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My two cents
My questions include'
What is the size difference between males and females?
males tend to be larger in all around body. The tend to be more open where females are more shy
How long do they grow? (age)
I have a 1 year old: let run down a few facts
July 2011, 3.5 months old @18" long, 30 gal tank, $3.75 a day to feed starting
Aug 2011, 24.5" long, 55 gal Tank, $4.35 a day to feed
Nov 2011, 28.75" long, 75 gal WIDE tank, $4.75 a day to feed
Jan 2012, 32.50" long, 75 gal WIDE tank (TOO SMALL), $ 5.25 a day to feed
Mar 2012, 38.75" long, same tank, $5.25 a day to feed.
He's growth rate will be the same, he should start to slow down by 2.5 years
He will be moved to a 12'longx4'widex4'tall, $1,200.00 to build. I need to build two
Food bill ran me $1,556.00 +/- 1st year
My vet bills totaled $575.00 for 2011
Daily care 1.45 hours a day for various maintenance
My electric bill and gas went up by $25.25monthly
Sexual dimorphism if any? not my area
General ability to become tame?
Interesting statement. They are generally very tolerant to the one whom feeds them. Mine will come to me and taste me and will even rub his head on my hand I can pick him up and he will not stress over it. I had him take pinkies right out of my hand a number of times and within a min turn and bite me or tail whip me. I have moved away from the force handling it was not working with mine so I took James W advice here on this forum. My goal now is to work towards a mutual friendship where he trust I will not hurt him and he will not hurt me. That being said all Monitors have instinctive triggers and that's what you need to indentify or find out and you will.
Good luck in your adventure. The info you need is here the application is on you.
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