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11-08-12, 09:40 PM
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Sav monitor
I'm not very experienced with monitors but he was eating 20-25 crickets daily but the last three days she has been eating 7-10 daily. Also every Saturday he gets a fuzzy. I was just wondering if this is normal.
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11-09-12, 04:52 AM
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Re: Sav monitor
Do you handle him?
How long have you had him? Got a proper setup going? Share a run down of your enclosure, surface temps, air temps, humidity, substrate matter and depth etc and people can help you out a bit better
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11-09-12, 04:59 AM
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Re: Sav monitor
Post pics and a full breakdown of your set up and there are plenty of keepers on here that will give you lots of good advice 
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11-09-12, 05:40 AM
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Re: Sav monitor
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Originally Posted by babyboa97
I'm not very experienced with monitors but he was eating 20-25 crickets daily but the last three days she has been eating 7-10 daily. Also every Saturday he gets a fuzzy. I was just wondering if this is normal.
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No it's not normal, How big is the lizard?
Even a baby should eat 20-30 crickets in just one serving.
Can you please share your setup with us, it's the only way to give you accurate answers.
Thanks.
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11-09-12, 06:25 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
He is no bigger than ten inches I keep him in a 40 gal for now until I finish the permanent enclousure the hot side is 95, cool side mid 80s and basking 115. I handle home about three to four times a week. He has UVB and he is growing and shedding great. But he slowed down on food the last week to about ten daily crickets, I give him a fuzzy ones a week on sat.
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11-09-12, 06:26 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
Lots of hiding spots throughout the cage and a big water bowl
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11-09-12, 06:27 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
He also is active and basks regularly
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11-09-12, 06:28 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
What do you have the humidity at?
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11-09-12, 06:48 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
between 55%-65% depending on the day
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11-09-12, 07:02 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
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between 55%-65% depending on the day
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Can't say if that's right or not, but is that measured with a digital or analog hygrometer? Unless you're misting constantly, I'm pretty sure you can't maintain that in a regular 40 gallon tank with a screen lid and overhead light.
Just post pics of your setup. People can give you much better info that way.
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11-09-12, 07:10 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
i mist 2-3 times a day to maintain dampish substrate
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11-09-12, 10:45 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
How much substrate are you offering? And what is it?
A monitor in general will rarely drink from a water dish. They hydrate from burrowing, if you don't offer a substrate your monitor can burrow in, he will dehydrate.
Also, don't handle the monitor, ever, until you establish a relationship via tong feeding and he is fully comfortable with you. Monitors have fantastic memory, and when you handle him against his will, he associates you as a bad time. You'll raise a resentful adult that will be difficult to deal with in the end.
You should also increase your ambient temps to about 95-100, and your baking surface to 130-150. Then you can feed him more rodents and get the growth going.
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11-09-12, 10:57 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
So what substrate should I be using??
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11-09-12, 11:01 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
I think I'm using reptibark but I'm not sure
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11-09-12, 11:32 PM
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Re: Sav monitor
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Originally Posted by babyboa97
So what substrate should I be using??
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dirt. lots and lots of dirt.
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