Name for a female savannah monitor

[Sirhc401]

What do you guys think is a good name for a female savannah monitor?

 

[Rhetoric]

Are you drawn to anything in particular? Planets, mythology, colors, characters, etc?

 

[dragonmetalhead]

Anything dragonish or dinosaurian works well. I came up with "Kodo" my removing the middle syylable from "Komodo." Two of my snakes have musically inspired names (one for a guitarist, the other after an album title), so that's always an option.

 

[numarix]

Be On Say! lol

 

[Leo93]

Annah!!

 

[TeguBuzz]

Chara, means joyful. Or Gia, Greek variant of Gaia, earth. Kora, the maiden. Nyx, meaning night, also the name of the Greek goddess of night. Finally, Priska (pronounced Preeska), meaning ancient.

 

[Sirhc401]

Lots of interesting names. I think we might of found one. Kind of suits her personality. Vira. Whatcha think?

 

[james.w]

Off topic, have you posted pics of your Sav and its enclosure. Just curious.

 

[Sirhc401]

Not yet. I had to switch out some cages and she had to lay in a box for an hour last night and I wanted to get her out. I have to switch out substrate and give her bark. I was thinking of giving her dirt but I am over catious and I don't know what dirt has or has not been sprayed with chemicals. So I would rather nit take chances

 

[got10]

Are you drawn to anything in particular? Planets, mythology, colors, characters, etc?

Hanna the savanah

 

[Sirhc401]

Haha. Nice.

 

[james.w]

Bark is no good, it doesn't allow her to dig a burrow. How big is she?

 

[TeguBuzz]

I like Vira. How old and how long is she? Those things can get real nice and tame.

 

[Sirhc401]

Okay. Wow. Um, I just found out that I was sold a girl and this is male. Go figure

 

[james.w]

How big is he/she? Monitors cannot be sexed when young.

 

[TeguBuzz]

You buy it online or what?

 

[Sirhc401]

3 years old. Full grown

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I got Him froM a private owned reptile store. And I guess I'm too trusting of ppl cause I held what I thought was a girl and she seemed fine. And I was told he was a sweetheart. After I got it, this is what I find out, it is a male, it has cage aggression, but the one that gets me is this guy has been raised with hand feeding. He thinks any skin is food. FML

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My little baby Odin seems like a cuddly nice guy in comparison. The monitors cage aggression is fixable, but the problem is my girlfriend can not deal with a monitor that has been raised hand fed.

 

[TeguBuzz]

Let's see some pics when you get the chance. I'm sure the problems can be solved with time.

 

[Sirhc401]

I'll get some picks and post them tomorrow. We are testing him tomorrow to see if he can make progress on changing his habits. We are disappointed because we wanted a female specifically. But we can get over that. Like I said it is the association he has with food. And it is kind of different if I were breaking a baby of that vs. A full adult monitor chasing after my feet thinking it's food. Ya know?

 

[james.w]

How old was it when you got it? How are you sure it is male? How long have you had it?