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Please Note, many of the areas discussed in this thread are outside of currently accepted best practice husbandry of Savannah Monitors, and are not recommended or endorsed as a correct way to care for your Savannah Monitor - Miszt"
Havent got a name yet, pics where requested and finally got some sorted
Knows when its feeding time already
Just woke up...
Hatchling enclosure, after lots of faffing and discussions on here, and more faffing, i've finally put together an enclosure that gives a nice enviroment, i hope.
lots of drift wood, with 3inches of soil/sand mix on one side, more driftwood on top covered with 3inches of sphagnum moss, which provides lots of sleeping places, he has a burrow in the soil aswell, doesnt use it much tbh, the soil is supported by a conviently shaped piece of drift wood.
You can make out his to sleeping area entrances on the left.
Another bit of drift wood for his basking area, atm its so small he only needs a single 40W halogen, fitted a UVA led bulb into the second slot which covers the main basking spot - although I may move it, coz he hasnt once sat directly under the light, and a daylight led cluster bulb in the other which illuminates the right side of the cage without adding any more heat.
Under the light it can reach 70C, tapering off to around 50C, he sits in between usually, or further away. Cool end is 25-26C, middle 30-33C, hot end a stead 30-70 as you get closer to the lamp. He seems to love hot and dry, spends most of his time either on or under his basking wood waiting for crickets to come by or just dozing
Can see the digi hydrometer reading 75, its generally above 80% unless i take the glass off to faff inside
Got a black tray for a bathing area aka toilet - he has pooped a few times in empty gu containers instead of the water - i might trying something bigger so he can soak, i think he wants running water, and when his poop doesnt disappear, he doesnt go back to the water at all
He's eating as expected, like a full sized alligator! This is its home for the next 3 months, mainly for close monitoring to make sure he is healthy/eating well and adapts to me being around, enclosure will be built over next few weeks to 6x4x4, with a seperate, humidity and tempreture controlled ready made sleeping area, and then environmentally stabilized during that time
If he grows more than 6inches in 3 months, then he'll go into an available 5x2x2 until its finished - will post up pics of the final enclosure build as it comes along if anyones interested
My new hatchling Bosc
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