"they are no different from other reptiles as far as if you give them what they need, they will do well for you in captivity."

Well, um, yes, that's obvious. What is less obvious is what it is that they need and that's where people fail. If you try to keep them as you do other reptiles, they will fail, for they have different demands from other reptiles. That's what this discussion is about. No one here is saying that if you give them what they need they will fail.

Over the years I've been hanging around monitor forums, there's an incredibly common scenario which goes as follows: A keeper shows up, posting about having issues with their monitor. When asked about how the monitor is set up, the keeper gets very defensive, says "I have a lot of experience with reptiles, because I've been keeping pythons/boas/(insert reptile of choice here) for X years!" If they don't storm off in an indignant huff, sometimes you'll get to find out how the monitor has been kept and invariably it has been kept exactly as that keeper would house their python/boa/(reptile of choice), which is unsuitable for monitors.

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