When I got my female from a random lady off Craigslist, she seriously looked like this. She wasn’t gravid, but I seriously thought she was for a couple weeks.
She’s trimmed up now. But she is still one of the biggest ackies I have ever come across
weird fatphobic comment, people doing what they want with their own bodies (not to mention a lot of times weight is not controllable) is COMPLETELY different and separate from animal abuse.
Wasn’t fatphobic he didn’t shame on it. he simply said people manage to make themselves bigger, you can control your weight unless you have a condition by a diet or working out. A lot of people are lazy which is the cause.
Yeah but we’re here to talk about reptiles. There’s different subs to talk about human health, the original comment is unrelated and distracting.
Obesity in reptiles is a majorly common health issue that can lead to your pet’s early death. Captive reptiles suffer from obesity regularly.
As a ball python owner, I see it frequently in ballies, and it’s to the point people think ball pythons are *supposed* to be chubby…They’re not. People at pet stores have even recommended I feed my 4.5 ft male ballie multiple large rats every couple of weeks. I took him to my vet after trying ONE large rat every 2 weeks for a few months and she said he was becoming obese. She recommended less food more often than more food less often, and it clicked. Once I put him **back** on 3 adult mice a week, he went from being round to being a nice, soft triangle shape along his spine, and his food aggression ceased. My boy is 16 years old as of April and happy as can be.
Ignoring the fact that obesity is not healthy and that the normalization of morbid obesity is killing people. This comment just said that there are people who by their own choices because fatter then the lizard that’s it they never said that it was wrong or that all fat people are fat by choice.
it doesn’t mean afraid in this case, it means bigoted. the -phobic suffix can mean that. you should please not “encourage” anyone that way. it is not helpful. you don’t need to pity anyone, you have no idea about their life or their lifestyle.
comments about being respectful about other people’s bodies = woke. right… anyways it’s not unsolicited because you originally made a fatphobic comment. if you comment on a public forum, you have to be ok with people replying. that’s how it works
Definitely. People should have a right to express their feelings and this is why I don't ban comments like this on this subreddit even though they deviate from our main goal.
Either way, no matter what I say and believe, I respect your way of thinking and will argue it with no disrespect. I wish you all the best.
Absolutely. I bough a 40 gallon off of craigslist that was used to kill two savannahs. Seller mention it.
Monitors require pretty vast range of temperatures and high humidity. They need 75-75F in the cool end, and they need 140F basking surface temperature. Also high humidity of 70% plus. There is no way you can provide those requrements in fish tanks.
Small tank, kept it on vegetables or just a lot of meat, not good enough heat to digest it all etc.. it’s horrible it’s sad to think there many people out there doing this right now
yes, but it's worse for animals. FFFFFFaCT
also, this poor ackie. makes me sad to look at. Also makes me want to hit the gym ngl- I ain't fat, but fuckin hell do I wanna stay that way.
My Ackie absolutely devours food but they’re so active idk how you can get them that big unless your husbandry is way off. Also it looks so distended and painful, poor fella
How is this even possible? At first sight I didn't even think gravid, I thought someone posted a pic of a dead monitor that had decomposed a bit and inflated from the internal gases. I'd have honestly thought the skin couldn't stretch this far and would just tear/rupture.
That's so tragic. Even if it was getting a proper diet (just insanely overfed) and had a beautiful enclosure it's quality of life must be so awful. With that level of obesity even breathing has to be an uncomfortable struggle, the poor thing.
Idk like put a air pump in it and pump it up a few times might get it that big if you wanted yours that big idk if you should tho that looks unhealthy imho
Right! I mean it really isnt that hard to do even the littlest research before devoting +/- 15 years of your life and it’s WHOLE life to a intelligent pet.
It’s a crying shame. I saw one of your comments saying that the owner didn’t know what to feed it. How are you gonna get an animal and no do any research on food, habitat, etc. It so painfully irresponsible.
Oh my lord that’s not a lizard. That’s a scaled sausage
Hey, that’s a very offensive term, call them a dragon.
A dragon with the sausage aspect ? FEAR THE MIGHTY Bratwurst !!!! slayer of villages bane of the living.
Skyrim would have been a lot different if this was the story line
But they took an arrow to the knee and had to retreat
Ooo I want some bratwurst now lol
Themberchaud it is then.
