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I'm truly fascinated with this species, and wish i had the money or space to house one, but i don't at this time. Maybe in a few years. But what i want to get at, is that i can find some pictures of croc monitors on google images, but ive read of full grown ones hitting 220 pounds, which seems insane and too big. I was wondering if anybody on here, possibly some that keep crocs, have any pictures of full grown crocs, especially ones that let us see how big they really are. I would love it if somebody could post some. thank you.

Yup, that would be like the largest human ever, you know over 1000 pounds.

The average male, which is the larger of the two sexes can have a normal adult lenght of 7 feet or so. An adult female 6 feet or so.

Females can and do lay eggs at 4 1/2 feet in total lenght. I had two individual females do that here.

The bottom pic is a 7 foot male swallowing a cottontail.

Also, I would not recomend Croc monitors because of the size cages it takes to house them in a minimum way. Also, they can and will put you in the hospital.

They are a bit different in they are very very very shy and retiring creatures that do not want conflict nor do they invite it. But people cannot seem to keep their hands off of them, so they end up in the hospital.

supper cool pic FR
hey what size was that outdoor cage they in
looks like it a big one

hmmmmm I say hmmmmmm because its not something easy to answer.

In my case, I never go by the Croc monitor cage, or the water monitor cage. Or some animal has its own cage. To me, that is very restrictive and will cause lots of failure.

I built lots of cages, each has its own advantage. Like, for simple holding, or growing up, or outdoors, or indoor/outdoors, or only indoors. etc.

I have cages that are 20' by 20' or cages that are 10' by 10' and may have an indoor part, etc.

I use the cages to fit the need at the time. So in reality, any one animal does not have A cage.

The answer is, that cage is 10' by 10' outside, and 3'by 7' inside. But they may or may not be in that cage for long periods of time. Cheers

Those are some beautiful pictures, thank you. if you had any more that would be amazing. As much as i would like to keep a croc, i know it is entirely unrealistic in my current lifestyle. I might go with an argus next instead, as it is my next favorite of the ones you can get in the US. I think the monitors shouldnt only exist, but have a chance to actually live, and i feel an adult croc would need atleast 20x20, preferably much larger, and i dont have the space right now to provide that. nevertheless, they are beautiful creatures.

I totally agree with you. For instance, my 14" yellow ackie lives in his personal 5 feet wide, 3 feet deep, and 2 feet tall. And he uses every square inch of it. Many people focus more on the floor space for monitors, but croc monitors are tree dwealers. They will use every climbing oppurtunity given, from trees, logs, wire fenceing, and what not. In my eyes, houseing an adult crocodile monitor indoors is insane. Very few have the space needed for them anywhere in their home. A large barn, shed, etc. would be needed. I'm glad the price on croc monitors is high, they stay out of reach of everyday hobbyists who couldn't keep them.

Also, on a brighter note, congrats Frank on the success with croc monitors! Very few are reproducing them, and the hatchlings are truely beautiful.

This guy measures 8' 8". Franks advice is right on. They're great monitors but they can put a hurtin' on you. Not an ideal captive.