New savannah in water dish a lot.
I recently purchased a 2 month old baby savannah monitor. He is pretty active for the most part but last night he layer in his water bowl for what seemed like most of the night. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I read "the truh about savannah monitors" the $5 E Book before my purchase and I had been planning to get one for abouta year.
Here is his container info
4' by 2' by 2' custom glass aquarium. Sliding screen tops(now I know I shouldn't have Made screen tops because of humidity regulation)
4-6 inches of organic topsoil/play sand mix. 60:40
Two large branches with basking spot and several places to hide/burrow around.
One large bowl for bathing or other and a smaller bowl on the other side so he has constant clean water.
The ambient room temp is 72-80. About the same as the cold side of his habitat.
The warn side's air temp is about 90-98 and the basking spot is around 115-120
The humidity sits at 50-70% I covered up most the screen to hold humidity.
I have fed him a large meal the first day smaller the second large the third and now it is today. (meaning I have had him 4 days)
His food is crickets right now with a calcium vitamin powder.
He has a dark light for night and a day light. Both 150W both make about the same temp and keep the basking spot in the same place.
Also he doesn't go to the cooler side very often and the humidity at that side will sit from around 45-50 I figured I may as well make a humidity gradient with temp to see which he likes more.
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