savs for sale on kijiji

[stephanbakir]

For Sale,

Beautiful, active and healthy Savannah monitors. Sold undersexed as they are way too small to be accurate on their gender. Approximately 6" long and are 8 weeks old.

This is a great friendly reptile for beginners, eats on snails, crickets, worms.

Could sell with a temporary enclosure for $20 extra (Rubbermaid, Eco-earth substrate, water dish, decoration).


Sigh...... everyone selling savs calls them a beginner pet. lol

[Max713]

Sigh...........

[infernalis]

I just can't find appropriate words for that. :(

[stephanbakir]

I'm pretty sure that a first time herp owner could keep a sav but he/she would need to care enough to do the huge amount of research involved first.

[infernalis]

Leading people to believe it's easy is wrong though.

[stephanbakir]

No doubt, its not something allot of people can handle space wise, its like green iguanas, everyone loves them as babies but most people kill em when they get too big or keep them in inadequate conditions space wise.

[Dehlida]

It's typical, while I don't agree with these animals being for sale at all, nearly every reptile shop, pet store, and big time dealer does the exact same with these animals. Until the WC import of them stops, you won't see this problem stoping either.

[bighog85]

And everyone that knows me wonders why I hate people...

[kriminaal]

The only beginner thing about them is the price. When they're the same cost or cheaper than a Leopard Gecko, you'd be stupid not to buy one. I mean a lizard that gets to 5 times the size. That's bang for your buck.

***sarcasm in case you missed it

[vendettaseve]

And everyone that knows me wonders why I hate people...


Theres plenty of reasons to hate people aside from the odd one or two selling Savs as "beginners" pets. Yes the guy selling them is a tool, yes hes trying to cheat to get his money fast and be rid of them.

But this is also an education problem, people need to look into things before they go out and buy them. Like most of us on here, I tend to put nearly a years worth of research into anything new I buy. Can one not say, that the people buying are just as guilty as thoes selling?

Really the sad part is that lizard wont have a home in a few years :(

[stephanbakir]

The people are being mislead, i sent the guy an email a while back asking about care size food etc, and i got an answer that went along the lines of "they stay 5-6 inches long, eat once a week crickets worms etc have fantastic temperaments and need a 1 by 2 viv

[dshin963]

The people are being mislead, i sent the guy an email a while back asking about care size food etc, and i got an answer that went along the lines of "they stay 5-6 inches long, eat once a week crickets worms etc have fantastic temperaments and need a 1 by 2 viv

LOL at all of that hahahahahaha oh my... stay 5-6 inches long and eat once a week...

[Dehlida]

Really the sad part is that lizard wont have a home in a few years :(

Lol @ implying any of them will live to a few years old..

[stephanbakir]

Lol @ implying any of them will live to a few years old..

Thats sad as hell but unfortunately true.

[vendettaseve]

Lol @ implying any of them will live to a few years old..


Let me have my fantasies. :P

[kriminaal]

It's just another part of the throw away society we live in now. How many Savs do you think ever go to a vet, whereas the vet could immediately tell them it's dehydrated.
Very few would consider taking a $20 reptile to a vet.

[infernalis]

It's just another part of the throw away society we live in now. How many Savs do you think ever go to a vet, whereas the vet could immediately tell them it's dehydrated.
Very few would consider taking a $20 reptile to a vet.

Or spend the kind of food budget required to properly feed a Sav.

Maintaining a Sav properly is expensive.

[Pickrel]

I completely agree with Wayne, its way more exspensive to maintain there food budget then I first thought, though mine gets fed every other day or so right now, between superworms and crickets, jumbo raw shrimp and the occasional frozen hopper. Trying to find some earthworms to buy for him too, seeing as fishing season is on the go here.

[infernalis]

Saved a few dollars yesterday.. took Chomper out back and he was a busy guy chomping down big slugs and snails.

They were everywhere, and Chomper noticed right away too...

[stephanbakir]

:) do snails/slugs/worms in the wild have a chance to carry anything harmful to herps?

[infernalis]

Not if you are in a known pollution free area.

Problems arise when you could accidentally get hold of a slug that has absorbed chemicals or poisons.

He crunches the snails and eats shells and all.

[stephanbakir]

Leaves my area out:(

[Pickrel]

I think Im pretty safe in my area, but I couldnt bring Rusty outside anyways, its not warm enough, in the summer it only gets up to like 25 degrees Celcius max, and im not sure what the apartment neighbors would think lol

[Dehlida]

It's just another part of the throw away society we live in now. How many Savs do you think ever go to a vet, whereas the vet could immediately tell them it's dehydrated.
Very few would consider taking a $20 reptile to a vet.
The vast majority of reptiles are far better treated in their own environment by the owner than by a vet. Most vets are more harm than good, and have no idea what they are talking about- especially concerning monitors. I would never take a sav to a vet- unless I got one severely dehydrated to the point it needed IV fluids, even then, I've done that myself before and I would probably do it again, in the home environment- without the stress of taking it to some new environment that doesn't meat any of its natural conditions.

:) do snails/slugs/worms in the wild have a chance to carry anything harmful to herps?

Unless you directly spray a ton of chemicals on them, no. Some are paranoid about "toxins killing their lizard", but these are extremely hardy african monitors, the odds of the slim amount of possible trace elements killing the monitor are slim. The only time I would worry about it is if the monitor is already sick or not taken care of properly. A healthy monitor will be fine.

[tsupra1822]

I know this post is kinda old lol. I like when the cheapest monitor was $150 that made sense. It was good because not everyone would buy one couse there cheap. You want to spend that money you would do research beforehand.

[stephanbakir]

Sadly thats not true, friend spent 2600$ on an adult female purple retic, kept it in his bathroom with no extra eat, just the ambient 18 degree house temperature.
Some people simply don't care and want something just to have it.

[Jay]

The people are being mislead, i sent the guy an email a while back asking about care size food etc, and i got an answer that went along the lines of "they stay 5-6 inches long, eat once a week crickets worms etc have fantastic temperaments and need a 1 by 2 viv
My local reptile store has 2 babies for sale. In big Yellow writing on the cage says "Not a beginner Reptile, leopards geckos are down the hall!" All his tanks have a ratting from 1 -10 and a detailed care sheet.

[stephanbakir]

My local reptile store has 2 babies for sale. In big Yellow writing on the cage says "Not a beginner Reptile, leopards geckos are down the hall!" All his tanks have a ratting from 1 -10 and a detailed care sheet.
NICE!, thats awesome!

[Rog]

This post is dear to me. I saved one of these from an SPCA. It was found with it's tail broken, shoved in a garbage can. The SPCA almost but it to sleep and where feeding it dog food. It is sad to say that these are the kinds of conditions these guys usually end up in. They are expensive to feed, and can be aggressive if not handled properly. They also love to chase dogs. Lol and will try to eat fuzzy slippers. Seeing these guys sold for next to nothing makes me sick because I know where they end up.

[Jay]

I think Im pretty safe in my area, but I couldnt bring Rusty outside anyways, its not warm enough, in the summer it only gets up to like 25 degrees Celcius max, and im not sure what the apartment neighbors would think lol
I wouldn't risk that. There are a lot of people who will see your sav as a dog eating, fire breathing dragon.