tons of pics of the little crew

[BSM]

Heres my little group i put together so far, Right now i have 2.2.1 pure argus

Simba 30 inches (born nov. 15th 2008)

Kira about 3ft (born in the spring/summer 2008)

her 9/15/08 pic by Krusty

Now these 2 i just got a week or 2 ago and were born march15-18th 2008 and are about 27-28 inches. There smaller then my 6 month old simba

comparison shot (Simba right......New one left)

Last one the little one thats 19 inches and around 5-6 months, should be getting bigger now thats its in a descent set up with 140F basking spot and fed 4-5 times a week.

I also found 4 eggs that were bad from my female i sold as it was related to the first two and the other 3 eggs i didnt find were eaten by one of the others. Im also going to be building new trough design cages in the next 2-3 months and there going to be nice but expensive at least they will be more efficient and allow 2ft of dirt in a large area. The cages will be either (1) 8x4x5 and (1) 6x4x6 or (1) 8x3x5 and (2) 6x3x6



Bryan

 

[mschuld]

They are beautiful!

 

[Red Earth Exotics]

awesome monitors! they look great.

 

[dragonqueen4]

wow, they are beautiful they look quite similar to the savannah.. what are their temperments like in comparison? I cant believe how big Simba is already, thats crazy. I hope my savannahs grow fast like that!!

 

[Beasty]

Those are killer looking!
I've looked at Argus over the years but never got one though I've had many other monitors. How are the temperaments? I have heard they can be quite nasty but I have seen lots of folks holding them too. I see you let yours roam a bit so they can't be that bad I'd guess.

 

[BSM]

Thanks
They just like to be left alone most of the time or they will just huff and puff but will rarely bite. There very active and like to explore so they dont stay still long except when basking. There really aggressive during feeding which i like and they sure can eat a ton of food, in the last 3 days i fed over 50 mice to them

Its basically like a war when im trying to move kira the big females back to her cage or out of it and thats only a 3 footer. Around Nov there will be a bigger challenge in moving two 4 footers around, the two males should be about that size by then.


Bryan

 

[Beazer]

Awesome pics man. I dont know why people cross argus monitors, I think pures are better looking. The first pic is cute lol. I love them when they are grumpy pants.

-Jon DeLong

 

[BSM]

Thanks

I actually like the crosses mostly the 3way crosses but they don't have the same personality of the Argus. The only problem i see with crosses is people try to market them as pure animals just to make more money which is a shame. Other then that they make better pets then Argus as they grow to about 30 inches and makes housing easier as most people cant provides the necessary space for Argus.

 

[ashesc212]

Really nice pics! That's quite the crew!

They bask at 140?

 

[BSM]

I have a few basking spots in my cages that range from 130 to 160F, they need high basking spots to properly digest there food and that includes all monitors.

Bryan



















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[crimsonrazac]

I really liked you 3 way. pretty sure you sold it. I want to get one of those in the future.

 

[jmiles50]

Those are awesome :!: Are they all in the same enclosure, and they get along :?:

 

[BSM]

larger female -- lives in an 8x2x4 with a foot to 2 feet of dirt
pale male and new female are living together in a 8x4x4(one part is 6ft) so far without any problems
New male is living in a 6x3x3 and by nov he will be in a 8x6x5
Juv is in a 4x2x2 and will out grow that in a month then, it will be moving into a 6x3x3

Most of the time they will get alone but as always there will be problems as they weren't raised together. Females are usually the problem, they will attack the males before or after they lay eggs. Thats why i had to separate the large female from my crosses every once and a while a few months ago.

 

[ashesc212]

I have a few basking spots in my cages that range from 130 to 160F, they need high basking spots to properly digest there food and that includes all monitors.

That's neat...I don't know much about monitors but it's cool to learn new info.

 

[ColdThirst]

JESUS! If all those were loose in my house I would flip out, they would be into everything!

Not to mention that scene from Jurrasic Park 2 I think where the guy get eaten by all those little dinasaurs. haha hanging of your lip.

 

[BSM]

heres the male im trading for the female Blue tegu

hopefully my friend hatches another pale Argus in his next clutch that coming up. My adult female looks as she may be ovulating again, it sucks that my pale male still needs 4-6 months until he will be big enough to breed. Another infertile clutch coming


Bryan