What are some great pet monitors besides savannah monitors?

Question

What are some great pet monitors besides savannah monitors?

Answer 1

Niles are NOT good pets, very aggressive. They also get to be 7-8 feet long.

Some to consider are the

dwarf monitor (around a foot long the rest range between 3-5 feet)

yellow montior (v. melanis),

peach throated (v. jobiensis),

the mangrove (Varanus indicus)

black tree (Varanus beccarii)

green tree (Varanus prasinus)

yellow tree

blue tree

ackies (varanus acanthurus)

argus (Varanus panoptes)

Timor (Varanus timorensis timorensis)

rough necked (Varanus rudicollis)

Dumeril's (Varanus dumerilii) awesome coloration as juvies

I tried to include as many scientific names as I could so you look at the correct species.

maybe a tegu?

Answer 2

wow! you just got ALOT of bad info just now. the only people who even got this kinda half right was fastfoward and xaaro291( white throats are not a good choice.timors are VERY, VERY shy and skittish . tristis are even worse than the timors) ackies  are the BEST choice for a first time monitor owner period! savannahs ( my personal fav.monitor )are one of the worst pet monitors for first time monitor keepers.every one of the monitors on the list that lizard mama gave you i have worked with and they are  HORRIBLE CHOICES(except the ackies and timors) for first time monitor keepers .dumerils get big and aggressive . rough necks are OK after you have kept some smaller monitors, argus get big and are aggressive, green and blue tree monitors are some of the hardest lizards to keep in the whole hobby!!! peaches, mangroves, and yellow monitors are some of the most flighty and nervous (like the timors, but timors are small, peaches and yellows are not) monitors ive ever worked with and both with spray **** all over you when they dont want to be handled. ive worked with/kept  nearly every species mentioned here( except the blue and yellow trees) . ive bred trisits( both the black heads and the freckleds) timors and ackies (yellows) ive gotten eggs but no hatchlings from the yellow monitors( before they were even officially  described!) and peachies and i still think ackies are the best .go with an ackie. you cant go wrong

p.s. what up william?sorry to disagree with you , but dumerils can reach 5 feet and their dispositions are far from nice.  they are ok for you and me ,but not a first time monitor keeper ( i do understand your like for them though i really dig them myself.) e-mail me dude.

Answer 3

If you are planning on getting one i would recommend an ackie, savannah, timor, or tristes.

They are not at all hard to care for if you do months of research and have a proper set up ( no glass tanks and have a solid top). Your tools needed will be a temp gun and a thermometer with humidity not the cheap dial ones. I wouldn't recommend any monitor species to anyone that didn't do research. If you want a pet to hold and pet get a bearded dragon. Some other monitor species are

-water-nile-croc-blackthroat-demerils-... and black tree- yellow monitor-whitethroat-spotted,sulfer, toigian water monitor- peachthroat, ackies, timor, tristes, argus, flavi, argusflavi many more to list but i would only recommend mainly an ackie or timor to a first time owner for there small cage size and the fact that they are easy to care for

Answer 4

I agree with jason h except that i feel dumerils could be a good choice for beginners they dont get that big average 3 to 3.5 feet.  

Answer 5

nile and desert

Answer 6

Ackies.  A smaller monitor that stays small.  Another good one is the White-Throated Monitor.