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Does anyone have a good photo of a tripodding argus monitor. I can't find on anywhere. If anyone has or can find one, that would be awesome.

These help any?

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Ed

Those are Awesome! Did you just find those? Or are they yours?

The first three pictures are of my adult male. The fourth picture is of him when he was a baby. The last picture is of a different one I had a few years ago.
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Ed

Thank you so much for those photos. I really appreciate them. Are they good monitors to keep? I have been considering them. I currently have two Savs.

Argus are a blast to keep. They need proper sized cages and eat a fairly large amount of food for 3-4.5' long lizards, but they are firecrackers of personality and spunk. I've been keeping/breeding them since 2003.

-Krusty

Just like Krusty said, they are great animals to keep. Don't expect to hold them and have them be content. They are active and eat a lot.

Ed
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Ed

Hi,

If you have offspring, are they easy to sell?
I don't mean if you make good money off them, but how much trouble is it to sell them to people that know what they are doing?
I have been thinking of getting a pair, but I don't want to be stuck with their young because nobody else can care for them.
What size cage do you have them in?

Jasper

Both of my Savs, though one is a baby, eat a lot. Thy are bottomless pits.

These photos are great. Thanks again for getting them posted for me.

I get a lot of people asking about the babies since I show pictures on the forums almost weekly. I tend to scare off about 2/3 people when I tell them how monitor lizards are realistically and the cage/food requirements. Even with doing this and essentially not advertising much, I homed 50 babies this year already. I have another 8 eggs due to bust out in a week or so. You may not sell all of them in 3 weeks time, but I've managed to place pairs and trios in some very capable newer keeper hands this year and I'm happy with what I've seen so far.

I'll admit, when I first started getting so many eggs, I contemplated just freezing them and discarding them. I wasn't so confident there were enough good, dedicated keepers out there.