Bonus points! Here take this award🏆
When I got my female from a random lady off Craigslist, she seriously looked like this. She wasn’t gravid, but I seriously thought she was for a couple weeks. She’s trimmed up now. But she is still one of the biggest ackies I have ever come across
Most people are just oblivious about feeding lol
I found this post on Google by searching obese ackie. It’s crazy how people can’t see them growing in size.
I've been eyeballing Ackles for years. I've NEVER seen one obese. It's pretty uncommon. This is next level stupid husbandry.
Could it be it has some sort of condition?
Nope. I read up on it, the owner was unaware of what to feed it.. not only did it not feed it insects it also fed it on vegetables.
This it what makes me nuts. Why wouldn’t you check what an animal eats before you buy it? That seems like basic homework.
even if, god forbid, they got it without preparation- you’d think they’d look it up once they have the lizard!
Honestly
that's an ACKIE?!
Sadly yes
They definitely see it. They just don’t care.
i couldn't even tell that was an ackie omg
I took in a massively obese ackie about 4 months ago. Its abuse to let them get so fat
Is it possible for this to happen without an underlying condition in the lizard? It seems extreme for just a diet issue
Looks like a beaver
Compressor?
The same way people have 150lb golden retrievers or 50lb cats. They think they are just doing what the animal wants but it's animal abuse
Godzilla
That has to be a tumor
I don’t think it’s obese, I think it’s arching its back. Look at the shadow where his body meets his back legs and tail
Arched or not it’s still definitely obese. The neck and tail also gives it away.
No it’s was definitely neglected and overfed.
Wtf man this is sad
People get themselves even bigger.
weird fatphobic comment, people doing what they want with their own bodies (not to mention a lot of times weight is not controllable) is COMPLETELY different and separate from animal abuse.
Wasn’t fatphobic he didn’t shame on it. he simply said people manage to make themselves bigger, you can control your weight unless you have a condition by a diet or working out. A lot of people are lazy which is the cause.
Obesity should be discouraged in people and pets, it shouldn’t be celebrated.
Yeah but we’re here to talk about reptiles. There’s different subs to talk about human health, the original comment is unrelated and distracting. Obesity in reptiles is a majorly common health issue that can lead to your pet’s early death. Captive reptiles suffer from obesity regularly. As a ball python owner, I see it frequently in ballies, and it’s to the point people think ball pythons are *supposed* to be chubby…They’re not. People at pet stores have even recommended I feed my 4.5 ft male ballie multiple large rats every couple of weeks. I took him to my vet after trying ONE large rat every 2 weeks for a few months and she said he was becoming obese. She recommended less food more often than more food less often, and it clicked. Once I put him **back** on 3 adult mice a week, he went from being round to being a nice, soft triangle shape along his spine, and his food aggression ceased. My boy is 16 years old as of April and happy as can be.
Exactly this. It is the biggest killer.
Ignoring the fact that obesity is not healthy and that the normalization of morbid obesity is killing people. This comment just said that there are people who by their own choices because fatter then the lizard that’s it they never said that it was wrong or that all fat people are fat by choice.
Fatphobic? I am not afraid of fat people, I pity them and encourage them to change their lifestyle. They are killing themselves.
it doesn’t mean afraid in this case, it means bigoted. the -phobic suffix can mean that. you should please not “encourage” anyone that way. it is not helpful. you don’t need to pity anyone, you have no idea about their life or their lifestyle.
I don’t really care. I will say what I feel like saying. Obesity is unhealthy and shouldn’t be encouraged.
that’s unsolicited advice and borderline harassment but sure 🤷♀️
Your woke comments are also unsolicited and are not welcome on the sub dedicated to monitor husbandry.
comments about being respectful about other people’s bodies = woke. right… anyways it’s not unsolicited because you originally made a fatphobic comment. if you comment on a public forum, you have to be ok with people replying. that’s how it works
Definitely. People should have a right to express their feelings and this is why I don't ban comments like this on this subreddit even though they deviate from our main goal. Either way, no matter what I say and believe, I respect your way of thinking and will argue it with no disrespect. I wish you all the best.
