You're right, John - there are sadly always boscs for sale and there is always the impulse factor But I'd like to think that my post may help someone decide who is unsure what is involved. I got a parrot as an impulse buy - not realizing at all that a hand-reared parrot doesn't necessarily mean a forever-tame parrot - I got one helluva shock once he reached adulthood he changed overnight from a sweet cuddly little thing to a winged vampire Oh yeah, and I still have him

Nice to see you here anyway

Cheers Raz, youv'e just put me off getting a parrot.

tbh he's not too bad. He has his "seasons" when he's a total little but other times he can be as cute as when we first got him. Snake bites (pythons and boas anyway) are nowhere near as bad as an attack from a hormonallly-induced parrot rage.

hi nice to see some good info,i keep boscs among others reptiles and was lucky enough for mine to breed last year out of 26 eggs only 8 hatched,but they were my babies and it gets to me when i here all the storys,like the one in the classifieds (loves bacon and dog food) they need to be educated. i kept the runt of my litter the rest sold to hopefully life long homes,if id had the room id have kept them all it was sad to see them go.sadly her dad(larry) died of old age just before she was born ,at 5 month old she is growing fast so people take note these are lovely little babys but large adults that sometimes dont tame and wont like you for trying.if you want one do your homework .

this has made me want to wait for mine until it can have its own room

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Having bred them is a wonderful achievement - if only I had the room I would love to breed them - what would be really nice (but probably isn't gonna happen) is that more people breed them and CF will cease. Sad about the father - how is the runt of the litter doing? He must be a year old now.

Hi the runt is doing very well. She is only 4 month old.( but growing quickly) Eggs were layed 10th of jan this year and started hatching 22 nd of June. I was told this monitor does not breed in captivity so everything was a rush. ie,setting up incubator trying to get temps. But all went well there's nothing like seeing one hatch.they all ate well on locust and when old enough took them to fins and feathers in Bradford where I bought the father. He was just as happy as me and promised to find them good homes. Sadley the shop closes this week shame was a very good shop helped me alot setting things up. I have many pics and vids on my phone of babys, mother laying and eggs hatching . This is why it's sad to see so many on wrong diets shortening there lives. Mine are part of the family among my other reps ( adult male tegu,2 adult bcis,2 albino royals a rabbit for the kids and our old staff MIA have just had to build a big shed to house most but worth every penny thanks for Reading my post daz.sorry in wrong. Section clogging your thread

Hi

You're not clogging up the post at all - savs is what it's all about

It's sad when a shop you trust closes - I have one nearish to me and the owner is a good friend I've known for years. He looked after my rankins eggs when some turned up and kept them in his incubator (free of charge). I'd be devastated if he closed down

I thought this post was brilliantly written and incredibly informative. I myself have often looked at boscs (and tegus) and thought to myself "one day"...but I know from experience that the best thing to do before buying any reptile, be it a leopard gecko or a bosc, is to do every possible bit of research there is to be done! lol I bought my first lizard when I was 16 after spending a good year doing research and saving up (I was bad with money back then ok!!), but it was worth the wait. Sadly she died 4 years later ... Now at the age of 25 me and my partner decided to buy two beautiful uromastyx geryi. I had wanted a uro since I first saw one in my local reptile shop when I was 15 and dreamed of having one myself 'one day'....ten years later i got darcy and delilah, and i must say, the long wait, the endless research was well worth the wait.

I just wish every reptile buyer was the same as you and I and didn't rush buying these beautiful lizards.

that was really useful, thanks