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    Sav Monitor Diet

    I feel feeding rodents is the easy way out,thats why im against a 100% rodent diet....takes time preparing meals,collecting worms and beatles,crawfish,etc...but i am always willing too invest the time for my animals rather than just unfreezing some mice...but each his own i guess... [hr] I...
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    Sav Monitor Diet

    I still believe Variety leads too a healthier animal,rather than just feeding rodents.
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    It's a Jungle Out There! (photos)

    Nice pictures Heather :)
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    Sav Monitor Diet

    I always felt like Variety is the best ,you should be feeding these lizards almost daily anyways...But these are still wild animals :) [hr] Anything ive read on stomach contents of Bosc/Savannah monitors (Varanus exanthematicus)mainly contained mostly insects,maybe some small bird eggs and some...
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    Neat monitor experience

    Well Dana ...I think your pretty Damn Cool if your 64 and still playing with these animals :P I'm in the same situation as you as I live in Wisconsin so no explaining needed there.But i got a few more years in me than you hopefully so my old farm house is going to get a major remodel when I...
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    Sav Monitor Diet

    So you are saying no meat for any monitors?We have always fed meat to the monitors at the zoo,along with trout,rodents,and chicks.Are they not scavengers and opportunistic feeders in the wild?If they come across a dead animal,they help them selves when the opportunity arises,and they surely dont...
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    New Sumatran Water Monitor

    As a new member on this Board maybe I haven't earned the room to speak freely yet...But from my previous experience of keeping reptiles,about 30 years worth,I agree 100% with the advice that is being given here by others...2 months later that Salvator should have nice tight skin,that tail should...
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    Biggins Thread

    That is very fast growth..WOW...looks super healthy!
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    Reptile Ornaments

    That Ball python looks great!!I like the B/W Tegu with just a few blades of grass sticking up in the back also.
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    Buzz Update - Cayman Rock Iguana

    Real nice guys...Love them!!!!Does the Cuban get the heaviest out of these Cyclura's or are they all about the same?Im kind of confused on these..
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    New Sumatran Water Monitor

    yulyani I do not yet have a Salvator.I have wanted one ever since I quit at the zoo,but working with them there,it was quite obvious what they require to live a long prosperous life.I have been waiting 10 years to find my special friend .When i return home in January I will start building my...
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    Sav Monitor Diet

    I agree with James about the whole mice and Temperature thing...Maybe my input isnt needed here.Im from Wisconsin,so we Deer hunt.I dont waste nothing on the deer.I would save all the meat I was chopping up in roasts and steaks for me and bag up the scraps.Vension is a very lean meat that i...
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    New Sumatran Water Monitor

    I would have to say the information that was being given,but was not being absorbed,A failure to listen and learn from experienced keepers offering advice.I tried not posting on this thread but It seriously made my stomach turn inside out.I feel as keepers of these type of reptiles ,we made the...
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    Neat monitor experience

    Yes Dana that is a very good feeling to bond with and animal like that.I made a very special bond with a large adult Salvator at the zoo i worked at that we received as a wild caught monster.It took almost a year of feeding,and numerous broken scrub brushes but we were buddies by the end,I think...
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    Water Monitor Care (V. Salvator)

    At the zoo we use a canister filter like the one pictured in the link below to collect solids ,basically a salt water fish canister and a good pump is needed also.The nice thing about these is we had older models that did not use a cartridge filter but stuffed the canister with pillow...
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