Its not that im willing to give up my ball python. i really like it. its just that I see other people with their monitors and I see myself having one also. And if it came down to either my ball or a new monitor i would most likely just stick with my ball for now. when i get my financially stable then I might get another pet like a monitor. the only reason I said I might trade my ball python for the monitor is if I had no other choice and wanted a monitor and no other pets. so i could devote my full attention to it and give it enough space. I don't think i could put two full 6X4X5 foot cages in my room. Its only a 15 foot by 14 foot room. (i rent from a house so i can't put them in any other room yet) But anyways I will take in consideration of a dragon, Ive always liked those also. so I might just start off with one of those if my tarantula dies after her nest hatches.
The reason I think monitors appealed to me soo much is that they reminded me soo much of my all time favorite reptile, the komodo dragon. I never knew that monitors existed until recently and they share a lot of similarities. But like I said earlier the bearded dragon has pretty much the same similarites as i am looked for in a lizard so. i guess i will stick to either my tarantula if it is alive after her babies hatch or i will keep some of her babies of my own or just get a bearded dragon, and work my way up to a monitor.
But it seams like a monitor has the same qualifications as a dog or a cat in the aspect of how much time you need for it and care you need. or am i wrong? If that is the case then I don't think i could handle a dog or a cat right now so I don't think I could handle a monitor. But on the other hand I did talk to a guy that had a monitor for sometime now and said what i needed to get and what i need for it and it seemed like it was the same for a ball python.

all that said I will just have to wait a few weeks and do a lot more research and see what happens with my current pets.

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• Monitor vs tarantula - dragon_details, Mon Oct 22 16:25:33 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - TBONE21, Mon Oct 22 19:33:41 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - dragon_details, Tue Oct 23 10:39:15 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - djcreepshow, Tue Oct 23 12:47:19 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - TBONE21, Tue Oct 23 13:43:27 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - dragon_details, Tue Oct 23 15:21:37 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - TBONE21, Tue Oct 23 16:06:13 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - dragon_details, Tue Oct 23 17:28:56 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - TBONE21, Tue Oct 23 20:48:43 2007
• RE: Monitor vs tarantula - HappyHillbilly, Thu Oct 25 01:17:24 2007