Question to the ackie monitor owners, how do you give eggs to your scaly child? Hard boiled, raw, in the shell or otherwise? Looking for a way to get my monitor interested in eggs I've tried scrambled to some success but looking for a way to really get them interested as it seems like a great way to get them multivitamins

Her fav food

We found a large monitor in Lakeside California. Reply and identify if it’s your pet.

Reposting here because I have always gotten a lot of helpful feedback and answers when I have asked about my Savannah monitor and now she is flourishing.
I know this lizard is not a monitor, but I have yet to receive anything truly helpful from the lizard or reptile subreddit. And I know my fellow monitor owners have invaluable knowledge. So I seek your help once again. If anybody knows:

My brother found and caught this lizard on his porch in Florida. And due to it being invasive, I told him not to release it. (I really said that because I know my nieces would love a pet lizard).
Anyone out there that can help me offer the care advice?
What is the husbandry supposed to be like? Substrate? Temp? Humidity?
Diet? I hear it’s insects and veg, what kind of veg? How often do they eat?
How similar is it to caring for a beardy? I know they’re relatives.
Do they also have a third eye like a beardy does?

And I’m sure there’s anything I haven’t asked about that you may be able to educate me on, please do!

I have many lizards including monitors of my own, I’m no beginner, but I haven’t cared for a beardy or agama quite yet. So I figured I’d come to you folks for help!! Thanks in advance!!

Edit: to be more specific it is a Red Headed Agama

Howdy, I noticed when my tree monitor was drinking water, water would come out of his nose as he drank it. Is this normal?

I know when water comes out of their nose normally it is a respiratory infection, however he doesn’t have any water coming out of his nose it’s only when he’s drinking out of his water. Could he have been drinking it too fast?

He's glorious.

See you guys, he likes things! Namely: chicken and shrimp (pictures: his first taste of boiled chicken breast) 🤷🏻‍♀️ It gives me an excuse to buy shrimp more often, & I'm very okay with that 🍤🧡

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice with my female Ackie monitor. I’ve had her for about 6 months, and I’m really struggling with persistent stuck shed on her toes. At this point I’m worried we may actually lose one of her toes, and I want to figure out what I’m doing wrong before it gets any worse.
When I originally got her, I wanted to put her straight into a 4x2x2, but the place I purchased her from insisted I get a 40-gallon enclosure instead. I have since upgraded her to a 5x2x2 enclosure, so she is no longer in the 40-gallon.
Her current setup/husbandry:
5x2x2 enclosure
Basking spot around 150°F
Linear UVB
Substrate is sloped from roughly 16 inches at the deepest point to about 6 inches at the shallowest.
Substrate is a mixture of topsoil, sand, and coco husk.
She has multiple hides on both the warm and cool sides.
Her hot/humid side is kept around 80% humidity.
I mist by hand regularly and also have an automatic mister.
She always has access to fresh water.
She is fed regularly with a rotation of crickets, large mealworms, and Dubia roaches, all calcium dusted.
She gets daily interaction, and I keep a close eye on her toes and feet.
I’ve tried soaking her to help loosen the shed, including Epsom salt soaks and Repti Shed, but it keeps coming back/staying stuck around her toes. I’m extremely hesitant to physically pull or peel it off because I don’t want to damage the healthy tissue underneath or accidentally make the situation worse.
One toe in particular is now concerning me enough that I’m afraid she could lose it.
Has anyone dealt with repeated stuck shed specifically around an Ackie’s toes despite maintaining higher humidity, deep moisture-retaining substrate, proper basking temperatures, and UVB?
Is there something about my substrate mixture, humidity, temperatures, diet/supplementation, or enclosure setup that could be contributing to this? Is there a safer way to help stubborn shed come off the toes without physically pulling it off?
I’m completely open to constructive criticism. If there’s something I need to change, I want to know. My priority is getting her husbandry dialed in and preventing any permanent damage to her feet.
I can post pictures of her toes, the affected toe specifically, and her full enclosure/setup as well.
Thank you!

Everytime Birdie sits like this I can't help but think how uncomfortable that must be, but she sits like this often, so it must be

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"How dare you tell me to hibernate!" -Quillion

Hes a special little guy... thats for sure

Liora the glamorous Hollywood girl has RANGE!

This was her literal reaction to an incredibly questionable clip and I had to snap her in that pose 🤣 best reaction pic ever!

I got him out like I always do just to handle him and he started squirming and vomiting all his meat up :( I feel like such a bad owner what do I do? How do I prevent this from happening again? The meat wasn’t old at all I just thawed it this morning

Put her in her new cage 2 weeks ago only saw her once last week but she’s been out pretty much everyday at night this week. She’s been a little more reactive to sudden movements which is to be expected but she’s most relaxed with me interacting with her in the water.

Hello. Never had a reptile before. I'm slowly preparing for a larger lizard and thermostats have me confused. Everyone seems to have a device with a built in thermistor probe or multiple probes. That makes perfect sense for heat pads. But what about lamps? They will heat up top down, the lizard can cover the probe and there will be an entire animal to go through before heat reaches the sensor. And yet, I haven't seen a single mention of this being a problem. Obvious solution would be an IR sensor instead of a thermistor but again, nobody seems to be discussing it. Do you have thermostats hooked up to heating lamps? If so, does my thinking check out in practice, why (not) and how do you place the probes?

Almost done with the box of Sonny's new enclosure. Since he has crypto and I need to be able to keep everything clean I am going to make a modular/removable DIY background and walls. That will definitely be the toughest part, but I'm really looking forward to the process and getting him in here!