savannah moniter

[Qickshot]

hey i have two questions to ask. one is how long will it take before i have to feed them after a big meal? and two is how big of a water dish do they need?

here are some pictures please enjoy and comment. ive bin wanting him for a long time and now that i have him he is better then i would hav ever guessed

http://www.putfile.com/qickshot/images/59152

 

[Galapoheros]

That's a really nice set you have for it! I like those. I used to have one. That was prob 15 years ago. I had a baby. Don't know why but it didn't make it. Just stopped eating. I knew someone that had a large one. I'm sure you know, but they can get pretty big. They'd grab it by the base of the tail. It was trained to know not to bite if it was picked up like that. If it wasn't picked up like that, it'd bite. Well, just commenting. Can't really answer your questions from experience. Bet they don't need a really big bowl though.... Savanna, but don't think it'd be a prob either:? . Nice pics!

 

[Dilbrain]

Monitor............
Poltroon...............
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Get it ?............

 

[Qickshot]

thanks for the comment, and no i dont get it lol. i named it Dell.... kinda cheezy. and its the first one of my pets i really named besides my berbil witch i just fed to him lol. i named my gerbil hamster caus ei kept calling it hamster and people werelike its not a hambster its a gerbil so i was like oh yeah well guess what im naming it hamster lol

 

[LeilaNami]

That's a really nice set you have for it! I like those. I used to have one. That was prob 15 years ago. I had a baby. Don't know why but it didn't make it. Just stopped eating. I knew someone that had a large one. I'm sure you know, but they can get pretty big. They'd grab it by the base of the tail. It was trained to know not to bite if it was picked up like that. If it wasn't picked up like that, it'd bite. Well, just commenting. Can't really answer your questions from experience. Bet they don't need a really big bowl though.... Savanna, but don't think it'd be a prob either:? . Nice pics!

I've dealt with this in regards to bearded dragons. There was one that eventually ended up in my care but for a month beforehand, the previous owner had to force-feed it three times a day with emergency supplements and I continued it for two weeks until he doed ...I suspect some kind of virus...

 

[Ganoderma]

Here are my opinions on that sp.

Most all monitors are best housed on a dirt substrate that is very deep and holds a burrow well. This has been discussed perhaps a million times and is usually a big debate. But fact is, you get the dirt right, they will usually do great and breed. I found that carrot farms had a great composition where I lived (make sure they are chemical free locations you are getting it from). Another topic of great debate is diet. Many people (usually pet shops) go with feeding rodents. This is good but you end up with a fat lizard with lacking nutrition. They are good treats but arthropod/mollusk diets are best with the odd rodent thrown in. I like using worms as treats as it promotes digging. Another great thing to get breeding is snails. They love them. Lastly I am not sure what your temps are but from the pics it doesn’t look too warm. A basking temp of a good 150f is best. Seems hot but they do need it in the long run.

Although they are desert animals things tend to dry out very fast in cages with those temps (remember to keep a cool spot) so make sure you don’t have too much ventilation, but don’t let the air get stagnant (hard to do).

Just my experiences. But the # 1 killer of monitors is bad husbandry not unhealthy WC animals. Not trying to be negative, sorry if it sounds like I am, but just trying to point you in the right direction as most people who get these lizards kill them. Usually because they have improper husbandry methods.