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Had the camera handy while feeding roaches to my green tree monitors. I think some of you might really enjoy watching them eat

Amazing video! All the cool interaction aside, I like that the audio was good enough that I could hear the roaches crunching.

Thanks for sharing!

Steve - sdi

Thanks!

"hear them crunching" EWW! Reading that just sent shivers down my spine! LOL!

I suspect yours are CB or did you get them as really young?
Nice video

Your prasinus are amazing!!

Thanks! I really love these guys they are my favorite! I'm totally hooked and it makes me want to see if all tree monitors can be like them. I will be getting a blue tree after the holidays and I can't wait to see if she will turn out like my prasinus

Kathy, you truly are "the monitor whisperer". Great video.
Joe

I suspect yours are CB or did you get them as really young?
Nice video

The smaller one is CB, I got him as a baby. The bigger one is WC, I got her as a older juvenile.

Thanks for the kind words

I have a pair of blue trees. They are doing great and one has the potential to be extremely comfortable with me like the green trees that you may have seen posted by prettykttkat. I am not sure if you got my email I sent you a couple days ago with a lot of the info I found over the last year while I did my research. I did not post it here because it mentioned specific company names so I thought it might get deleted. If you did not get it let me know and I will send it again.

In response to the questions I am replying to, from what I have read keep them as 1.1 pairs. If you keep them as 1.2 supposedly success rates drop. If you keep multiple males in one cage they will fight.

I like the way radiant heat panels (RHP) heat more than lights. The problem is on a daily basis I temp gun my blue tree monitors under their 140 degree basking spot. Quite often mine are temped at 100-120 degrees. The size RHP needed to heat a 6’ to 8’ tall cage will heat the entire cage length unless your cage is longer than 6’. If you use a RHP to obtain a 120-140 degree basking area, the entire top 3 feet will be between 100 and 120-140 degrees according to the owner of one of the leading RHP companies. Also, in The Savannah Monitor Lizard by Bennett & Thakoordyal, Bennett says to always use a basking heat source that emits light. This may be to avoid burns but he does not elaborate.

Please keep us posted. I have plans to get some V.Prasinus down the road as well. Good luck!

Steve - sdi

are those full grown?? what do you keep them in
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-Stephen-

0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)

No they are not full grown yet, well at least the male isn't. The female I'm not sure as I've read 18-24 inches TL is adult size. I measured her last month and she was at 20 1/2 inches TL. She was around 15 inches TL when I first got her. The male measured at 18 inches TL last month and he was a tiny baby when I first got him. I'm working on a big cage at the moment which hopefully will be done in January. I want to make sure everything is perfect as I've never built a cage before. Right now they are in a 90 gallon tank.

ok thanks, be sure to post pictures and details of the cage your building
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-Stephen-

0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)

Hello Prettykttkat,
Again, we had a great time watching your feeding vid. If we had the space and time prasinus monitors would be the dwarf of choice for us. Thank you for sharing- Best to you- Mike S

Who did you buy them from? They are beautiful?

Thanks

I bought them both from Ben Siegel at 2 different times. The CB male I bought in April as a little baby. The WC female I bought from him in May as a juvie(half grown).

I've been noticing with my monitors the color change as they mature. The male keeps getting a lighter pastel green with blue undertones with the black cross bars getting lighter on his back. His belly is a really light pastel green. The female has gotten darker, bright emerald green with a lot of yellow in her face and throat. On her back the cross bars are dark black and has some blue flecks. Her belly is almost orange. I am so curious to see what colored offspring I get if I ever hatch any babies out

I looked on his site and he didn't have any listed as available, but it said he had Varanus kordensis and said it was just like the green tree. I did a search but couldn't find much info or any pics. Anybody know anything about them?
Thanks Steven

V.kordensis has the same husbandry requirements as V.prasinus and other tree monitors in the prasinus group. The difference between the two is kordensis gets slightly larger than prasinus and the color/pattern is different. Kordensis is drab olive green with a tan belly. The pattern on the back looks like netting or lace instead of cross bars like prasinus.

The choice is really what you find more attractive. Either one is a nice monitor

Wonderfull husbandry, this is the video many on the forum and in the hobby would love to see. It seems many keepers dont spend enough time to tame their monitors down as you have. Keep up the good work and thanks for shedding some new light on the truth about these great lizards.
Bob
www.herphatch.com

Thanks for the kind words Bob

N/P thanks for sharing the video, not to many would believe it until they see it.
Cheers,Bob

Is it rare for them to be that tame? I'm interested in the species either way. I'm just curious.