Our new member of the family

[Savannah]

Pet smart had everything half off this friday, so last minute we got this little guy/girl for my sister.
Introducing Zoey.

[Deac77]

Awesome I live Leo's and soooo easy to care for with great temperament!!

[Kristen]

Congrats she is gorgeous!

[Savannah]

shes pretty cool. anyone ever kept a black tree monitor??? im looking in to get one in a year or so.

[Deac77]

What ya wanna know? Now your getting into my specialty field lol

[Savannah]

haha. k are they good for being able to just let in and out of a tank? how big of one should i get? cuz id like to be able to let it wander around my house
what their typical food? and do i have to think about putting locks on my other tanks?? weird question ik, but im wondering...lol since ik their smart little things! haha

[Deac77]

haha. k are they good for being able to just let in and out of a tank? how big of one should i get? cuz id like to be able to let it wander around my house
what their typical food? and do i have to think about putting locks on my other tanks?? weird question ik, but im wondering...lol since ik their smart little things! haha

honestly they are very very similar to Green Tree Monitors and Blue they require very high humidity and sturdy tanks they need to be tall and they are arboreal their diet consists of mice and other small mamals they dont do well with handleing and tend to dehydrate fairly quickly outside they are very good escape artist and frog and other small animals would deff be on the menu you wouldnt want they to free roam because they are quite skiddish they dotn get very long but they do need LARGE enclosours most say 6f Tall x 3-4f Wide x 3-4 Deep is ideal if your wanting a large lizard you can let free roam i would consider a Tegu (argentine not colombian the colombians are smaller and harder to tame down that doesnt mean they can be difficult its just easier to start with something naturally mroe docile) have you ever kept any large lizards?

[Savannah]

so their more of a rain forest lizard then a desert lizard? i looked up info and i didnt get much but simple scietific names for em and how they are in the wild, lol so thanku. i would like a lizard i can let walk around my house, but i love how the tree monitors look. i think they look awesome. guess imma have to wait and c how big my home will be, I dont know if ill be able to fit such a big tank...so ill have to wait lol i havent kept any lizards. the leo is my sisters i just have a Red-Eyed Leaf Frog. lol

[Deac77]

Haha well they are very fun but hard to keep and of you get bit, be ready for a emergency visit

[Savannah]

ill keep in mind not to stick my finger in his/her mouth. lol

[Deac77]

Haha they are fun I like my Sav and tegu more than my tree monitors

[Savannah]

lol sweet. maybe i can keep certain people away if i have a big lizard around. hmmmm lol jk jk
they arent the grumpy kind? or does it really depend on their indivdual personality?? ( now that makes me think...we always say animals have personalities....but yet people say they dont have affection??? hmmmmmmmmmm lol )

[Deac77]

Haha so true! But just depends I mean they can tame down just takes work works better If you have a cb individual and have it as a baby they can be fun though ive had a really sweet green tree lol

[Savannah]

ohh ok. lol same for the big ones?? at the pet store in the city they have 2-3 big ones always walkin around, but they say there grumpy...I dont know wat kind they are tho.

[Deac77]

Some species are ALOT better than most but some are harder croc monitors, black throat, savy, and waters tend to tame easier and be more docile niles, argus, trees, "black dragons" and other species are very difficult and may never tame down