Firstly, I never asked anyone for "help". I was simply showing off a really cool monitor that my partner picked up.

Saying that an animal is most likely male because it is however many inches and has not laid eggs is just a silly thing to say. Not every female reptile will lay eggs when they hit a certain size/age. They can skip ovulation, they can re-absorb eggs, and so on.

It is VERY easy to visually sex African varanids.

As far as color goes, you can not compare animals that NORMALLY hatch out brightly colored and dull out as they age to an animal that strays so far from the normal looking animal at any stage of its life. Two totally different things.

If you must know what I have done in this hobby, by all means, look my name up and I am sure you will find plenty of info. I am not going to sit here and blow my own horn. Trust me, I am far from new to keeping and breeding reptiles and this includes varanids.

Now, a question for you. Do you think that monitor lizards pair up early in life in the wild before they are sexually mature? If you believe that you are a bit off. Varanids do not pair bond for life and they do not become "childhood friends" before they start to become sexually active. So if this is not a need in the wild, why would they need to be introduced at an early age in captivity?

I know many people who do the exact opposite to what Frank thinks everyone should do and are still very successful. What is your point?

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