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Old 10-24-10, 09:32 PM   #1
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Re: Savannah Monitor

I haven't fed him anything other than crickets. The first night we got him, he ate 20 crickets. I am not sure if that is too many for one feeding, but the only reason I continued to give him more is because at the pet shop, he was caged with another sav who appeared to be incredibly aggressive. While watching him eat the first 6 crickets we gave him, we made the assumption that our sav was often not able to eat as much as he needed because he was overpowered by the other sav at the pet shop with him. Also, will he eat veggies? Is it ok to feed them to him and if so what kind?
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Old 10-25-10, 08:29 AM   #2
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Also, will he eat veggies? Is it ok to feed them to him and if so what kind?
No veggies at all. These animals are purely carnivorous and most likely will not even eat them, but if he does it could possibly mess with his digestive system. The things that I mentioned in my other post are all that he needs for his entire life. He really isn't underweight at all. You can feed him quite a bit right now but he will probably eat till he kills himself so you do have to regulate it. While he is young he most likely will not get overweight but his growth will slow down and then you have to be careful. Be careful leaving crickets in with him if he isn't eating them because they can and will chew on him. I have seen animals killed by crickets so you want to clean out whatever he does not eat. They will also stress him out just being in there if he isn't eating them.
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No veggies at all. These animals are purely carnivorous and most likely will not even eat them, but if he does it could possibly mess with his digestive system. The things that I mentioned in my other post are all that he needs for his entire life. He really isn't underweight at all. You can feed him quite a bit right now but he will probably eat till he kills himself so you do have to regulate it. While he is young he most likely will not get overweight but his growth will slow down and then you have to be careful. Be careful leaving crickets in with him if he isn't eating them because they can and will chew on him. I have seen animals killed by crickets so you want to clean out whatever he does not eat. They will also stress him out just being in there if he isn't eating them.
I did know that much about the crickets from my skink, which is why I only put a few in at a time to see how hungry he is and what he will eat. Thanks
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will he eat veggies? Is it ok to feed them to him and if so what kind?
No offense, but Monitors are not Iguanas and the husbandry is night and day different.

absolutely no part of Iguana care is the same as monitor care.

The only thing they have in common is they are both lizards.

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