Another stupid housing question

[stephanbakir]

I'm in agreement with just about everything you said, but since I don't claim to know everything about the species, I make the effort to mimic what they would get in the wild, but in quantities that would allow for significant growth but not the build up of fat stores.
I "could" feed females mice or other mammals if I chose to, but since its much easier for me to have a massive dubia colony. 70$ is what I spent on both dubia food, shrimp (when my colony needed a break) and other inverts. The staple was Dubias. My mom also fed a ton of my roaches to the birds which is partly why I needed such a large colony.

Regarding answering your question, please re-read what I wrote and you will find your answer. I never was never told to feed them the way I do, I chose to to mimic their natural diet as closely as possible.

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

I'm in agreement with just about everything you said, but since I don't claim to know everything about the species, I make the effort to mimic what they would get in the wild, but in quantities that would allow for significant growth but not the build up of fat stores.
I "could" feed females mice or other mammals if I chose to, but since its much easier for me to have a massive dubia colony. 70$ is what I spent on both dubia food, shrimp (when my colony needed a break) and other inverts. The staple was Dubias. My mom also fed a ton of my roaches to the birds which is partly why I needed such a large colony.

Regarding answering your question, please re-read what I wrote and you will find your answer. I never was never told to feed them the way I do, I chose to to mimic their natural diet as closely as possible.

You say you like to mimic what they take in the wild, so where are the Giant African millipedes, Giant African crickets, amphibians (vertebrates), etc (and neither do they take shrimp/prawns in the wild)!?
I take it you also made sure you created a "hot dry season" in the enclosure so the monitor remained fairly inactive for at least several months each year? Sorry, it`s late over here I need to log out, thanks for taking part so far!