Tibor, hi,

Don’t take any of this to heart, but, I’m curious whether your post actually has any point at all. I don’t think you care about the answers to any of your questions, since you’ve already posted to detract from my discussion in this thread as it was below.

You prove to have paid little attention to my posts in the past, since I have already made mention of a meaningful group of animals that I maintained (success), plus a negative group (failure begot learning). Having kept the “good” group in the past signifies experience just as much as it would was I still in possession of it, so your request for currency doesn’t hold water here. Please understand this. If (for a strong example) FR quit keeping monitors tomorrow, you would not begin to question his words, since his then-past experience would justify his words well enough for your ears, er, eyes. Having made success yesterday might even be better than making mistakes today. I know, you weren’t up for all this length. So, as a mid-way treat, no, I don’t currently have monitors. I’m not great at multi-tasking and work with too many other species for my own practicality at this time.

You ask which kinds and how many, why? Are you suddenly curious? Which part of my post made you curious? I am jumping to the conclusion that you are instead being either attention-deficit or antagonistic, and I hope it’s the former since that one isn’t voluntary. Your questions are those frequently asked when someone is hoping to challenge “credentials.” How about this, my understandings of monitors are not proportionately more extensive than my understandings of general reptile ecology/physiology, meaning, I understand some of the specifics, for some species, but the main factor of importance I have to contribute is a general understanding and a history of (a little) success. Hopefully, those are meager enough “credentials” to lessen your irritation/intimidation?

I know, you’re tapping your foot already, since you expected a checklist, if anything (heh, shows how little you know me). But, those were big questions that you didn’t justify with regards to context. You didn’t ask any questions that had anything to do with this thread. I know, I know, you’ve given FR a lot of money for some pretty Aussie goannas and we’ve all been pleased to see the pictures of them. This doesn’t mean that you must question the words of others in terms of species and numbers in possession at the time of writing. Instead, try reading what I am writing and see if that tells you anything (it might) or just don’t read at all (as I already said, maybe you skipped that part).

Now, for the count, what will please you? I’ve kept seven savannah monitors and each one lived a good five years minimum. I kept a successful group of two ackies and they laid eggs twice – the second time she laid twenty seven of them. I’ve also kept a couple of water monitors and right now I love a nile and he eat lots of fish. No, wait, that’s what you might have been expecting. Wordy guy with little or no track record of success, since this forum has a habit of exposing those fellows.

Truthfully, I’ve kept a group of Argus in the past (to reiterate) and they did very well. I am actually vain enough to still see my progress with them as an achievement, particularly since I was young. I kept a group of mangroves, and they failed completely, for reason of a spatially inadequate setup that couldn’t be altered at the time. The other couple of species I’ve kept were maintained independently, so, even though they “did well,” it was only the non-reproductive part. They were, essentially, pets. So, as I’ve said before, I’m batting at 50/50. That’s not as good as some, maybe not as good as you. But, who said I wrote on this forum to best anyone? Consider staying even slightly within context of threads like this in the future and you might just get something out of them. This isn’t about me and no one, including you, wants it to be. Perhaps, pay attention or don’t participate. Thanks.

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