you should mark off waters, savs, blackthroats, and argus monitors from your list. They do not make good pets for most people out there ( they require a great deal of space, food, and electricity to properly keep).Waters blackthroats and argus are very very large animals.



Also mark off peachthroats, bluetails, mangroves and any tree monitors, and V. melinus. these are not beginner level species at all. Peachys and tree monitors do not tolerate keeper error ( they are easy to kill if you don't know what your doing),and melinus are very very shy.



Ackies are really the best choice as they are very tough ( very forgiving to keeper error),relatively small, they are readily available, and they have wonderful personalities.



Before you jump into monitors though, read a lot on this forum about their requirements. If you've been reading any pet shop books on monitors, or online care sheets, disregard most of that information as most are usually wrong.

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• Monitor Guidance Would be Appreciated. - maddogg1990, Sat Apr 14 21:33:02 2007
• RE: Monitor Guidance Would be Appreciated. - sungazer, Sat Apr 14 23:10:02 2007
• RE: Monitor Guidance Would be Appreciate - jonathan-m, Sun Apr 15 08:42:02 2007
• RE: Monitor Guidance Would be Appreciate - maddogg1990, Sun Apr 15 16:48:15 2007
• RE: Timor: Shy but not aggressive??? - sidbarvin, Sun Apr 15 17:49:41 2007
• RE: Monitor Guidance Would be Appreciate - holygouda, Sun Apr 15 13:20:11 2007