Work with it a lot while it's young.

Do you know the elongated tortoise

I find it interesting how the biggest and the smallest monitors are the nicest ones, and the medium sized ones are the meanest. Someone has an inferiority complex...

metalman6698 do you have a monitor lizard

Gayleen Froese i have a Savannah monitor

Seems like the Macs do pretty well.

Ok this comment needs an award 😂

@@ClintsReptiles but mac says to get a surface pro

@@charlottewalnut3118 the things i would do for a surface studio

@@TheAdaoo7 I'm listening...

Its a teenager

The monitor I have on my channel doesnt need an explanation bc my savannah monitor hates everyone and everything

@@theanimaladdiction LOL!!

Dont gaslight your lizards

I love the way he says it too

Exactly how I feel about zionists. Just too dangerous to allow in your nation. Joe Magnets

“You call me small bro”

Burst out laughing, that one line literally says it all xD

Lmao

Watch my vid on my savannah monitor and that will be an understatement kzfaq.info/get/bejne/md6jgZqJxJfHc2Q.html If u wanna check it out

Nile monitor is more terrifying lol

@@RoGuExPaNcAkE nah hands down croc monitor

Rogue Video Productions Argus monitors are meaner lol, trust me

i worked with a kind of tame one and it was the best animal ever. He was super active and kind of greedy for food. If he thought he´d get some he might snap at your hand but as soon as he realized it wont he was chilled. You could get him out of his room and run around and he´d follow you expecting something. Collegues trained immobilization for their trainee with him and he played along well. At some point he was sick of it and only thing he did was some hissing. Now hes got a bigger place in southern Spain. Miss this buddy.

If he did the Mr. Rogers intro it would break the internet 😂

@@randomtube8226 Clint breaks the Internet lol

I love the argus

We need to see this.

That’s so funny you say, “the mr rogers of reptiles”. I’ve told more than one person that exact description. Love ya Clint!

I would recommend him over any large monitor.

Clint's Reptiles even a dumerils monitor?

Tegus aren’t varanids. They’re teiids.

Sarasti S it was a joke. I’m just saying that Gus Gus is awesome

Mr Green Anoles ah I see lol nvm

That would be a fun video.

Top monitor alternative Argentine Tegu!

Lee Jen, I couldn’t agree more. Granted I don’t have personal experience with keeping an Argentine tegu but they seem to be the best alternative to a big monitor lizard at least if Gus Gus is anything to go by.

This is a very good idea, and I'd really like to see a comparison between the alternative, and the monitor that would be the nearest counterpart for each option.

*laughs in iguana*

My lizard is a savannah monitor and in my videos he made a mouse litterally **** himself

That green iguana came close.

Very true. They can be so much more amazing, or so very much worse.

Of course, they're still reptiles with those rocky primitive brains, but for reptiles, they're NASA engineers.

@@ClintsReptiles lol so are tree monitors good lizard?

i have seen a video of a guy who has trained his lace monitors to come up to the door off their enclosure and lift their right forearms when they want to be let out.

You should keep your eye on the channel of Joseph Carter the Mink Man. He's trained minks to hunt for him and now he's looking at getting an Argus Monitor and training it to hunt rats and possibly muskrats.

I would too. They're the coolest!

Malik Aviation Same!

Monitors are the best pet reptiles

🤣🤣

This is the best video!

Just watch my vid on my monitor eating mice and you will see fear

It's rare to see Clint afraid of a reptile.

Argus monitors and Asian water monitors are quite feisty and hard to handle indeed

It wasn't a good moment. You'll enjoy the bloopers 😅 Also, I like your plan!

Thank you! By the way, you have quickly become my favorite reptile channel on KZfaq. You’ve helped me find the perfect reptiles, and I always look to your videos as part of my research. So thank you for being such a great channel.

I was gonna like but didnt want to ruin it

You couldn't do better.

I might get that or a dumerils monitor

I think tegus are more like komodo dragons temperament wise than small monitors are. I was a little disappointed handling small monitors after having helped care for a komodo at a zoo, then I found tegus and even though they don't look like a komodo and they have different body language, they honestly remind me a lot of komodos... I'm not sure it is one thing that I could put my finger on, just... something is similar there, minus the whole septic mouth and stupid huge thing.

@@darcieclements4880 Well they do have a bulkier build than most medium/small monitors and komodos are big beefy fellas

Eren???

