Hi All,
I notice that the experts here seem to have gotten down how to make their savs thrive, via deep substrate, right basking temps, humidity, food, etc.
I also often read here that trying to give them what's closest to to their natural habitat is the best. So here's something I've been thinking about.
According to Daniel Bennett's book, most adult savs in the wild are full grown to only 2 feet. Yet we are all trying to grow our savs to 3.5 - 4ft. There are dry seasons where the monitor will be less active, yet we are all trying to never let there be a dry season for our savs. And start cursing anyone who doesn't give the full humidity all year round. Of course most of those people are giving dry seasons all year round so that's the other extreme end, the bad end.
Perhaps we are going to one extreme end here where they get the best and most ideal environment every single day, which is in no way a bad thing, and which is why they grow so much bigger than their average wild relatives. BUT perhaps(now.. no need to chew me to bits here) it would also not be such a bad thing to not feed your savs as much as they need to grow to their fullest size(3.5 - 4ft), or not give them an all year humid season?
I know many will think, well if we can give them the optimal environment all year round, then why not? True, I'm not saying not to. I'm just suggesting.. the idea that maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing to give them the amount of food(IF you know the right amount), and varied seasons(both wet and drier seasons, IF u can find out the right amount) as they would in the wild. And an environment that provides them enough food and moisture and heat so they reach their wild sizes of avg 2ft, is not necessarily a bad environment. As long as we're not talking about all year round dry season and all year round lack of food to cause diseases.
Just I thought.. not sure what you guys think.
P.s. I'm not planning to do this by any chance since I'd rather not have a dry season where my savs will lay there doing nothing. I'm just bringing this up for discussion's sake
No need bite my head off here(I notice some members here enjoy doing that type of thing)
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