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RE: Captive Personality by Species

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Posted by: crocdoc2 at Tue Jan 10 22:06:48 2012  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by crocdoc2 ]  
   

I'm a big fan of lace monitors, obviously. They're energetic, intelligent, curious, cheeky and (males in particular) have a take-no-prisoners attitude. They learn really quickly, so it's easy to teach them routines to make keeping and handling easier. You'd have to try pretty hard to get a defensive bite out of one but always be mindful of the feeding response. As display animals they are spectacular as adults, hopeless as babies (pretty, yes, but painfully shy). Hatchlings and juveniles will try the patience of people unfamiliar with the behaviour of shy animals, so it's not uncommon for people to move them on in frustration before they are two years old.

They're really variable but, in my opinion, they can be one of the nicest looking large monitors when it comes to colouration and conformation.
The hatchlings are like living jewelry.


   

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