around the idea of being fed. they are very food driven. i have been nipped a few times when misting the soil they will pop out of a burrow and get a hold of my finger and it does hurt lol. they are curious of the water bottle. if i have to pick them up its a lot of hissing not so much biting or tail whipping anymore. none the less i dont think most healthy ones tolerate being tugged around a reptile show i've never tried. ill keep my feelings on RR to myself.
just to show the stupidity of some people.. Watching T.V. with my Giant Black Throat Monitor=bigboy3293 - YouTube
nothing about this is normal or even safe to do with an albig
you can see the large fishtank in the backgrounnd with half an inch of cedar. 49,000 views and ~49,000 people dont consider this abusive.
just to show the stupidity of some people.. Watching T.V. with my Giant Black Throat Monitor=bigboy3293 - YouTube
nothing about this is normal or even safe to do with an albig
you can see the large fishtank in the backgrounnd with half an inch of cedar. 49,000 views and ~49,000 people dont consider this abusive.
I love bigboy! I have watched several of this guy's videos in the past, he keeps his big ole monitors in giant outdoor pens. Don't accuse people of doing things they aren't doing.
yea i saw some of the videos my apologies for the fishtank statement, he does have decent enclosures. either way, it isnt average behavior for any monitor to lay on you while you watch tv. after wtaching most of his vids i have mixed feelings. i guess if its working so far keep doing it?
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IMO, the "bigboy" situation is not a good one. A giant blackthroat, a sav, some iggies, and a tortoise, all living together, with water monitors soon to be added? Really? For one, I'm amazed none of them has been killed thus far, and secondly, there is no way that their husbandry requirements are all being met. Iggies come from tropical SA rainforests, savs and blackthroats come from African savannas, (Not even the same ones..) the tortoise comes from semi-arid African scrublands, and water monitors come from Indonesian rainforests. Should all do fine together, right?
Wayne your sav did well for 5 years in sub par conditions correct?
thats the thing with ALL monitors, ill even say reptiles in general. they are survivors by design. hell, you can even get some species to breed in crap conditions. but they die eventually way too soon. the thing is they give you clues as to weather or not tey are thriving. picking up on these clues is what separates average keepers/zoologists from expert. laying around on a human being is not thriving in my opinion. and outdoor enclosures in cali? i saw some brick boxes i liked but they seemed to be free roaming most of the time. my feeling from a zoological standpoint is this: if its not domesticated it should be kept as a wild animal and treated as such. not to mention the diet being used in the videos. but again i apologise for the fishtank statement.
and this relates back to original post. try and rub any healthy monitor on his belly or smack his sides like in that video. im no expert but its common knowledge for any varanid keeper.
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