Anybody else find that one good piece of wood for their enclosure and just can’t bring yourself to cut it to make it fit how you want it to? The enclosure is 6’x2’x4’, but the way the Apex enclosures are made, I can’t quite get the angles right. Looks like this nice hollow piece of oak is going to be laying down.

Man I tell ya what, when my Artemis gets her zoomies she is incredibly obnoxious. But boy can she loaf around when she wants to and HATES being woken up during day time naps haha.

Hey everyone I just finished up everything in my Ackie monitors new larger setup I was just curious if there’s anyone who has any constructive criticism to help me out to make sure everything’s perfect for my little guy Side note: I realize this isn’t an average Ackie setup because there is a fair bit more height then normal but Ackies do love to climb so I figured I mise well spend a little more and give him that extra room!

I love the intelligence and personality of monitors, but definitely am looking for one of the smaller variety (thus posting here). My quandary is that all of the dwarf monitors I'm familiar with are arid or semi arid species. Are there any small monitors, even if not technically odatria, that aren't quite as arid, but also aren't semi-aquatic? Terrestrial preferred but semi-arboreal is cool too. If nothing fits, I'm just not meant to have one at this point in my life, and that's ok too.

Thank you so much to everyone who has already participated in my survey! I greatly appreciate your time and feedback!

As a reminder, I am a Ph.D. student in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at The University of Georgia and an exotic pet owner. I am conducting research on exotic pet owners’ opinions about how the exotic pet trade is currently being regulated or should be regulated in the future.

If you haven’t done so already, please fill out my survey as I would value your opinion. The online survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete.

To proceed to the survey, please click the link below. If you have any questions or concerns about your participation in this study, please contact Libby Pratt (elizabeth.pratt26@uga.edu) or Dr. Elizabeth Pienaar (elizabeth.pienaar@uga.edu).

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Hello Fellow United States Exotic Pet Owners,

I am a Ph.D. student in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at The University of Georgia and an exotic pet owner. I am conducting research on exotic pet owners’ opinions about how the exotic pet trade is currently being regulated or should be regulated in the future. I would value your expert opinion.

I am inviting you to participate in an online survey, which will take 10-15 minutes to complete. To proceed to the survey, please click the link below. If you have any questions or concerns about your participation in this study, please contact Libby Pratt (elizabeth.pratt26@uga.edu) or Dr. Elizabeth Pienaar (elizabeth.pienaar@uga.edu).

Thank you for your consideration!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth (Libby) Pratt

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I have a kerosene monitor I want to change out with a pellet stove. What is the safe way to disconnect the fuel for the monitor?

how do the other dwarf monitors stack up against ackies when it comes to there handleability?

Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going well so far! I've been percolating this idea in the back of my mind for a while, and after a bit more mulling it over I realized I might as well see if there's interest from other folks.
Essentially, the idea is an opt-in spreadsheet (potentially a site as well for greater accessability) with info about their odatria breeding projects in the vein of a studbook. This is a great definition of what a studbook is, so we're all working from the same definition. Traditionally, reptile keepers have been resistant to the idea of studbooks -- I can understand why, but because odatria in particular are so niche I think it could potentially be really great to keep track of this stuff as a community. A studbook like this won't be a replacement for a breeder's site or anything like that, but my aim is to increase communication and visibility for different projects people are working on.

For my own part, I haven't yet been able to obtain the species I'm looking for, because of how few people in the US are breeding them. The idea for this project originates from the fact that I had to chase down a fair amount of people online, and wound up giving up the idea. It was only once I posted in this sub that I got another lead. It could be great to be able to look up someone in this studbook, for example, and go from there.

What do you guys think? Cool idea? Bad idea? Middling idea?

Hey there! I've been trying to figure out if anyone in the US is currently working with kingorum. When I last researched the little guys it seemed almost certain no one was maintaining a breeding group of them, which seems like a shame! If anyone has leads or suggestions I would love more avenues to go down.