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same environments just get used differently by reptiles seeing they all need heat to metabolize anything so common sense would conclude more heat is needed for larger prey, you see it in all reptiles despite species. The more food they eat or the larger the prey the longer they bask and the hotter the spots they search out to bask.
I love how you feel the number of reptiles makes one educated. I prefer the longevity of reptiles makes one educated. So far my oldest is only 6 years old and not because she is resilient but because I find answers from better sources than typical snake keepers. I know plenty of snake keepers with many reptiles but none over 5 years old.
Monitors are far more difficult than any snake I have ever kept or anyone I have ever talked to who keeps both. Crocodilians do not have the majority of problems monitors have they just require more water and space, but they are a more lenient species than varanids. I have talked to meany venomous keepers and people working with fragile species such as siamese crocodiles, chinese alligators, boelens pythons, alligator snapping turtles, massasauga rattlesnakes and pretty much every other "delicate" species. All of them agree the varanids are the most difficult to keep, breed and house long term, partially because of all the egg complications with fertile and infertile eggs.
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when I was little I dreamed of giant snakes and dragons.... now I live with them.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: "Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming."
Jurassic park
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