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Could someone tell me which are the species that remain under 3ft, and don’t cost to much,I wanted a red ackie but in Europe they cost too much(450€)

then maybe monitors aren't for you. I'm not sure what your price for an ackie translates to, but i can tell you that its just a fraction of the cost of keeping a feeding it. I bought my savannah for about 30 USD. Every weeke I spend 15-20 dollars just to FEED it. That's several hundred dollars a year, and its not even halfway grown. Then you have to get a cage, plus vet bills. That's just something to consider. I think an ackie is the cheapest thing you can get that stays under 3 feet anyway. Bearded dragons are fun, maybe you'd like one of those. They stick under 3 feet, although I don't know anything about their availability in europe. Good luck with whatever animal you choose.
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Scott,
Proud owner of Porker the savannah monitor (currently 20inches, 550grams)

Timors and such are under 3 feet and are cheaper than ackies even if CB. I think they might be the only ones.
Anyway...
Smaller monitors have a lot less volume than larger monitors and are much much cheaper to feed. There's a lot less monitor there per inch, is what I think I'm trying to say. Tweek (yellow spot Timor) is on a fuzzy diet and costs maybe a couple of bucks a week to feed, and I think he's twice the length of most ackies. Bearded dragons would be equally if not more expensive to feed if you kept them on an insect/rodent diet. (realistically, they can eat plants, and those are cheap)
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