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Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity
But it is a sav? And what, is she too fat? (Sorry, I'm still not good at picking up on monitor illnesses via pics).
~Maggot
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I am sorry I overlooked your post.
That monitor is sprawled flat to absorb more heat from the basking light.
However she is way overweight and that indicates improper husbandry.
He was a very active on the forum, but it was during a time when my Savannah Monitor was living under the same conditions. Just enough substrate to absorb some poop and make dust.
So rather than scold him for it, I would chat away all day about that all invert diet crap.
Now I have two that "look like snakes with legs" (I was recently told that) who are hyperactive acrobats that tripod every day and run at speeds I have never witnessed before with my own eyes.
In retrospect I can't believe how blind I was, why do the Varanids in the documentary films look so impressive, and all the captive ones drag across the floor and sleep all day.
It's not freaking rocket science. It's a box of damn dirt, simple common sense mandates that we need to give exotic animals the same environmental parameters that they have evolved to survive in.
This is true of many captive animals, they barely resemble their wild counterparts.
Keepers of many species need to open up their eyes and smell the coffee.
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