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prettykttkat
at Mon Nov 30 23:55:45 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by prettykttkat ]
Thanks guys, I'm glad you like the vids!
Hi Steve after reading about your monitors I'd say they can become just like mine. Especially the one that already climbs up your arm Before I got mine I thought they were going to be shy and skittish too. It wasn't hard to get them to trust me at all. Really I think whatever fear they had was overrode by curiousity. They are the most curious monitors I've ever seen.
I'm no expert, I got my first one this year in April, a CBB baby male and the second one a month later, a WC juv female. The first one really was not afraid at all and wanted to come out all the time, starting on the day he arrived in the mail. The second one took a week before she acted just like the male and was fully comfortable with me. She is the one in the vid I will make a vid when I have time about my gtmonitors and how they became the way they are and what I did to help along the way.
My husbandry, again I'm no expert but I am a research-a-holic. I read books, surfed the net and talked to people.
Cage:90 gallon with foil covering all screen to trap in heat and humidity. 6x4x2 wood & plexiglass being built(details are still being worked out).
Lighting:Zoomed Reptisun UV 5.0 across the whole top, 2 basking lamps.
Substrate:Damp moss
Hides:Bird house for med size parrots placed high up in a corner, the original perch was replaced with a thick stick perch to support their weight(perch is same thickness of their bodies). It's filled with moss and they sleep in it together every night
I also have vines,plants and branches they can climb on and go in and out of.
Water:Mist at least 5 times a day for drinking and to help humidity. I have a water dish big enough for them to fit in but they rarely drink from it and never go in it.
Temps:Basking 120-130 degrees, mid 70's on cool side, 90's on warm side. Heat emitter for night time heat.
Humidity:70%-100%
Diet:Lobster roaches,crickets and superworms. They will not eat anything else I offer. I do not offer mice because I read 2 zoo reports of prasinus dying after getting septicemia from eating rodents. I plan on feeding birds as an alternative.(yeah, I'm paranoid)
Feeding:As much as they want every day. Usually about a dozen insects for each monitor. I try to give more than one type of insect everyday. Example each one will eat 2 superworms,5 roaches and the rest crickets. They eat from a bowl or my fingers(I used to use tongs for roaches but have gotten over a little of my disgust enough to touch them now,lol!)
Supplements:Calcium without vit D3 once a week and multi vitamins with vit D3 once a month.
Handling: Every day when they want out, only 10-15 minutes at a time. I figured since my house is not hot or humid I'd better not hold them any longer than that at a time.
Vet care:Both were taken in for physical exams and fecals when first purchased. Fecals were done until 3 in a row (2-3 weeks apart)came back clean. This way I knew they were healthy and parasite free. After this was done I put them together in the same cage.
I think that's everything, if you have questions let me know
Hi Bob, I was lmao when I was reading what you guys were saying about my legs, lol! Too funny! Glad you like the vids too
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RE: My monitor vids - prettykttkat, Mon Nov 30 23:55:45 2009