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what is a good starter moniter.because i am very interisted in starting in moniters.

Miles

Hi,
a good "starter" species is V.acanthurus, reaches around 2 feet or so total length, so relatively simple to house (in terms of enclosure size), compared to the "giants" (but still needs the same basic living conditions etc). They show all the behaviours of their large cousins, but not likely to cause you too much damage if you do get "caught"!
Do you have experience with other reptiles?

yes i do. i have snakes and bearded dragons.

My vote would be ackie as well. Just remember to do a ton of research. It is well worth the effort to give these guys a proper setup. It took me a while to get one because I was always into big monitors. When I finally saw one in person and it had a great price, I figured why not. Definitely a good decision, they are really awesome. I know prefer smaller species of monitor.

On the arboreal end of things I really like timors. They stay relatively small and in my experience (please chime in if you think differently) are pretty easy to keep. I would say they are a little more difficult than ackies though, so I would still say ackie unless you just like arboreals.