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Savannah Monitor has suddenly stopped eating and is super skinny

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I have had my Sav for about 2 years now and just now she has stopped eating. She is also very skinny.
Her temps are 110 basking 90 everywhere else.
Her diet is Mostly Turkey and the occasional mouse.
Humidity is 40.
4x4x4 cage(Not a real big Sav about 1 1/2 feet long).
Cypress mulch substrate.
Please help.
 

KritterKeeper

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Well her setup and diet are not good at all so that is probably what the problem is. She didnt become skinny overnight so her issues have been going on for a while and im sure thats the reason that shes small. Her basking temp is way too low(should be closer to 130) and turkey is not an adequate diet for a sav (I dont think you should feed that at all). You should be feeding lots of bugs and whole prey items. These things need fixed asap or things will not end well for her...
Heres a link for more info http://savannahmonitor.net/ - please do alot more research and work on getting her setup and diet issues fixed.
This is a list i copied from that site - "A proper Savannah Monitor diet would consist of Roaches, Crickets, Night Crawlers (Large earth worms) Mice, Rats, Snails, Garden slugs, Superworms and Locusts (where available) and certified chemical free organic whole Shrimp, Crabs, Crayfish & Chicks."
 

SnakeCharmr728

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Temps, humidity, aubstrate and diet all need to be corrected asap. At 2 yrs old and those conditions I would already suspect low level long term dehydration with possible gout.

Wayne's site ^ posted above, is a good read. be sure to click on the highlighted words and side links to get the full scope on things.
 

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