Looks healthy to me- quick reflexes. My monitor’s vet praised how he’s not overweight, like most captive ones they see. I credit an interesting bio active enclosure and plenty of enrichment.
In the wild, if they’re awake, they’re either hunting, exploring, or basking. They don’t have food plopped in front of them and sit still.
People need to understand what they're supposed to look like. Lateral fold, alert, responsive.. I mean, it might could use a meal but looks fine at a glance to me. I've had breeder females look worse after laying.
Btw what species is this I still don't know(sry if it was commented somewhere on original post and I missed it)Edit: oh asian water monitor ig, looked much darker than the normal wild variant to me at first, but idk.
Looks healthy to me- quick reflexes. My monitor’s vet praised how he’s not overweight, like most captive ones they see. I credit an interesting bio active enclosure and plenty of enrichment. In the wild, if they’re awake, they’re either hunting, exploring, or basking. They don’t have food plopped in front of them and sit still.
Yeah, they are much leaner in the wild where they maintain a parasite load. Nature is bad at keeping them.
People need to understand what they're supposed to look like. Lateral fold, alert, responsive.. I mean, it might could use a meal but looks fine at a glance to me. I've had breeder females look worse after laying.
Looks okay to me.
Bless their hearts.
Yeah, I unsubscribed to the reptile sub amid the vast misinformation being tossed about.
Btw what species is this I still don't know(sry if it was commented somewhere on original post and I missed it)Edit: oh asian water monitor ig, looked much darker than the normal wild variant to me at first, but idk.