Other pets (pics and discussions)

[Stefan-A]

Congratulations.

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice snakes, Wayne.

[infernalis]

Thanks, those pics are a couple years old. The two males I kept are eating 3 jumbo pinks a week each.

They are reclusive snakes, always hiding and rarely out unless they are hungry.

[Millinex]

Once again I roll through with some more pictures...




He's in bad shape, but I should be able to get him back up to par with the right conditions (that weren't provided in his last home..)

[mustang]

Once again I roll through with some more pictures...




He's in bad shape, but I should be able to get him back up to par with the right conditions (that weren't provided in his last home..)

is that a peachthroat or bluetail or mangrove?

[Millinex]

is that a peachthroat or bluetail or mangrove?

He's a young peach throat monitor, bad shape though =/ damn retards on craigslist ;(

[RedSidedSPR]

What do you mean "bad shape?" I love monitors. Always wanted one, just don't have anywhere to put them. How big are your tanks for them?

[Millinex]

What do you mean "bad shape?" I love monitors. Always wanted one, just don't have anywhere to put them. How big are your tanks for them?

He was very dehydrated. Lost like 7 toes, tip of his tail, and had bashed his mouth into his old enclosure a lot out of fear and the fact most of it was rocks etc. The only water he had was very cold - not good for soaking.. He's very undersized for a year old, but should recover fine and do great.

Depends on the species, my 4 foot water monitor resides in a 7x4 cage:
YouTube - Kung Pow my Asian Water Monitor

It comes out to somewhere around 700 gallons or something. My nile/savannah are 36" and 40" and reside in double 5x3 enclosures, the nile will be moving into the 7x4 by the end of summer, and the water will be in a 10x12. The mangrove is in the process of having his 6x4x4 built.

As for the peach throat, he's in a 20 gallon right now, I went with something small so I could maintain his humidity/temps perfectly while he healed up, I keep him on a solid dirt substrate with a few basking logs, big pool of water. About 80% humidity/87-90 degree temps.

-Mike

[RedSidedSPR]

Oh, I see it now. I wasn't sure what to look for. Don't know much about monitors health-wise. Hope he heals well. Good looking anyway though.
When you said "d@mn retards on craigslist", did you mean they informed you wrong, or did you mean they just kept him wrong. Not sure, since it would have been a local pic up and you would have seen him before taking him home (maybe out of pity)

Yup. No way I'll be keeping a 700 gallon tank anytime soon. Holy crap. Barely have room for another 20gal.

[Millinex]

Oh, I see it now. I wasn't sure what to look for. Don't know much about monitors health-wise. Hope he heals well. Good looking anyway though.
When you said "d@mn retards on craigslist", did you mean they informed you wrong, or did you mean they just kept him wrong. Not sure, since it would have been a local pic up and you would have seen him before taking him home (maybe out of pity)

Yup. No way I'll be keeping a 700 gallon tank anytime soon. Holy crap. Barely have room for another 20gal.

It was out of pity, the guy had 0 idea what he was doing, and the monitor would have been left in his little cage all summer alone if I didn't take him so.. meh.