Diet Question

[kevyn]

I was wondering what the ideal diet and schedual is for a juvenile Savannah Monitor? Thanks.

[Jeff_Favelle]

Crickets and pinkies. 4-5 times per week.

[pinoiballer01]

i just feed my savannah 1 mouse every other day.

[Woodpusher]

Crickets and Mice are a widely accepted diet and have worked for many keepers including myself. I would however have to disagree and say that they are not an IDEAL diet.

A WIDE variety of insects (dusted) as well as the occasional eggs would be my choice for an ideal Juvie Sav. diet.

[Slipknot]

I'd say an ideal diet would be crickets/roaches 4 days a week, mice 1 day a week and raw ground turkey 1 day a week...;)

[kevyn]

When offing mice to Monitors, do you dangle them like with snakes or are they best placed in the cage? I'm speaking of f/t of course.

[coldblooded]

So far, for the first year of life I have fed my savvy at the least 20-30 crickets a day sometimes more and 1 or 2 fuzzy mice every other day.

As for dangling the mice, I just just lay them on his basking spot and close the cage. Your savvy will find it, I'm sure of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/coldblooded1/100_0131.jpg

[kevyn]

Thanks very much for all the info.