To Stefan, Acid Lizard and anyone else who reads this post..

If you have a semi aquatic Nile monitor, there should be a large enough water source in the cage that it would not be necessary to take the monitor out of it's enclosure and soak in the bath tub.

It has been brought to my attention by reputable sources that simply plopping them into a bathtub full of water is not going to sufficiently rehydrate a lizard kept in a sub par environment.

I know the story of the drowned Sav, The keeper left that animal unattended in a bath tub for 45 minutes, I feel very sorry for that animal, I can envision it clawing desperately at the walls of the tub trying to get out until if finally collapsed from exhaustion.

Why anyone would leave an animal in a tub with that much water in it and forget that it was there is beyond me.

Even if I was going to advocate soaking monitors, I would only say use an inch or two of water, so the animal can sit comfortably with it's head well above the waterline, certainly not with so much water that the animal is forced to swim to keep breathing, that's just irresponsible and cruel.

If you look here, I even placed rocks in the water dish so my babies have something to climb on, even though the water pan is shallow enough to prevent any drowning..




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Regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
Thamnophis US
Varanus US
too many darn snakes to list anymore...

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