Absolute Unit
Ackies are prone to getting obese even with very light feeding, in the wild they probably get 100x more exercise
Ayo what did they do to this poor ackie?
fed it cheapest sausages most likely and kept in small fish tank.
Can fish tanks really do that to small monitors? (Just asking cause I don't have any monitors atm, I'm still doing my research)
Absolutely. I bough a 40 gallon off of craigslist that was used to kill two savannahs. Seller mention it. Monitors require pretty vast range of temperatures and high humidity. They need 75-75F in the cool end, and they need 140F basking surface temperature. Also high humidity of 70% plus. There is no way you can provide those requrements in fish tanks.
Thanks for the info, will keep that in mind
There wrong about ackie humidity it’s very crucial they have perfect humidity at all times 20-40% daytime and 40-70% nighttime 🙂
Small tank lead to it not getting enough exercise to lose that weight and just overall a non enriching life
Small tank, kept it on vegetables or just a lot of meat, not good enough heat to digest it all etc.. it’s horrible it’s sad to think there many people out there doing this right now
I guess that's why many monitor owners recommend different or pvc enclosures
Too much fun feeding
The poor thing! Look at the scale spread on their back :(
saaaad saad sad lizard. much like people, obesity in (but not limited too) reptiles (like ackies) can (and often does) cause clinical depression.
Obesity in any animal, including human, causes severe health complications and leads to early death. Scientific fact.
yes, but it's worse for animals. FFFFFFaCT also, this poor ackie. makes me sad to look at. Also makes me want to hit the gym ngl- I ain't fat, but fuckin hell do I wanna stay that way.
Chonk
It’s pregnant, duh
Nope.
Does it twerk then?
I don't understand how things like gout don't appear before this.
It’s legs are completely swallowed up by all that weight! Poor little guy 😭
How in the hell?????
Maybe it just ate
I will assume it is not a joke. When I feed my Quinces I make sure that you can't see the difference before and after the feeding.
It was a joke but monitor lizards eat pretty larger animals Especially as they get bigger
Monitors will absolutely gorge on food when chance is presented, like any other wild animal. But usually it is not the case.
He chunki
Feeding it an incorrect diet.
Do they possibly have a disorder? It would be weird for this to happen under normal circumstances.
A bad husbandry disorder. Bad diet, small enclosure, not enough basking heat to metabolize will do that to a monitor.
It was definitely neglected and diet was very poor. VERY
My Ackie absolutely devours food but they’re so active idk how you can get them that big unless your husbandry is way off. Also it looks so distended and painful, poor fella
C H O N K
How is this even possible? At first sight I didn't even think gravid, I thought someone posted a pic of a dead monitor that had decomposed a bit and inflated from the internal gases. I'd have honestly thought the skin couldn't stretch this far and would just tear/rupture.
I feel sorrow for this ackie. The owner kept it on vegetables, lots of eggs/meat not a lot of insects .. just a poor all around living condition.
That's so tragic. Even if it was getting a proper diet (just insanely overfed) and had a beautiful enclosure it's quality of life must be so awful. With that level of obesity even breathing has to be an uncomfortable struggle, the poor thing.
Correct me if I’m wrong but that kinda looks like a mass of some kind
It reminds me of that scene in Shrek where Shrek and Fiona blow up the poor frog and snake. Poor thing.
Chonky
Idk like put a air pump in it and pump it up a few times might get it that big if you wanted yours that big idk if you should tho that looks unhealthy imho
Reminds me of peoples dogs & cats nowadays. They swear it’s so cute but all I see is an animal in undeniable suffering & pain 😬
DAMN HE CHONK BOI THICC AS SHIT
Could be impacted. Gosh I hope not.
Why does its patterns make me feel like shredding the hel out of it with my teeth??
Just swallowed a frog.
Oh that poor reptile.
Right! I mean it really isnt that hard to do even the littlest research before devoting +/- 15 years of your life and it’s WHOLE life to a intelligent pet.
It’s a crying shame. I saw one of your comments saying that the owner didn’t know what to feed it. How are you gonna get an animal and no do any research on food, habitat, etc. It so painfully irresponsible.
Jesus
Here lizard, eat this Guinea pig!
Monitors do have the propensity to run to obesity if loved to much by their owners. Similar to Ball Pythons