Savannah Monitor Longevity Survey

[formica]

Given the difficulties of finding out reliable data on the ages which Sav's achieve in captivity, and under what circumstances those ages are managed, collecting records might be interesting and useful, this is a short survey for living and deceased captive Varanus exanthematicus

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12dG7ECnhZGVGAHR2v1aC0VCMWys0xp3aMkAkfPxavkk/viewform


feel free to spread it far and wide, the more data the better! I'll post a link to the results once they start coming in

If anyone has suggestions on improvements, alternate or additional questions, feel free to let me know

[mdfmonitor]

Given the difficulties of finding out reliable data on the ages which Sav's achieve in captivity, and under what circumstances those ages are managed, collecting records might be interesting and useful, this is a short survey for living and deceased captive Varanus exanthematicus

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12dG7ECnhZGVGAHR2v1aC0VCMWys0xp3aMkAkfPxavkk/viewform


feel free to spread it far and wide, the more data the better! I'll post a link to the results once they start coming in

If anyone has suggestions on improvements, alternate or additional questions, feel free to let me know

I had two to 3 years each ( male & female egg bound), a bloke called Sean who got me into the hobby had three & they lived till 8 years old & then suddenly died, not sure on their sex.

[formica]

bump! dont be shy :) could be a useful data source if we get lots of input


I had two to 3 years each ( male & female egg bound), a bloke called Sean who got me into the hobby had three & they lived till 8 years old & then suddenly died, not sure on their sex.


if you could fill the survey in it would be very useful, shouldnt take much more than ~30 seconds for each monitor :)

would you be able to pass the survey onto Sean too? :)

[formica]

had some interesting submissions already, nice one guys! keep them coming :D

[formica]

So far we have a 14 year old and an 8 year old, both alive today, awsome! :D

results are looking interesting so far, but i know there are allot more Savs out there!

Only takes a minute to fill in the survey with information about husbandry and monitors stats, I'm sure you will all find the results interesting!


Aiming to get at least 100 recorded before putting the data up publicly, so some way to go yet

[Starbuck]

Have you shared this surveyb on some of the Varanid forums? I imagine you'd reach your quota quickly... though also might get a false representation of the data, I.e. lots of the transient visitors to the forum may have young, sickly monitors in poor conditions...

[formica]

Have you shared this surveyb on some of the Varanid forums? I imagine you'd reach your quota quickly... though also might get a false representation of the data, I.e. lots of the transient visitors to the forum may have young, sickly monitors in poor conditions...

yeah i'm getting round them slowly, will spread it far and wide

the survey asks for all the main husbandry parameters, so although those monitors which are only a year or so old, wont add much to the longevity aspect, it will be useful to build up a picture of how people are caring for their Savs, and hopefully they will update their info as the years go by or if their Sav dies

[formica]

some very interesting and surprising results so far! another 9 year old just added :) keep them coming

[Mhawk151]

I have a 5 year old female

[formica]

I have a 5 year old female


awsome, add her into the survey :) link is in the first post

[StudentoReptile]

I added mine. A lot is recalled from memory, but hopefully it is helpful.

[formica]

I added mine. A lot is recalled from memory, but hopefully it is helpful.

all useful, thanks! :)

[Tsubaki]

I could try asking the Savannah monitor owners from the dutch forums if they like to fill out the survey, if you think it would help :)

[formica]

I could try asking the Savannah monitor owners from the dutch forums if they like to fill out the survey, if you think it would help :)

absolutely :) the more the better really! thanks

[infernalis]

I filled it out as best I could for Chomper.

Frustrating that it demanded numbers where I wanted to enter "unknown"

[formica]

we are 1/3 of the way to our target :) nice one guys, keep them coming!



I filled it out as best I could for Chomper.

Frustrating that it demanded numbers where I wanted to enter "unknown"

thanks!

do you remember which numbers in particular you didnt know?

I hoped that the 'estimated' option would cover any unknowns and that all the figures requested could at least be guess...but if not it would be good to know, will help when putting the results together


in the meantime I'd add a note suggesting people put in the number Zero if they cannot provide a number