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If you want to have a Savannah Monitor

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AGoodwin said:
Thanks! They are such amazing and beautiful creatures, not to mention cute as hell as babies!
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It's just too sad that they are often marketed as "beginner's lizards" when they really are not.

I may be biased, but I think they are handsome as adults too.

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Hello
I really like the set-up.
I just got a 9" Savanna and would like to know if i should use d3 in my calcium powder or not?
Thank you very much.
Rich
 
Depends on what you will be feeding.

For a Juvi, I would recommend a mix of roaches, crickets, earthworms and occasional pinkie mice.

One of the biggest internet arguments going is the mouse / no mouse controversy, and quite honestly it boils down to cage conditions.

If you have a nice 130-150 degree basking spot, then mice are no problem.

Sprinkle a little supplement on the worms, since they are sticky anyhow, the calcium powder will adhere to the worm slime.

I just feed good old fashion fishing night crawlers.
 
I use dubias well fed,pinkies,and a little ground turkey.
Just wondering about the d3. I bred beardies and did not use calcium with d3.
 
I have read that it's good for lizards and turtles, I believe it won't hurt, so why not?

I also use a 4 foot long UV 10.0 tube, and many others don't.

Toss in some worms sometime, Savs go wild over night crawlers. I catch them out in my yard when it rains.. free food.
 
Can i raise more then one per encloser? Its big and can be added onto.right now its a 3' x 5' bearded dragon pen i left up after going into boa morphs.I would like a couple if possible.Not looking to breed so does it matter if its 2 males in same encloser?
 
In all honesty, I have two in an 8x4x4 and it's not going to be big enough for long.

They are only about six weeks old and using every last inch of that box.

I am going to have to build them something on the order of 12x20 for them to truly behave "normally"

When Daniel studied them in Ghana specimens were marked with paint and observed covering many acres in a day.

David Kirshner has told me about a couple Australian Monitors that he has been photographing for over a decade that have been spotted miles away in just a day or two from a previous sighting.

The only reason I considered two was that I own 40 acres of property that is 14 acres of meadow, a stream and forest land, plus my wife is a lizard fanatic too, so we can each take one out on the leash.

I really wouldn't try and keep two of them in that enclosure, they would not have much room to turn around once fully grown.

Here is me and my lady out back.



hungry for worms??

 
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