Can they co-exist without bad results? Just a question.
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newstorm
Dec 04, 2006 03:44 PM
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robyn@ProExotics
Dec 04, 2006 04:45 PM
there is no answer for a question like that.
are they babies? adults? same sex? opposite sex? one healthy, one not?
certainly it can be done. with healthy, similar sized animals, under the watch of an experienced keeper, most often yes. but there is a LOT of subtlety to that, both the situation and that sentence itself.
with an inexperienced keeper, most often no.
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newstorm
Dec 04, 2006 06:11 PM
OK say they are similar in size, both healthy. Should they be the same sex? Probably not 2 males. I have a female BT, pushing 3 1/2 feet. Just kicking the idea around.
FR
Dec 04, 2006 06:29 PM
Are you feeling lucky mister. hahahahahahaha because luck is also envolved when keeping any two monitors together, as well as skill. Even of the same species.
I would bet, more monitors suffer an untimely death, from members of their own species, then members of other species.
Back to the point. Is the person asking this question or the person whos going to attempt this, experienced. If not, don't even think about it. Take small steps before you take big steps. Most have problems keeping any monitor with any other monitor. Learn the basics first. Cheers
newstorm
Dec 04, 2006 07:02 PM
If I was feeling lucky I would be gambling for money, not farting around with monitors.
Just mainly wondering. If I got replies from experienced keepers saying they have had success with that, then I would think about it .
robyn@ProExotics
Dec 04, 2006 07:51 PM
ya know, i was in a hurry, and thinking they were the same species. being different species, even closely related like Savs and Ionides, i would say no.
like Frank (sort of) said, it is kind of like digging yourself into a big hole, just to see if you can get back out of it. might as well work on moving forward, not backward : )
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SHvar
Dec 05, 2006 10:42 AM
This is a female albig (the smaller sex) a 5 year old, she is looking at a big male flavi-argus (bigger than most boscs will ever get) on the other side of 10/100 plexiglas. The Flavi is 4ft long by the way. I somehow dont think that these 2 would share a cage for long, so a species that gets preyed upon by albigs in one area of Africa thats similar or smaller size wouldnt be a good idea either.
Think about that alone, why is it that boscs are barely found in one area of Africa that is occupied by albigs? After all boscs are the smallest monitor species on the continent.
