What are your favorite "pet" monitors?

Sobek my hybrid BT/WT/WT cross, Ive had her since she was 2 months old. All are great though, family members to say the least.

I am kept by the ultimate green arboreal reptiles, emerald tree monitors. They were the first monitors I ever bought and the only ones that I am kept by at the moment. I sold my 3 white head water monitors because they didnt get the white heads. The green trees have bred over the years!

Digby Rigby

Keeping reptiles is just practice for being kept by monitors!

the ornate Niles in which I've only seen a few of. just to bad they aren't as tame as other monitors are still.

I would have to go with the sand monitor, nice size, around 4-4.5 feet. Very nice dispositions and good feeding response. Not as crazy as an argus and easy to breed. Probably the most intelligent of the varanids.

i have 11 lizards at the moment and i must say that my nile monitor has got to be my favorite!

I am getting a pair of red Ackies in the next month or so, when it warms up a bit. I have been dreaming and wishing and trying to convince myself that I have the room and resources for a black throat though for quite some time. If I could have any monitor I pleased it would be a black throat, or maybe a lace. But seeing as though I can't, Ackies are my choice. I'm sure they'll still be a ton of fun!

My Favorite has to be Argus. The intelligence and curiosity is hard to beat. My guys where pretty tame too, althought they arent exactly known for that.

Second on my list would be Ackies, floowed closely by White/Black throat and Savs.

Green and Blue trees are awesome but they are more of a display animal then a Pet.

Back in 2002-2003 my monitor collection was quite big.

1.2 Argus
1.2 Western Giant Yellow Ackies
1.1 Freckled and 0.1 Black Headed housed together
1.1 Blue Spot Timors and 0.1 Spotted Tree (V. Similis) housed together
0.0.1 Mangrove
1.0 Black Throat
0.0.1 Savanah

Unfortunatly, at the end of 2003 surgery required I sell all but the Black Throat. I wound up giving him to someone who had a female in early 05 though for a breeding project, so I have no monitors at all right now .

well id have to say my nile monitors. ive gotten them to be hadable and they are the best ive had.

i also have

3 coman niles
1 ornate nile
4 sav's
2 timor
1 dusky monitor (newly reclassified mangrove)
1 yelloe ackie (my little adhd monitor)
1 water monitor
not to mention 1 red tegu and 1 blue tegu

i've raised savannahs niles and mangroves in the past and i'd have to say that mangroves were always my favorite .

I got my fiance a Nile. It loves him and hates me! Little bastard.