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Most of the time, monitor health problems are a result of a)not having 2 feet of dirt substrate in your enclosure, b)not having a sealed enclosure, and c)not having a basking spot with a surface temperature between 130 and 150 F. People have this absurd notion that you can keep a monitor in a 40 or 55 gallon fish tank with newspaper substrate to grow out in...
I have read at least one study that indicated that monitors have a relatively low number of parasites compared to other species. Basking at such hot temps might have something to do with that.
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