u/swaggersouls1999

I just got this sweet boy and he’s gorgeous. I heard they can be housed in multiples as long as there’s females and one male, never multiple males. josh’s frogs and dubia.com said it’s totally fine. then I see others say it’s not.

or big sites like Josh’s frogs and Dubia say it’s fine when it’s not. I know sometimes it happens with other reptiles so I’m not sure at all.

I’m housing him in a 36x18x18 with bunches of hides and everything. I’m wondering if I had 1 or 2 females. I have all bioactive enclosures! thanks for any help

hi guys! I got my first ackie monitor about a month ago. he’s a yearling, previous owner said he was super sweet. he eats from tongs great and is totally cool with me around his enclosure.

I put my hand in the enclosure to bond with him, show him we’re friends. he climbed on my hand and I thought we were cool. WE WERE NOT COOL. he’s flicking his tongue and looks down at my finger, he latches on. he will not let go for nothing. he drew pretty good blood from it

I got him off about a minute later. he went to his basking spot and was wiggling his tail. of course I left him alone after that. I still tong fed him and everything. I started using gloves but now I have an issue, I’m lowkey scared of him😭 it’s not that the bite hurt badly, it was definitely sore after that but it didn’t really hurt.

now everytime he comes near the glass and I go to interact, I start shaking and get scared of him. he climbs on the gloves and still takes food from me. but I don’t know how to stop being scared of being bitten. It’s inevitable having a monitor but still, it scared me pretty good.

he’ll climb on the gloves and everything but I can tell he wants to bite the fingers of the gloves too. he’ll turn his head and barely open his mouth, then keep walking.

can he sense I’m scared? he’ll come right to me whenever he wants to be handled but I feel like I’m scaring him by shaking😭 I literally start sweating and my handles tremble…

is time the only way to stop being scared? how do I get him to stop biting? is it a rebellious teenager thing?

also to add, I know it’s not serious getting bitten. it’s not even a big deal but I’m still afraid🥲

it’s never overtop her body, just next to her. I’m not sure if this could cause floppy tail or not

I’m assuming yes but I need opinions!

I made a post about a gecko I rescued. if you hadn’t seen it, take a look at it! anyways, she’s doing better. I upgraded her tank but she seems weird. she’s not moving as much. I can’t see any lick marks in her bowl but she’s not losing weight.

I thought she was maybe constipated since I haven’t seen any poop in her tank. Her belly isn’t hard or anything so I’m not really sure. I haven’t seen any lick marks in her bowl though and I’m afraid she’s just not thriving

I’m taking her to the vet on the 20th! but what else can I do for her in the 3 days we’re waiting? I’m so so afraid shes gonna pass:( I would be so devastated. any help is so so appreciated

first photo is before and the second is after!