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Ok, I'll admit my friend is not really a monitor person & may feed it a little to much I'm working on educating him on husbandry of the water monitors. however they do get large look on John A's site (cybersalvator.com). He has owned it for about a month he acquired it from another guy I know who has sinced moved to FL. It is 75lbs, 6'10, & in his home is calm. I babysat it for 4 months until he was able to build an enclosure, remodeled room. I don't agree w/ everything he does but he isn't a bad person & has not mistreated this animal.
feel free to email me w/ ?s if you want but I can't speak for him only what I know about the water monitor.

In that case, its now up to him to try and rescue the poor thing.
I wish him luck.

What's this "can get up to 100 lbs" stuff?

Just because we CAN abuse their bodies, does not mean its normal or healthy. Just some thoughts, not an attack on you Tony. That's great you are helping your friend set up the monitor's room. What a job you have! How well can that animal walk or swim? Better make it extra easy to escape the water bin. It may not be as mobile as a healthy monitor is, and accidents more likely.
D.

Actually he can run pretty fast hence the leash. He goes for walks in the park. He kept up the pace for while. As far as swiming he isn't as agile as I think he should be but I'm working on it.
Bud from Reptile Haven(used to have) wieghed a good 70lbs. there are a few other 6-7 ftrs. around 70-80lbs.
I knew the original owner as well. He was going back & forth to Fl. ,this past, so wasn't able to really keep up w/ his care. His family just kept feeding the monitor so he let me watch it for a few months until he sold it to the new owner. I didn't have the money to buy it & trust me I wanted to so it can get proper care. My family was upset my daughtr cried when he left.
This monitor will be taken care of. the only qualm I have is that the new owner should be willing to buy a young monitor & raise it to get a better understanding of them. But I figured let him buy it rather than someone whom I don't know so at least if anything comes up I can be there to help. As we all know they come w/ a lot of needs that people don't understand. The guy who brought the gator is from FL. & used to work at a rescue so knows what he is doing w/ them. As stated I don't agree w/ every thing they do but who agrees w/ everything any of us do.

oh wow, i can just see somebody strolling through the park with that beast on a leash. oh man, that would make my day to see it.

even if he is a bit chubby, he is so beautiful. better to be overweight and have to diet him a bit than emaciated.
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This very old (over 14 years)male water was over 140lbs.They wouldn't live that long if they were TOO unhealthy.It was very active and swam around just fine.Some freaky waters get over 100lbs.,but most don't.

Big boy!

That animal is obese too and 14 years isn't all that long for a water monitor. They survive being that fat because they are so tough, as they survive enormous amounts of various mistreatment. If you stripped all the excess fat out of that animal it would probably account for 60% of its weight.
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14 years isn't old for a male captive monitor.