Well if you're using the rete stack accordingly it should be placed directly under your heat source to give a temperature gradient from the top to the bottom. If he's on the rete stack then he's still soaking up heat. UNLESS that's the only hide you have in the cage. He may feel insecure, especially if it's glass. I make wooden enclosures and still place several hide spots AND some form of a rete stack. Feeling like they can hide is KEY to a healthy and friendly monitor. Usually people have "puppy tame" monitors that actually have just given up on living because they spent so much time feeling terrified. You have to remember that to them, we're just predators. If you want a monitor that remains healthy and inquisitive, provide plenty of hide spots.

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• New Asian Water Monitor Questions/Proble - timmah, Fri Sep 16 13:30:42 2011
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