Timor monitor questions - Page 2

Zosime · 02-25-13, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

That's right.

I Own 40 acres.

I chase people away at gun point, not look for reactions to my pets.

Alright well i know people who have acouple acers that is private too so there is no need to just up and say i shouldnt have one just for that reason... it would be cool to take it out and show people who wouldnt want to show a monitor that they would raise from a baby to a adult lizard... it would be like showing off your little baby.. also i wouldnt take it out if i knew it wasnt tame around people its just common sense...

DeadlyDesires · 02-25-13, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by poison123

now thats something you gotta record haha

you and me both daniel haha.. i almsot wanna go on his land just to see

edit - j/k wayne.. i'd like to stay alive.. i have a sav of my own to care for :P

DeadlyDesires · 02-25-13, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Zosime

Alright well i know people who have acouple acers that is private too so there is no need to just up and say i shouldnt have one just for that reason... it would be cool to take it out and show people who wouldnt want to show a monitor that they would raise from a baby to a adult lizard... it would be like showing off your little baby.. also i wouldnt take it out if i knew it wasnt tame around people its just common sense...

the only reason i dont think you should get one is because you seem to change you mind about what you want every week.. no offense.. but monitors aren't exactally easy to care for and they require lots of attention.. You also need to understand that you have to lug a huge tank with you everywhere you move to.. and be able to support this monitor when you get out on your own (away from parents house). you wont be able to depend on them forever to take care of it and they are expensive to feed..

infernalis · 02-25-13, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadlyDesires

edit - j/k wayne.. i'd like to stay alive.. i have a sav of my own to care for :P

Big difference. Welcome guests get a BBQ and camping.

My favourite vivarium is my back yard.

I enjoy the uncounted number of snakes, amphibians, turtles, fish and other wildlife so mush more than captive animals.

sitting out by the creek on a summer night listening to the owls "talk" and the frogs singing their mating songs over the crackle of a campfire, it's heavenly.

monitorlizard · 02-25-13, 11:13 PM

Wayne could you make a thread showing your property? The ecological part primarily?

Zosime · 02-25-13, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadlyDesires

the only reason i dont think you should get one is because you seem to change you mind about what you want every week.. no offense.. but monitors aren't exactally easy to care for and they require lots of attention.. You also need to understand that you have to lug a huge tank with you everywhere you move to.. and be able to support this monitor when you get out on your own (away from parents house). you wont be able to depend on them forever to take care of it and they are expensive to feed..

I dont change my mind every week i just go through my options most of the time because its mostly a space matter i can have a max of a 9 foot long enclsoure iv got food, and i know they require alot of attention im home schooled i can give attention to it,, and im not taking the tank with me im building it at the new house before i buy it id rather have the cage setup and ready to go before i buy one, And my parents dont care for it i work for the money and i have colonies on dubia roaches and super worms and crickets and im getting hissing cockaroaches for a next breeder roach. i have alot of food for a monitor and plus i wouldnt be getting anymore reptiles after a monitor and id only have a beardie and a monitor and tarantulas to care for and adult beardies eat mostly greens and tarantulas eat like 1-5 crickets a week and they can go months without eating so im not worried about feeding i think i have it under controll

DeadlyDesires · 02-25-13, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

Big difference. Welcome guests get a BBQ and camping.

My favourite vivarium is my back yard.

I enjoy the uncounted number of snakes, amphibians, turtles, fish and other wildlife so mush more than captive animals.

sitting out by the creek on a summer night listening to the owls "talk" and the frogs singing their mating songs over the crackle of a campfire, it's heavenly.

if im ever in new york imma look u up :P i'd love to see it all take a whole bunch of pics

infernalis · 02-25-13, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by monitorlizard

Wayne could you make a thread showing your property? The ecological part primarily?

Wayne's walkabouts

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...2-drought.html

Satellite view of my place

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...y-snapper.html

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...p-habitat.html

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/field...-new-pics.html

varanus_mad · 02-26-13, 02:47 AM

Timorensis is possibly one of the worst choices for what you have in mind they are incredibly shy dont like to be handled dont like to be viewed

They are difficult to get right in captivity.

Personally im off the opinion this is one species that should be left in the wild.

They dont take to captivity well.

Lankyrob · 02-26-13, 04:13 AM

You keep mentioning wanting a "tame" monitor that you can interact with. If you read any of the monitor threads on here then what you really want is a monitor that is huffing and puffing and tail whipping you as these ones are more likely to be healthy and well looked after.

jhinton6932 · 02-26-13, 05:37 AM

lots of monitors dont take well to captivity...becuz the owner didnt take the time to ask questions and do some research from reputable sources. find forums where people have this species, its is thriving, and ask how much time and effort it took to get there. and Timors will not want a rope around their neck lol. get a dog if thats what you want to do, and if u want something to make ppl ooh and aah get a wolf hybrid, not a monitor, although both would be bad choices if thats your motive

Zosime · 02-26-13, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jhinton6932

lots of monitors dont take well to captivity...becuz the owner didnt take the time to ask questions and do some research from reputable sources. find forums where people have this species, its is thriving, and ask how much time and effort it took to get there. and Timors will not want a rope around their neck lol. get a dog if thats what you want to do, and if u want something to make ppl ooh and aah get a wolf hybrid, not a monitor, although both would be bad choices if thats your motive

i have dogs their lame i like reptiles im going to get a monitor what ever all anyone has ever said is to not get one insted of actually helping me so screw it if it dies then it freakin dies what ever.....

DeadlyDesires · 02-26-13, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Zosime

i have dogs their lame i like reptiles im going to get a monitor what ever all anyone has ever said is to not get one insted of actually helping me so screw it if it dies then it freakin dies what ever.....

and this is the reason you dont deserve a monitor lizard... you are too young and immature to understand the responsibility of owning and caring for one..

War Machine · 02-26-13, 10:11 AM

Get an adult Niloctus, Salvator, or Albig. And try and put a leash on it

Zosime · 02-26-13, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadlyDesires

and this is the reason you dont deserve a monitor lizard... you are too young and immature to understand the responsibility of owning and caring for one..

ok so you guys have been telling me since last year when i was on RF and iv done my research on monitors just not all of them.. just one and that was a savannah i know quite a bit about them and how to care for them and yet after a year of researching and not getting any other lizards im still not ready for one... then when will i be because getting constantly told no im not ready or what ever when i am iv been breeding my colonies of super worms and dubia roaches,, and when the monitor comes im going to get hissing cockaroaches and have acouple thousand crickets at all time..... I know the responsibility of caring for them i know what it takes iv watched all of your guyses threads for a year on RF and other fourms and i have nothing but time to devote to the monitor and im going to be building really good cage for it by the end of this month or i will try but it will get built before i buy a monitor and i saw you cage build for your savannah so i have the concept of building a cage... Why do you say im immature because you only know what i type through the computer... thats really small minded to think like that i troll alot on the computer but when i actually need help i will take the time to read it go over it write it down and remeber it i have care sheets for almost all the reptiles i asked about through out the year...