Monitor enclosure discussion thread

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by mo9e64

I hope people will take my view in a positive light-the death of chomper was not my intention to bring up about him learning from his first cages,it was purely from him learning from those experiences to build his current cage.I know that Wayne will be successful with his two Savs ,i have no doubt.
It's tough having good intentions and irritating the crap out of people LOL-one post Brady and Lankyrob gave it to me really good,these are two pretty nice guys.

If I ever thought for one moment that your intent was malicious in nature, I would have used the ban button.

However, I know better.

And honestly, as much as I do miss Chomper, I am having a total blast this time around, and I'm sure those two lucky little lizards are better off now than they ever would have been in someone else's care or even in the wild

when I compare the behaviour of these monitors to that of Chomper at the same age, it speaks volumes about properly supporting them from day one.

Heck, I can't even get my hand near one without getting bit.

Some people may not find that attractive, but I prefer animals to behave as they should.

[Gregg M]

Originally Posted by infernalis

Heck, I can't even get my hand near one without getting bit.

Some people may not find that attractive, but I prefer animals to behave as they should.

One thing people need to understand when they get into varanids is they are not lap lizards. We have all made this mistake when we first got into keeping them. It is pretty easy to think that you will have a big puppy dog with scales.

Eventually they will not see you as a threat and some will handle interaction just fine but you shoud not sit on your sofa with your monitor expect it to watch American Idol with you. LOL

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by Gregg M

One thing people need to understand when they get into varanids is they are not lap lizards. We have all made this mistake when we first got into keeping them. It is pretty easy to think that you will have a big puppy dog with scales.

Eventually they will not see you as a threat and some will handle interaction just fine but you shoud not sit on your sofa with your monitor expect it to watch American Idol with you. LOL

Unfortunatly Gregg, most newbs fall for the lap lizard pictures and clips all over the damn net.

If I had a quarter for every post I have ever read that asked about "taming" a monitor, I could go out to dinner at beefsteak Charlie's.