New monitor (salvator)

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by jpsteele80

I no longer have my water monitor but when I did have him he was under my care for almost 3 years,( before I moved and had to get rid of all my animals) and this isn't the wild this is captivity, Yeah they eat almost anything in the wild they can get a hold of but in the wild you don't know when your next meal is going to come either, and when I make comments about the fish like that it comes from people like Crusty who have been breeding monitors far longer than anyone here and I'll take his advice over anyone's.

No need to get defensive sport, I was responding to what you said, that`s all!
As far as I`m aware, Justin (krustly) does not and has never kept Water monitors? And again, as far as I`m aware does not recommend feeding mainly rodents to them and fish only occasionally?
I mainly use a rodent fish/seafood based diet which seems to work very well.

[jpsteele80]

Perfectly aware that he mainly works with the smaller species, I think the biggest thing he does is argus monitors, I never said it's not ok to feed fish In general I said he said gold fish were no good to feed your monitor, not trying to come off defensive

[nepoez]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

I believe you keep Tegu`s, a hatchling/juvenile Tegu might get some benefit from a few pinkies because their metabolism is lower.

Actually I give my tegu the same kind of heating as the monitor. The tegu is pretty much active all day long like a hyper dog! I'd say they have the same kind of metabolism, feed is full of food, the next day his tummy is flat again and hungry and scouring around again!

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by nepoez

Actually I give my tegu the same kind of heating as the monitor. The tegu is pretty much active all day long like a hyper dog! I'd say they have the same kind of metabolism, feed is full of food, the next day his tummy is flat again and hungry and scouring around again!

Hi, if you do a little research I believe you will find Tegus have a relatively low metabolic rate, far lower than most Varanids.

[Kimmie]

Originally Posted by nepoez

Actually I give my tegu the same kind of heating as the monitor. The tegu is pretty much active all day long like a hyper dog! I'd say they have the same kind of metabolism, feed is full of food, the next day his tummy is flat again and hungry and scouring around again!

that is weird my tegu became the laziest reptile I have had after 2-3 years he eats bask and sleeps lol

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by Kimmie

that is weird my tegu became the laziest reptile I have had after 2-3 years he eats bask and sleeps lol

Tegus have a relatively low metabolic rate, they also rely mainly on anaerobic excercise unlike most Varanids that use aerobic. Simply put; Tegus do not have the stamina of many Varanid species.

[Kimmie]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Tegus have a relatively low metabolic rate, they also rely mainly on anaerobic excercise unlike most Varanids that use aerobic. Simply put; Tegus do not have the stamina of many Varanid species.

ah okay good then Cookie is just a normal lazy tegu lol

[Kimmie]

So my friend came buy and took some fotos of him with her good cam

[Pirarucu]

Do you have a proper basking spot set up yet? It's urgent that he can get himself to adequate temperatures, otherwise he will have trouble digesting food and may not develop properly.

[Kimmie]

he get that tomorrow since that is when I go to the animal store.

[nepoez]

Originally Posted by Kimmie

ah okay good then Cookie is just a normal lazy tegu lol

Actually it's normal for tegus to be lazy on youtube, but I think if the cage is big enough and set up correctly he should be very active. My tegu is 3.5 feet(just started a big growth spurt after hibernating for 4 months!) and never stops moving until you fill him with food Otherwise he'll hyperactively move around looking for food all day! Maybe after 2-3 years he learned that there's no point in looking for food because the owner just gives it to him so why bother looking around?

[Kimmie]

so he now got his heating spot/basking spot which he have not used for the 4 days it have been there maybe he is a very very slow learner lol.

He now feed on hoppers which is great even when they are bigger then his head he pushes them down, so how many times a week should I give him those?.

Things I tried: salmon, beef, chicken, ground beef/pig. He take one bite and leaves the rest it is kind of a waste of food, why don't he eat more?

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by Kimmie

so he now got his heating spot/basking spot which he have not used for the 4 days it have been there maybe he is a very very slow learner lol.

He now feed on hoppers which is great even when they are bigger then his head he pushes them down, so how many times a week should I give him those?.

Things I tried: salmon, beef, chicken, ground beef/pig. He take one bite and leaves the rest it is kind of a waste of food, why don't he eat more?

You answered your own question. If hes not using the basking spot, something is wrong with the basking spot.

[jpsteele80]

Originally Posted by jarich

My adult female sav still eats insects of all kinds readily.

A sav Is not a water monitor

[Kimmie]

Originally Posted by smy_749

You answered your own question. If hes not using the basking spot, something is wrong with the basking spot.

he just used it for 20mins but now is gone again, there is nothing wrong with the basking spot it is just like my tegu's Cookie, and he lays there everyday.

I guess just like people some animals like other things, he loves the heating rock tho, as well did Cookie when he was young .

But I guess just like young tegus do he hides a lot in the ground.