Savannah Monitor

[Bosc08]

Hi. I have a savannah Monitor who love to play and enjoys being outside his/her cage. My question is that does any one have a picture of what an adult savannah monitor would enjoy living in for the rest of his/her enclosure (or have an idea)?

[Bosc08]

Hi. I have a savannah Monitor who love to play and enjoys being outside his cage. My question is that does any one have a picture of what an adult savannah monitor would enjoy living in for the rest of his/her enclosure (or have an idea)?[/quote]

[Bosc08]

I just found out that my savannah monitor is a he at the vet and furthermore any replies of my question? (I had a problem and it wrote my question twice)

[Aaron_S]

I'm sorry but shouldn't you do the research into what your potential pet will need as an adult BEFORE you purchase the animal?

[Bosc08]

Thanks Aaron, but I actually did not know I was getting a lizard. See the story is we my cousins went to a reptile expo and my cousin bought a ball python. So when we came home my cousin emtied out the sack and the snake came out and that was it. As I was about to throw it out I saw a tail and there was my monitor. I had no exspeince with him, but I had to do something because he was skinny, freeezing and coudn't hardly stan up. When I brought it to the vet it would of been humanely utinized, but I asked if I can try for a week. Day by day he got healtier and I broght him back and they said " You saved his life, he would not need to be put down." To this day around a year in half he is about 17 inches and he is in a 48 in. long by 18 in. wide and 20 inches high. H eis a great pet ( I want the best care possible for him so I came to Ssnakess.com)!

[Aaron_S]

Ok, i'm not an expert with monitors so look up online how to care for them. Also check the forums regarding cage building. It lend a hand. I do believe there's a thread not too old, by the poster wil_son. He has a sav and there's suggestions there on adult caging.

[Bosc08]

Thanks I'll check it out.:)

[Boostedneon04]

adult cage should imo should be atleast 8 feet long 4 foot wide and 4 foot high..there should be a large water tub,and mulitible climbing areas to reach basking spots threw out the enclosure..your gonna need to have a hidebox..your want to fill the bottom with top soil with no insecticides and a lilttle sand and peat moss..this will keep the enclosure humid and keep ur savannah active threw out the year..it also allows the sav to dig and make borrows to sleep in at night and dig for food..the peat moss will make a natural bacteria which is perfect for your sav for keeping other bad bacterias out..you still will need to clean up after your savannah when it goes to the bathroom..luckly mine only goes in its water tub which makes easy clean up and keeps the substrate nice and clean and deff helps keepin the ordors out...have lots of logs and rocks on the floor..it will keep ur monitor exploring and always interested in searching his cage..lots of people over feed there monitors and they become over weight and lazy which is a bad thing..for hiding places u can make sum nice tight spaces using the rocks and logs..they feel more secure in a tight dark space than a large open one..

[Boostedneon04]

make sure u have a basking spot of atleast 120 degrees and change the rest of the basking spots to say 100 degrees at another 130 at another and 110 at another..this will enable the monitor to choose between basking temps..you dont need 5 different spots but i would recomend atleast 2 and keep the ambient temp mid-high 80s and at night droppin to around 75..thats the ambient temps not basking..you do not want an ambient temp of over 100 degrees as ull fry ur monitor