I found the first pictures I ever captured of Quillion "hating" something and wanted to reshare the images 😂 Bonus pic: Halloween costume that he probably won't let me ever put on him. My parents are visiting this weekend for me bday 🎈 but I'll try to post again soon! 🧡

Baby Ackies are thriving. I like to try to provide a variety of different food to my animals which I think they appreciate.

I've has this guy for a month now. He's 2 months old. I feed him 3-4 big prey items or 7-8 small prey items a day. Sometimes I find him bulky looking, other times lean as I like my animals to be. All 4 pictures were taken within 10 minutes of each other.

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Had a taming session with my baby and she climbed on my arm and nearly slipped and I reflexively tried to catch her and spooked her 😔 anywayyy cute video of her being confident

As said in the title, I'm weighing the pros and cons as a first time digging lizard owner, my previous lizard (created gecko) was arboreal so I'm doing a lot of research about the differences. Smooth gravel mimics their natural environment best but doesn't hold moisture as well as the others, and as someone whose moisture technique will have to be "watering can every evening and testing humidity in the morning and night" I worry about it drying out. I was warned about impaction if I use sand substrate but have also read that sand doesn't necessarily cause a higher risk of impaction from other sources. I've been told against Cyprus mulch but I can't quite remember why and I didn't save the reasoning in my notes.

Thus, I turned to Reddit. Which would y'all recommend and why?

People don’t lie when they say how fast these guys grow. The first picture was taken in August and the second picture was a few days ago. It’s absolutely insane!

Varanus albigularis microstictus 0.1

Hey, i was wondering if anybody has ever dealt with something similar. My ackie has a crooked toe on the back right leg where the base of the toe points upwards rather than being flat. It seems like the “knuckle” is hurt somehow? Either way this issue seems like an old injury that doesnt affect her at all.

She also has one toe on the front left that always lies flat on the ground. I find that there is a bit of swelling at the tip of that toe too. Could these be just old injuries? Could it be gout? I have had experience with gout before in another species and i’m very afraid that its gout

Quill ran off with the sock today - he didn't want me to take it away from him 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hey guys, I’m really curious and kind of stuck here. My black-throated monitor (Varanus\ albigularis) has had a lump for almost 2 months now (circled in red in the photo).

- AI tells me it’s a cloacal prolapse.
- exotic vet said it’s just fat tissue.
- One vet recommended getting stitches.
- Another vet said there’s no need for stitches as long as it’s not causing any issues/symptoms.

I’m honestly super confused.

For context, the lump is located right near its vent. Aside from that, its appetite is totally normal, and it has no trouble pooping or peeing at all.

Have any fellow monitor keepers ever experienced something like this? I’d really appreciate any insights or advice!

(Sorry about the white part, a dumbass tried stalking me with the reflection on the glass and background😭)

Shes a bluetail montior, and im 70% sure its a she because i didnt see anything come out when she shit.

Ill try to get a top view, but she is very spicy and guarded so i dont even attemt to grab her or take her out. This is her after a small meal, i feed her 3 times a week with varity or meat and bugs(going to try out grasshoppers and shrimp. Told she was not a fan of snails or worms.) I think shes not....fat fat? But it she is let me know please.

She has a weird obsession with biting my fingers after coming over on her own 🌝 at least she’s curious

I posted this on the other thread but did anyone meet these guys or see/grab any photos of their big blue tree monitor on Saturday? The dude was SUPER photogenic. Trying to find some pics on my wife’s phone.

I noticed that she doesn’t shy away from my hand so I wanted to see what she would do if I pet her and she did a little splat? Was that a good sign or a leave me alone sign? I’m not that good with her body language yet

What is a good diet for a Nile monitor?

Hey guys !! So this is my little asshole Solas. Im just looking on tips you guys would recommend to get this little guy more tame 🙂

Now im not completely hopeless when it comes to monitors as I have a 2 year old savy. Raised her since she was about 3 months. she was pretty spicy too, but w tong feeding her, handling, and a LOT of time, she's extremely tame now.

The difference and problem im having is this little mf BITES , constantly. My sav would mostly just whip me, so I'm kinda struggling on how to minimize that. Even trying to simply put my hand next to him results in it being cut up. I don't mind it right now, but not something I want to keep happening 😅 I also recognize that there's obviously a difference between the two, and some monitors may never actually be tame, but i wanna try my best for him 👏🏻

He's fairly mild until that upside down bite at the end 🦖

There are 2 populations of Ackie monitors that are even smaller then normal Ackies and look a bit different which is really cool the first 3 pictures are of the southern Pilbara ackies the others are of the Barrow island ackies the head pattern on the barrow island ones looks quite a bit different I’m not sure if any of these populations have ever gotten into captivity but it’s definitely cool how different they can be between locales all photos are from inaturalist and the source that talks about these locales is the varanus citrinus description paper

This is my red ackie, she’s 16 months old, why is she so small? I have a yellow one too he was much bigger at that age.