Nile monitor

Swimmin

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• lizard
• nile
• monitor
• swimming
• reptile
• crazy
• insane
• cool
• pool
• water
• bath
• tub
• monster
• Godzilla
• baby

[MrDanielbeaubien]

well ive tried feeding it pinkys and fish and he's shown no inteerest. i put crickets in the cage and i dont know if he's had any or not

[jusafaze]

hes just scared give him a few weeks to get use to his inclosure make sure he has a basking spot and a hiding spot that is cool and he needs a place to get wet, they are water monitors so he will not feel comfortable if you dont give him a habitat close to his habitat in the wild. also do not keep ckrickets in his cage they will bite him and climb on him irritating him and causing stress that could eventually kill him

[MrDanielbeaubien]

when should i first feed my new baby nile?

[jusafaze]

immmediately and often. you can feed it every other day or every 3 days or as often as it will eat, be prepared for it to shoot up in size my asian is only a year and a half and is already 3.5 feet

[MrDanielbeaubien]

i just got mine a couple days ago its a baby. should i wait a week before i handle it?

[jusafaze]

or longer. Your nile needs to adjust to you and its new environment I would give it a good month if not longer. eventually start spending more time around its cage and gradually get it more use to you

[ELITExSEAN]

yo he dont live in water

[Kingcobrasaurus]

I like the way they swim. They're like eels.

[ColdBloodAdventures]

yes you can also feed them roaches

[DarkDoom214]

can you feed them crickets i know you cant feed snake crickets but what about a nile moniter?

[twillis10]

make sure he has a really hot basking spot. from my experience with monitors 90% of feeding problems are because they do not have a proper basking spot. ill get them from people that keep them at 90 and they wont eat anything. after 2 or 3 days with a good basking spot of 120 or 130 and they eat everything in sight.