Monitor pictures-Thread

[Frozenmouse]

robo1 if that was directed at me i am sorry to say i dont have that set up anymore , the monitors were separated due to the difference in growth rate and i was worried about the smaller one ending up as lunch so i used 2 smaller enclosures. the one in the photo was home made from marine ply and 6mm polycarbonate 1.2m high x 2.4m wide and 1.2m deep and was on a 1.2m high stand so the roof was 2.4 high if that makes sense , it was in darwin so all i had for heat was a 60w red globe on a timer. i filled it with red sand from my back yard and it had varnished blood wood branches as furniture.

 

[Robo1]

No problems, thanks for the info (makes perfect sense). Looks pretty neat from the photo. I've never kept spencers, but hopefully in the future, so was just looking for ideas.

 

[Frozenmouse]

Just remember they get big i was a bit uninformed when i first got them a 3.5 foot spence can be a much bigger lizard that a 6 foot lacey.

 

[Robo1]

That was one of the reasons I was keen to see the layout of a good sized spencers enclosure. There was a thread a little while ago where a comparison between total length and snout vent length was made with particular referance to the spencers monitor. I expect that it's still quite a way in the future before I even look at setting something up. Lots of research need too, but in the meantime I just keep an eye out for ideas.

 

[Frozenmouse]

My experience is they need a cage with a big foot print 2mx3m per animal if you live in a cooler area they are going to become a big pain because you have to heat a huge enclosure if you live in the north and can do a pit then you are laughing.
They also love to dig and are extremely powerfull they are a bit like the bulldog of the monitor world .
Normal aviary wire probably wont contain them if they are determined
In the wild i am sure they can take down very large prey equal to or bigger than their selves. If i drop a warm defrosted jumbo rat in to the larger one he will shake it that fast that bits fly off it .
But all the cons aside i still love them.

 

[monitordude]

cris, the panoptes one of sonia's animals? from west darwin? look like a brother of my youngest one, (a shy of 4 foot)

 

[SamNabz]

monitordude, any chance you can show us your Perenties and their set up?

I remember you saying you kept them in another monitor related thread.

 

[imported_Varanus]

Curtin Goblin!

 

[cwebb]

i must admit, i want a monitor just so i can call it jubjub haha.

 

[Karly]

Everything is a gymnasium when you're a Lacie...

 

[PhilK]

JubJub was an iguana

 

[imported_Varanus]

Always good to change a few furnishings around regularly with Lacies, keeps their interest up (and mine)!

 

[Little_Foot]

my ackies

My ridgy's the 2nd and 7th are mine and my mates one and i just recently got a new one
my ackie doesnt get alone with the one i recently got
My 2 are named LittleFoot And Spike
all 1 year olds

 

[Robo1]

Always good to change a few furnishings around regularly with Lacies, keeps their interest up (and mine)!

Haha, I think it's the same for all monitors; they are such curious animals. I did the same thing yesterday for my V.acanthurus, obligatory picture added (I also added a bunch more to my album).

 

[PhilK]

Woah what an amazing enclosure

 

[TheDriver]

Here is my new bloke, Kruger is 12 months old and is in a 3000x1000x800 high enclosure. I still have some work to do on the enclosure but am very happy with the new addition. Thanks to Allison, walpole_reptiles, Cheers, RickView attachment 245791View attachment 245792

 

[Flaviruthless]

That looks fantastic!

 

[richardsc]

cpl more,flavies and bells

 

[JAS101]

JubJub was an iguana

shh dont say it so loud , as my lace named jubb jubb will hear ya lol
heres an old [ 3 months old ] pic of my lace , since taking the pics the grass has grown through the front uncovered section of the enclosure [ im happy with that as the bark was only to hide the mesh]

 

[Frozenmouse]

Some new arrivals thanks robo1

some more

I can only attach 1 photo per post , then it joins them together .