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04-16-14, 04:55 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
what about if I buy eco earth and put some sand in there would that be good?, my garden is old im abit afraid of using the dirt there I dont know where it have been lol
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04-16-14, 05:03 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
Eco earth mixed with sand doesn't really hold form very well, I always just went out and dug up soil, don't worry about them getting it in there eyes, there incredibly smart animals, sometimes almost to smart, I have to ask is this your first monitor?
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04-16-14, 05:07 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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Originally Posted by jpsteele80
Eco earth mixed with sand doesn't really hold form very well, I always just went out and dug up soil, don't worry about them getting it in there eyes, there incredibly smart animals, sometimes almost to smart, I have to ask is this your first monitor?
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No I have had 4 tegus, 2 aguis, 3 bearded and 3 iguanas ^^
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04-16-14, 05:21 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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No I have had 4 tegus, 2 aguis, 3 bearded and 3 iguanas ^^
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Tegus, bearded and iguanas are not monitors, if you don't have the husbandry right for a monitor they will go downhill fast, hope your prepared to have a tank a minimum of 8x4x4 that weighs close to 2 to 3 thousand pounds, a monitor will out eat a snake 10 to 1, full grown he will eat 3 to 4 jumbo rats on Monday and be ready to do it again wednesday, they command a lot more of your time, constantly digging and messing things up, don't ever plan on having a pretty cage, I must have changed that water in my waters tank 3 or 4 times a day, they love to do there business in there lol
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04-16-14, 05:24 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
yea I know I never had a plant in any of my terrarium as my animals got bigger after having a tegu u will know how messy messy is lol, I work at a butcher so I get lots of free meat each week and got a huge freezer full of rats, mice, chicks of any size 
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04-16-14, 05:32 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
When I had my monitors I bred my own rats, best decision I ever made, they eat and eat and eat, I'd stay with the proven diet, I've seen where people feed them salmon and other things and get to where they only want that (doesn't happen to often but it does happen)
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04-16-14, 05:59 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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When I had my monitors I bred my own rats, best decision I ever made, they eat and eat and eat, I'd stay with the proven diet, I've seen where people feed them salmon and other things and get to where they only want that (doesn't happen to often but it does happen)
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okay thanks I will keep that in mind
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04-16-14, 06:24 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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okay thanks I will keep that in mind |
Just a few pointers, obviously you know they stink, and the won't breed in hot weather, other than that there pretty simple
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04-17-14, 11:27 AM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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Just a few pointers, obviously you know they stink, and the won't breed in hot weather, other than that there pretty simple
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okay thanks 
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04-17-14, 12:15 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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Tegus, bearded and iguanas are not monitors, if you don't have the husbandry right for a monitor they will go downhill fast, hope your prepared to have a tank a minimum of 8x4x4 that weighs close to 2 to 3 thousand pounds, a monitor will out eat a snake 10 to 1, full grown he will eat 3 to 4 jumbo rats on Monday and be ready to do it again wednesday, they command a lot more of your time, constantly digging and messing things up, don't ever plan on having a pretty cage, I must have changed that water in my waters tank 3 or 4 times a day, they love to do there business in there lol
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Hi, I agree with almost everything you`ve said except the part about them going downhill fast if conditions aren`t too great. In my experience that is not the case, rather they can linger for a number of years which means most newcomers believe everything`s just right when it really isn`t. 
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04-17-14, 12:42 PM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
True, that's usually the case with not having the humidity right, which is keeping them in what I like to call a beef jerkey machine (open screen top cages) they will last a few years slowly drying out, then when the eyes start sinking in they wonder what's wrong, at that point it's far to late to do anything about it.
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04-20-14, 05:48 AM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
so I update on the little guy, he got fatter and his skin have colored a lot more he looks healthier overall, I spray his cage 3times+ a day so I think that helped him a lot, he eats 2-3 jumpers a day so np there, I will try to give him mouses but everytime I open or get close he runs for the hills, so I will wait to he has gotten more used to me , he sits every morning on his tree and looks around so we are getting there
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04-20-14, 08:14 AM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
Glad to see he's doing better, it was 3 months before I got mine to crawl up on me, keep up the good work
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04-20-14, 09:56 AM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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Glad to see he's doing better, it was 3 months before I got mine to crawl up on me, keep up the good work |
thanks I will do my best
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04-22-14, 07:13 AM
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Re: New monitor (salvator)
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Most are like like, I only had mine on them from the beginning because the pet shop had him eating them, lost interest in them real fast, insect are really only for the smaller guys like ackies. (Which is going to be my next set of monitors when I get more) easier to take care of, don't need a monstrous cage that takes up all of your room, cheaper to feed. Plus I think they just have more character.
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My adult female sav still eats insects of all kinds readily.
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