Posted by:
murrindindi
at Sun Jun 5 06:00:23 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by murrindindi ]
Hi again NATZOO, are you asking how this species reacts to being held captive (shy, bold etc)? If so, it depends on the individual animal to some extent, but basically, just the same as all other species; The White/Black throated monitor (V.albilularis), under optimum conditions, will be extremely wary and defensive (just as they are in the wild).
With a LOT of hard work, time and patience, you may just have a tractable animal, but there are never any guarantees...
This is a relatively large species, in some cases reaching over 6.5ft (2 metres), so a very large enclosure is needed (as with most v aranids, the bigger the better), they also spend much time in trees, so a very tall cage is required.
Can you offer all that, and are you willing to take one on for the LONG term?
It`s good you`re asking questions before getting the animal!
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