I still cant see a 4.5 or even 5.5ft water monitor ever being 40 lbs, in fact someone not long ago had a nice healthy, but a bit chunky water monitor posted on here and another forum, it was 15 lbs, that lizard was over 5ft long.
Even though they become big heavy adults, a water monitor weighs more than an albig at adulthood, they arent that drastically much more. In fact at 5ft I can fit my thumb and middle finger around their tail bases without squeezing at all. I believe John A has a few 30-40 lb water monitors, I dont think a single one is shorter than 6ft, some of them are larger. My entire hand barely fits halfway around Sobeks tail base.
Ive been using a digital fish scale and a canvas bag to weigh mine for years, a friend and I discovered it to be a very accurate method.
Thank you for the comments on the pups, they are such a blast, and I cant thank them enough for the exercise they provide me with. The mix breed (husky, possibly white shepard, and malamute) is now 81 lbs and only 11 months old.
Good luck

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