Tegu VS Monitor

[varanio]

Heh. The bitey and common thing was directed more toward coura just to illustrate that just because it's "unusual," it doesn't means it tickle my fancy. I got my fair share of unusual, but I always return to my basic; although they are much more than say a cornsnake, kingsnake or a spotted python (two of the most popular species of snakes up here at the shows). Although I wish I still have my Malagasy Hognosed Snake...

Let see... $8 Gold Skinks (well the pair I got was more than tenfold that price for the pair which I have known for a year previously)... people don't like them because they are too skittish and tend to bite the hand that feed them.... $15 Tokay Gecko... scare the crap out of everyone she met... $50 Coastal Carpet Python, not too bad with handling, although but jumpy. Hence "dog-tame"... if one want a "dog-tame," they might as well just stick with leopard geckos, cornsnakes and ball pythons et cetera.

Then there is the boas (about $500 each, heh) and tiger salamander which are calm in themselves.

Ok

 

[Kioka]

Hmm... demension I am thinking...

6'x3'x3'; 7'x3'x3' or 8'x3'x3'

OR

6'x4'x4' or 8'x4'x4'. Thinking the 8'x4' and 4'x4' should be the easiest to build using plywood or MDF.

What would you guys recommend?

 

[Connor0729]

i say a red tegu. they have nice colours. they can become very tame. they get large, but not huge (4 ft). and they too are varinids, are they not? i was always under that impression

 

[Riv D]

I would go with a trio of Monkey Skinks. Build a Tall Terrarium and go for breeding.
These guys are real dinosaurs! I Love Em!!! (don't own any, but if I had room...)

 

[Kioka]

i say a red tegu. they have nice colours. they can become very tame. they get large, but not huge (4 ft). and they too are varinids, are they not? i was always under that impression

Not really. More closely related to ameivas. Tegus = monster of South America; monitors = monster of the Old World.

 

[varanio]

Not really. More closely related to ameivas. Tegus = monster of South America; monitors = monster of the Old World.

We have monitors in s florida now

 

[lophius]

I would go for a monitor rather than a tegu although the interactive nature of tegus really does lend themselves to 'home life' - of all the animals that I have sold over the years the one that I miss most (in fact probably only the real one that I regret selling) is a 4.5ft male arg B&W tegu.

For monitors though I was thinking along the same lines a varanio - although I would probably narrow the field to jobiensis, indicus and melinus. For viv size - 8x3x3 or 8x3x4 (high) would be good.

Carl

 

[Kioka]

We have monitors in s florida now

Indeed. Would be interesting to see where they will be in a thousand year...

I would go for a monitor rather than a tegu although the interactive nature of tegus really does lend themselves to 'home life' - of all the animals that I have sold over the years the one that I miss most (in fact probably only the real one that I regret selling) is a 4.5ft male arg B&W tegu.

For monitors though I was thinking along the same lines a varanio - although I would probably narrow the field to jobiensis, indicus and melinus. For viv size - 8x3x3 or 8x3x4 (high) would be good.

Carl

The more I see naturalistic enclosures for monitors on German websites and varanus.nl; the more I want to do one... However those ones would best be suited for the smaller monitors; although I heard Solomon Islands locality of the V. indicus get to be on the small side.

Here is a nice one for a full-grown Argentine B&W...

 

[sykofrenic]

my roomate has an argentine tegu and it is the meanest damn lizzard ive ever seen. it actually tries to attack when people get close to the cage.

 

[Kioka]

my roomate has an argentine tegu and it is the meanest damn lizzard ive ever seen. it actually tries to attack when people get close to the cage.

Either he never work with it; or he got a Columbian... a lot of petstores sell Columbians as Argentine.