monitor care

G’day I wanted to ask about keeping Emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) Blue tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus) I’ve seen these monitors in NSW for sale and so my question is: 1. Can I keep one in New South Wales after keeping another species of monitor after 2yrs? 2. Do I need another...

It has been a week since i got my new ridge tailed monitor and today he finally started coming out of his hide and exploring his tank. now that he is finally starting to get comfortable when should i start the trust building exercises? And if there is any tips out there for gaining the trust of...

I've had a sand monitor for around 7 months. I'm asking about a few things. Firstly how high would all of you recommend that I keep the humidity? When he sheds I've noticed lots of stuck shed on his head, neck and tail. I think that the humidity is a too low. Is it possible to make a sand...

G’day everyone Hope you’re week has been great 😊 Spencer’s monitor: What size of enclosure for juvenile to adults? Best diet? What temperature hot spot and cool spot? Best UVB Light Tube for juvenile to adult? What UV would you recommend T5 7%, 12% or 14%? Is there any live plants that...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping I can gain some knowledge regarding my 1.5 year-old Rosenberg's Monitor (Heath Monitor). 1. It's been 2 weeks now and she has only eaten once and didn't eat very much at that. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced the same issue or has any ideas how to get her feeding...

I am about to get a new gouldii flav but he is only a month old at the moment, I have the option to wait as long as I please before picking him up from the breeder. Is it safer to wait a while incase of any early health issues , and how long should i wait, what is the ideal age to acquire. Cheers

Hey there. I'm wondering if anyone here with Varanus breeding experience can help me. I have a 3-4 year old Varanus Melinus pair, been housed together since they were babies. They seem to go really well with each other, no fights or resource hogging at all over the years. However, they seem to...

Hi, A lot of you have probably seen me on here a lot. I was thinking about getting a lace monitor, however, I will be starting uni next year and probably not the best idea to rent with a huge monitor lizard. So I've been researching smaller monitor species, the black-headed monitor really caught...

Hi, I'm looking at getting a medium sized monitor (up to 1m long), I'm tossing up between a rusty monitor and a water monitor but theres not much on the care for them. ive had a fair bit of expirence with beared dragons, frillys, eastern water dragons, ackies and snakes. I'd be looking at...