Another stupid housing question

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

When did I say it caused deaths? Now your puttingwords in MY mouth...

The fat content of adult rodents is huge, and the average captive Varanid is obese... Proper husbandry, and enclosures, and mental enrichment can increase your savs activity and give you a lean monitor.
My opinion is that you have an insectivore, feed it ****ing insects. It's your job to try and closely match their wild food items, and if you can't, get as close as u can.
When did either of those indeviduals, or anyone claim (with a shred of proof) that the wild varanids are rodents as a staple.

You say they (V. exathematicus) are insectivores, who told you that, and who mentioned feeding rodents to properly supported captive Varanids causes obesity (any medium to large species in particular)?
How "huge" is the fat content of a rodent such as a small to adult mouse/rat?
As I say, why not contact the authors of the most informative Savanah monitor book yet published and present them with your own results? I take it you have studied them throughout their range in the wild, and breed them successfully and repeatedly in captivity on insects/inverts alone?
I`m interested personally to know how you support mature females in particular on an insect only diet, particularly during gravidity?
I hope you, like me see this purely as a discussion, NOT an "argument"!