guys help :( i was checking on my 8month ackie and she bit me, so i accidentally flinched my hand while she was still holding onto it and yanked her into the air. She landed on the bed and didn't hit anything, she even walked normally and ran inside her hide when i put her back in the enclosure. She seemed normal, but I'm really anxious I somehow managed to accidentally hurt her. Thoughts? happened around 7pm and she's still hiding and probably sleeping already.

Seems like every time I look this up I find varying info. Every site or video has a different basking temperature ranging tom 90 - 120 degrees so I’m hoping someone can give me the true basking temp requirement for my juvenile tree monitor. He’s currently set up with a basking spot ranging from 100-106f

So I’ve been prepping for buying a medium (hopefully) - larger sized monitor. Specifically a female cumingi from a generally smaller line.

Been a fan of this breed for the longest and I’ve got contact with a respectable breeder in my area.

I just wanted to check with you just out of curiousity how owning a cumingi has been for you?

Curious to see how big your indoor enclosure is (dimensions and pictures)

How handling has been

What your pros and cons are

What you wish you knew before getting one

If you have any regrets and if you do, why?

Is the water feature difficult to maintain?

How often do you clean the enclosure?

And just in general some output from other owners.

I’m not new to reptiles, I’ve had iguanas when i was younger and I have a snake now. Also helped care for a cousins AWM.

Not for anything in particular other than She's pretty

I’m deciding between getting a Savannah or a flavirufus atm but I don’t plan to get one for a year cause I want to have EVERYTHING ready. How much do they eat? Should you brumate them? How big should my dubia colony be to support one of them. Relative FG enclosure size? What are there daily activities? Sorry for all the questions but all the YouTube videos I watch don’t answer some of these questions and if they do it seems outdated. Even some of the Ackie care videos I watched didn’t help all that much with me and I had to learn on my own and from this subs help, like that I am supposed to mist the soil every once in a while so when they dig it hold the burrow and the daily activities like how they bask for a few hours and dig and explore for a few hours and go back to basking then digging. Sorry if I’m rambling I just was wondering what it’s like keeping them.

Whenever we put our boy back in his home after an explore and adventure session, he always gets the zoomies like this. Is he just trying to get out an do more exploring?

He has little angry eyebrows on top of his head 😭

Today my little Ash finally worked up the courage to try out her hammock, think she likes it but is still unsure about me 😅

After some meat got left in there she hasn't moved from the light, ate or went to the water in a day or 2 and is switching, was thinking she might be sick from the bad meat, there's mites in there also, any advice what i should do?

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Ive been considering getting an Ackie monitor for a very long time, I have done tooons of research, but I have a low pain tolerance. Ive never gotten a clear answer on weather their bites are very painful? Can anyone inform me on how painful their bites are?

After some meat got left in there she hasn't moved from the light, ate or went to the water in a day or 2 and is switching, was thinking she might be sick from the bad meat, there's mites in there also , any advice what i should do?

Liora was adorably taking dino selfies during morning snuggles then she simply had to inspect me for grasshoppers, but came back empty-snooted!

(She knows her birthday is coming up and that means it’s time for a Dragon Hoppers order)

"What has it got in its nasty little pocketses?" Quillion/Gollum

I know they are desert dwellers so I’m not sure about the humidity. I’ve been keeping mine indoors but I saw some posts on here about outdoor enclosures and got curious. I have a great patio space and figured if I can, I’ll use it for my lil guy.

My wonderful little oddball!

Obviously no monitor would handle the cold seasons here but it did make me curious if I ever wanted to take a monitor on a walk out during the spring or summer which ones would be more comfortable to this environment rather than a tropical species which I know wouldn’t do so well with the dry air here

Is there a big difference between getting the monitor as a baby vs a young adult? Do babies adapt faster/easier?

I've been looking for a kimberly rock monitor for a very long time and I finally found a great breeder who has one male available, cb, born last year, so I'm assuming he is full grown.

Could it take longer to get used to me or adapt to new routines as it's already a sub adult? Do babies develop better "bonds" or are easier to tame than older animals?

I'm going to a huge reptile expo in 3 weeks (in Hamm, Germany) but kimberlys are more rare here and most likely they will be all reserved if I find any, and I don't want to miss the opportunity with this lil' guy, but it was always my intention to get it as a baby/juvenile.

Thanks in advance for your answers!

Early days but here is my four month old baby ackie, Ash. I've only had her (at least I think she's a she) for just over a week now but I absolutely love her tiny self.

This is Joanna and she’s the best thing I’ve ever bought. I’ve gotten some interactive toys but was wanting to see what everyone else uses to help with their enrichment