They are so cool, they just tend to die young because we aren't good at keeping them.

I had a sav for around 15 years and he was awesome. Wish I'd started out better at keeping him, maybe he'd still be alive.

@@paulwhite9242 15 is still better than better than most, a lot average sub 5. Its probably possible to give them really good care and for them to live a full lifespan in captivity but it needs somebody with the time and dedication to put in the work and research to do so which wont happen for a long time as there are either better pet options or more profitable options to pursue.

Just pure gold ! 😁 Thank god nothing severe happened though :)

My monitor knows the word food. Just saying the word can turn on the frenzy.

Revolutions have been fought over less...

My country doesn't let locals own reptiles, but with a permit locals can ship wild caught reptiles for the pet trade. Sucks

@@blackgrizly9522 Where do you love that you can’t own reptiles, and why? Just seems pretty pointless...

@@Barabel22 South Asia, all reptiles are considered exotic animal where you need either a zoom permit or exotic pets permit which is going to be really really expensive

You know I feel ya!

Clint's Reptiles I feel ya too and I now kinda want to get a dumerils monitor one day

@guess what As much as I would love to I dont have the space to give the lizard a good life, so I will wait until that time comes before looking as I want to give the reptile the best possible life I can give it, not just buying one because I love them, even though I do.

@guess what id say theyre both great but reds take a while to warm up to you. Yellows Ive seen have been chill when they come out of the egg

I have a savannah monitor and I think they arent that difficult a pet if u wanna check out my vid of my monitor then check it out and u will see why they are fun

My Virgo OCD, appreciates that about him

They cost a lot and are almost always wild caught. They aren’t hardy at all. They don’t like handling and for their size need a big enclosure

He's really a ton of fun, just not very handleable yet.

Clint's Reptiles they really are gorgeous animals. They have very sweet faces.

You nailed it with your observation of their eyes. I raised an ornate Nile monitor from 21” to 72”, about 45 lbs, and 15 years old. Visitors claimed that he staring them down, and I would tell them, “no, he’s looking through your eyes into your soul to decide if you are acceptable in his domain or not. You’ll know quickly if you are not accepted. I’ve watched him run two of the burliest, biggest, toughest guys I know right out of the garage one time because he wanted the fried chicken they were eating. I was eating the same thing but he didn’t mess with me. Hmmmm. I yelled at them to drop their chicken but they wouldn’t so he just chased them around until they did. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever watched!!! He was the ULTIMATE watch dog. People would step into the garage and hear that ominous hiss/deep breath of a monstrous dragon and they did t even have too see him to sense that foreboding. Most people thought he was an alligator. I once had the fire department visit with animal control not far behind because someone claimed there was an alligator in my yard. Ten minutes later the whole fire dept was posing with me and the dragon taking pictures and laughing and smiling and of course next were the neighborhood kids, and everyone had a great time. Then animal control dude rolls up, gets out of his truck, walks towards us and sees the dragon in my arms, noted that everything seemed to be under control, and got right back in his truck. The whole crowd laughed as he pulled away. Awesome. I’ve got stories like that all day long. I should write a book.

Andrew Higdon cool story bro

Only missing a few more dwarf species like pilbara rock or gillens ;)

That one will be exciting 😅

You're so welcome! Your story makes me really happy. You made a great choice.

@@ClintsReptiles And yes, I also love how in touch you are with you audience. You are truly awesome!

If I can get my hands on one.

I've been dreaming of this day for a long time!

I have a bd and some people are absolutely terrified. 😂

It was a Nile monitor...

@@ClintsReptiles or a Savannah...

Ackies, but that isn't fair. Ackies beat almost everything for me.

@@ClintsReptiles what about gus? :)

My advice: target train and don't put them at chest height while you're trapped...

Monitors definitely give me the dilations...

I will cover them, but they weren't even close to making this list.

Clint's Reptiles Oh nice! I know they really aren’t reasonable pets, but aesthetically green tree monitors are probably my favorite lizard.

His list is trash Argus monitor made the list 😂😂😂 dudes a joke

@@ClintsReptiles Why not Green Tree Monitor? Definitely more user friendly than half of your list ;/

@@xellossdio2720 not really when you take into factor that they're pretty hard to maintain in captivity, especially due to them being incredibly sensitive to certain aspects of care lol

My savannah is really smart in my vids but off camera he escapes a lot. I've patched it since so he cant but.... still sketchy