ackie monitor

Hey guys, I have been thinking about my next pet. This is a long term consideration, I don't plan on jumping on it anytime soon, but I have recently revived an interest in monitors, I have always liked them, but associated them as being a big animal; lace etc. Its has come to my attention that...

The past 6 weeks we assumed my ackie had been stolen but 2 days ago i found him as i was throwing out his old enclosure. I quickly put him into my spare enclosure but only have a heat lamp at the moment no uvb so its quite dark in the enclosure (I will have uvb within the week). He ran around...

I have a 4 1/2 month old red ackie and have been trying the HMI technique described in the Danny Brown paper to sex the individual. The paper states that juvenile monitors with a SVL of >5 cm can be sexed using this method. I have tried it several times, but I am not confident in what I am...

WTB Ridge Tailed/Ackie Monitor. Preferably local to Gold Coast/Brisbane but willing to pay for freight. Please contact me on 0415401311 if you have anything available.

This fella is coming up close to 2 years old now, is he/she small for its age ? I expected it to be a bit bigger by now ...

Hi everyone I've recently bought a juvenile ackie a couple of weeks ago and hes starting to shed, I've read a lot about them having issues with shedding and was wondering if use could ease my mind a bit or tell me if anything is wrong. He is the first monitor I've owned so I'm a bit worried...

No judgement please, I have recently purchased an ackie in the last couple of months, sex unknown. I built my own enclosure for it before I picked it up, out of melamine, dimensions are 1200x600x900 LxWxH I will post pictures tomorrow afternoon when I get back from work. I installed a 150w...

Had my ackie for 12 days now, he/she is supposedly aroundb8 months old, 25cm approx and 15 grams approx. Brought him home and let him settle for a couple days, then re arranged his whole enclosure adding new substrate and hides etc, a bit of forced handling was also done during the purchase of...

Just acquired an 8 month old ackie 6 days ago, during the move and enclosure set up a bit of forced handling was done. I have only seen ackie eat one cricket but has refused all food since then, temps are 55-60 c basking and around 40c ambient on hot side 20-25c cold side, has been hiding and...

Hi. I have a supposed female red ackie and she is 5 months old and only 7.5cm svl. She eats 3-4 medium crickets every day. she won't eat meats very often and I'm worried about her growth. Basking spot is about 60c. I recently changed her substrate over from sand to a sand/soil mix so she has...

Hi I am looking at getting a Ackie in the next few months and have some questions regarding what colorations are available and what that are referred to as. I am waiting for this seasons hatchlings to become available and id love a high colour animal but am a little confused with the different...

Hey Guys, My Ackie (sold to me as Red) has a lighter region on its back. Its linear in nature spanning from above its pelvic region to its shoulders. I've been looking around at pics, but haven't seen anything similar. Any one ever seen anything like it? Its pretty young, maybe 4/5 months...

Got a male ackie around two months ago, he was used only for breeding. A few weeks ago I saw a female for sale and got her hoping they'd breed. Everything seemed to be going well, they were mating and seemed to like each other only she is constantly on him. She rides his back and climbs all over...

Hi everyone I was wondering if you could recommend me a heat globe for my purposes. I have two young ackies in a 120 x 60 x 60 melamine enclosure. (Substrate is 50% coconut coir 50% washed sand, humidity sitting at about 60%). I am currently swapping between an 80w heat globe and a 120w heat...