Monitor pictures-Thread

[Karly]

Found these big guys on Whitsunday Island over the weekend

 

[bohdi13]

"thedriver" where do you get these water bowls?

 

[saximus]

They're just ceramic dog bowls Bohdi. I got the exact same ones from Pet Barn I think but even Big W or Reject Shop sells them

 

[bohdi13]

thanks mate really helpful how much do you pay for em ? if you dont mind me asking :|

 

[saximus]

Can't remember the price sorry. They aren't super cheap but they're worth it because they will never tip them over

 

[bohdi13]

ok mate thanks

 

[Ships]

Here's a pair of lighter phase Black Headed Monitors, been after some of these for ages think they are central Queensland locality? They are a much finer animal than my Central Australian ones

 

[hector]

My new mertens water monitor named stich. 5 months old and settled in no worries.

 

[dragonlover1]

a few lace monitor shots

male and female

nice babies

 

[jaylikesbeef]

Some gillens I got off Rob Porter, couldn't be happier
Sorry about the poor quality, these were taken with my iphone!

 

[richardsc]

nice mate,gillens are great i reckon,cage looks good to

 

[jaylikesbeef]

nice mate,gillens are great i reckon,cage looks good to

Thanks mate! A few more pics of the enclosure:

 

[jaylikesbeef]

Some slightly better quality photos (just a tad better lol, nothing too fancy) :

 

[Venomous_RBB]

@jaylikesbeef
Wow, your monitors are gorgeous and your tank is incredible

 

[SA_Goannas]

Awesome Gillen's enclosure Jay, I saw another one on a different forum the other day that looked pretty plain & boring, no effort put into it at all, whereas yours looks fantastic.

 

[GeckPhotographer]

SA Goannas, you're probably referring to my enclosure, I might let you know that just because some people do not like unnatural looking enclosures such as the above doesn't mean time and effort didn't go into my enclosure. The fact that it looks plain and boring to you is your aesthetic taste and enclosures like the one above look highly unnatural and don't suit my aesthetic taste at all.
As long as the enclosure provides what the animals need (jay I'm sure your monitors love their enclosure) and I believe mine does, I don't think the persons aesthetic tastes really matter.

P.s. My enclosure design is based on a number of enclosure designs I've gone through with the same monitor and how I've found he utilized these designs, I am still actively trying to change and improve the design and I do welcome and take in any criticism of it you'd like to make.

 

[Venomous_RBB]

Just to add to this thread, here are the latest pics of my Lacies, plus one of the Juvie Spotteds. Also is a pic of a new enclosure I put together for Juvie or smaller species. This enclosure cost a total of $900 to build which is pretty reasonable when you think about what you pay commercially.

Your Monitors are gorgeous and love your enclosures, especially the pit, nice work

 

[cadwallader]

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[SA_Goannas]

SA Goannas, you're probably referring to my enclosure, I might let you know that just because some people do not like unnatural looking enclosures such as the above doesn't mean time and effort didn't go into my enclosure. The fact that it looks plain and boring to you is your aesthetic taste and enclosures like the one above look highly unnatural and don't suit my aesthetic taste at all.
As long as the enclosure provides what the animals need (jay I'm sure your monitors love their enclosure) and I believe mine does, I don't think the persons aesthetic tastes really matter.

P.s. My enclosure design is based on a number of enclosure designs I've gone through with the same monitor and how I've found he utilized these designs, I am still actively trying to change and improve the design and I do welcome and take in any criticism of it you'd like to make.

Yeah it was your enclosure. I wasn't purely talking aesthetics, personally I'm not one for just making a pretty enclosure, functionality is more important. From memory you had no horizontal branches, a poor basking spot, you had a cage around your heat lamp & no tight spaces that your monitor could squeeze in to. If I was you I'd fill it with a heap of branches running top to bottom, side to side, some hollow logs suspended near the top, a good size basking spot & get rid of the cage around your lamp. The other Gillen's enclosure above, while looking more aesthetically appealing, is more importantly substantially more functional than yours as it makes better use of the available space. Please take this feedback the right way, it's as constructive as I can be & is meant that way

 

[SamNabz]

Would love to see some of your "functional" enclosures that you provide for your monitors, SA_Goannas - post some pics and show us all how it is done...