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V.hb · 02-28-04, 05:30 PM

bartman, post a picture of your savannahs setup.. Thats basically what most people should do, and of course work up to a larger scale with deep dirt etc once it grows..

Bartman · 02-28-04, 05:42 PM

Ive changed it a lot since i got some advice...ive had this set up for a while...looks like its what i need, im just waiting for the summer to come around so i can add some dirt, for now im just using mulch

Lrptls · 02-28-04, 06:02 PM

your thread of monitor q's did help me alot bartman. alot of people on this site really know what there talking about, i will never doubt them on their care facts.

also, i am going to order a bunch of boaphile cages for my reptiles and was wondering if a big boaphile cage would be ok for a sav. the biggest they have is 90 some inches long, 2 feet wide a almost 2 feet high, heres a link http://www.boaphileplastics.com/big_cages.html

Lrptls · 02-28-04, 06:04 PM

heres a pic i took of him a few weeks ago, hes next to a 6 inch ruler (the cage hes in is not his cage)

Bartman · 02-28-04, 06:20 PM

thats to small...it should be atleast 6 feet for an adult...if you wanna buy one for now and then another not to long after go ahead...they can grow to be an adult in a year

Bartman · 02-28-04, 06:21 PM

You also need to be able to put at 10 inches of dirt in

Lrptls · 02-28-04, 06:48 PM

holy crap i totaly forgot about the dirt, dont know how i forgot, duh...but those cages are well over 6 feet long, they are 8 feet. but never mind, i went stupid for 5 seconds sorry =)

Jeff_Favelle · 02-28-04, 06:52 PM

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thats to small...it should be atleast 6 feet for an adult...if you wanna buy one for now and then another not to long after go ahead...they can grow to be an adult in a year

?? There's 12 inches to a foot man. 90 inches is like 7.5 feet. That is at least 6 feet. Yes?

Bartman · 02-28-04, 07:21 PM

oops, wasnt payin attention, but there still not high enough at all, thats what i was looing at mostly when i wrote that message...

Lrptls · 02-28-04, 07:30 PM

can some people post more sav monitor cages so i can get ideas?

Linds · 02-28-04, 07:44 PM

I would strongly discourage the idea of using a Boaphile for a monitor. For one, the high heat of the basking lamp is sure to do something to the plastic... two, the monitor can easily reach the bulb which can lead to injury or worse... three, now I cannot say for sure, but I have been emailed by several people when I was inquiring about Boaphiles that the thin plastic can actually be cut (some people wanted extra vents or to make openings for other reasons) with an exacto blade - now I wouldn't trust a monitor with its weight, strength, and nails to anything that can be cut with an exacto blade

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Originally posted by Bartman
200 degrees is way to hot, im surprised he even sits under there at all...

If reptiles were able to tell if the surface was too hot, then snakes wouldn't cook themselves on light bulbs, and lizards wouldn't burn themselves on hot rocks, etc. heat is heat to a reptile. They only read temperature by their own core temperature, which is why it is important that we provide the correct temperatures for them.

Bartman · 02-28-04, 08:07 PM

But i remember someone saying they can tell if its to hot from the top of there heads..thats why when they lie on a heat rock they get burnt because its underneet them...i remember reading that somewhere, guess im wrong

And still if they stay under the spot for very quick amount of time then there core temp is going up to quickly to high, they should be able to sit under and keep it constant, instead of having to run from the cool to warm side...

V.hb · 02-29-04, 01:55 PM

really hot lights can kill monitors fast, people have run into problems housing varanids outside due to sunlight toasting them rather quickly.. Not nessecarily in Canada, but in the warmer climates.. I could see 200 degree hotspot roasting that little savannah rather quickly.. Iam glad you're changing the wattage..

Lrptls · 02-29-04, 02:10 PM

i have a question about all that dirt they need. that will be ALOT to clean, will i have to clean all of it or just the top of the dirt incase there are feces or any thing in it. also when he burrows will he deficate down in the burrows and how will i clean that out?

reptiguy123 · 03-01-04, 04:35 PM

Adam, I remember something like that too about the heating up.

Michele- there usually aren't many burrows; they're not groundhogs. You can use a certain vacum head for cleaning a burrow.

Good luck!