Monitors & Tegu's

[NBLADE]

Originally Posted by NightGecko

What varanids you keep mate?

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/lizar...e-lizards.html

pics are on there, also in this thread somewhere but buried in here now lol

i keep, boscs, ackies, blue taileds, peach throats, black and white tegus, niles, and now waters

[Chuckwalla]

Hiya Buddy
Mine is not keen on crix, or locusts, does have a few tho, also has pachnodas, fluffs, bits of mice, bits of chick, fish, egg, shell less snails, got a good colony of roaches going, so he will be stuffing on them shortly.
I'm starting to think this may be a bit low and up the insects in the diet?[/

[NightGecko]

Originally Posted by NBLADE

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/lizar...e-lizards.html

pics are on there, also in this thread somewhere but buried in here now lol

i keep, boscs, ackies, blue taileds, peach throats, black and white tegus, niles, and now waters

I wish I had all this and all them geckos at this age haha!

Tbh I'm more a fan of smaller collections though so I can focus on a few animals and spend more time with them. I'm down to just my young roughneck, royal python & a trio of pictus geckos at the moment

I used to have tokays, velvet geckos, dragons & a bunch more snakes but I cba with them all lol

[Chuckwalla]

Originally Posted by monitor mad

All looking in tip top shape mukka , they eat well , im betting it's beans on toast for you 2 as theres no meat left in da house

Three chicken breasts Jarrick pigged out on, on sunday mate in that photo, they all love the grub mate, especially thr Argus.

[Chuckwalla]

Originally Posted by Ian.g

beutiful mate! i really do like the argus`s more and more every time i see them! ....oh and while i`m here, a quick Tegu question again lol...are your Tegs all being sleepy lately? i know they usually hibernate this time of year, and my "girl" seems to be on a real go slow of late...even her appetite is a wee bit subdued (and i mean a wee bit! she`s still a tegu eh! lol), and she is sleeping an awful lot...also she is being a bit grumpy too bless her lol...i`m sure its all natural for the time of year, but just wondered...she is in perfect health, and is still active and inquisitive etc when she is awake.

Hiya Good Buddy
No both of mine are still active, and eating well, neither of mine have ever gone down, It can be prevented by given a longer photo period. Tegs do not have to hibernate in captivity.

[NightGecko]

Originally Posted by Chuckwalla

Hiya Buddy
Mine is not keen on crix, or locusts, does have a few tho, also has pachnodas, fluffs, bits of mice, bits of chick, fish, egg, shell less snails, got a good colony of roaches going, so he will be stuffing on them shortly.

Ah that's odd, mine goes mental for locusts. I love throwing in a bunch of adults and watching her run around after them as they hop/fly all over the place. She's always like "Shit, which one do I go for first... that one, no... that one!" BAM!

I've tried her on waxmoths and land snails too but didn't have much success with her being interested in either. When I do her egg I leave the shell in so she gets some calcium from it, but I throw some nutrobal onto the bugs once in a while for a boost.

May have to get some Dubias in and see how she takes em

[Ian.g]

Originally Posted by Chuckwalla

Hiya Good Buddy
No both of mine are still active, and eating well, neither of mine have ever gone down, It can be prevented by given a longer photo period. Tegs do not have to hibernate in captivity.

i think mine is down to the rep room to be honest, it does get quite cold in there at night...and her only heating is the ceramic she has for basking, i turn it down to 85 at night as her "bed" is the other end of the viv...and at 85 under the hotspot it keeps the sleeping end at a pretty steady 72f...i may have to get some more heating for the night time ambients, as it may be dropping a tad low in the early hours...will have to dig out my old reptile radiator i think and set it up above her "bed"

[NBLADE]

Originally Posted by NightGecko

I wish I had all this and all them geckos at this age haha!

Tbh I'm more a fan of smaller collections though so I can focus on a few animals and spend more time with them. I'm down to just my young roughneck, royal python & a trio of pictus geckos at the moment

I used to have tokays, velvet geckos, dragons & a bunch more snakes but I cba with them all lol

got the snakes aswell, and other lizards, and soon to be dwa as of next year
plus there the birds of prey that i'll be getting aswell once i've built the aviary, wow next years going to be an expensive one

[NightGecko]

Originally Posted by NBLADE

got the snakes aswell, and other lizards, and soon to be dwa as of next year
plus there the birds of prey that i'll be getting aswell once i've built the aviary, wow next years going to be an expensive one

I got a mate who's really into his raptors. I like them but I doubt I'd ever go down the route of keeping birds... too much effort lol

Nice to see such a wide variety of geckos & monitors all in one place though

[NBLADE]

Originally Posted by NightGecko

I got a mate who's really into his raptors. I like them but I doubt I'd ever go down the route of keeping birds... too much effort lol

Nice to see such a wide variety of geckos & monitors all in one place though

ahh harris hawks aint that much work and are def worth it lol

and to keep on topic,

the water came and hand fed already yesterday evening, got her sunday and already shes accepting me, am very very happy with her