I keep in my collection 2 albigs (a male BT and Sobek my "little" girl), a male flavi-argus, some red ackies, and a beardie male. Between the 3 larger monitors they eat from once a week to every day (the flavi eats daily or almost, and sometimes the BT). Sometimes Sobek will eat small meals daily yet.
If I add up the entire food intake of those 3 in one week with 24/7 basking lights, and consistant temps, its less expensive than feeding my cat. As far as prey size/food amounts go, my cat eats 2 meals a day basically and he eats spread throughout 24 hours as cats are designed to do in small amounts. He eats more in one week than all 3 rodent/bird eaters.
Theres no comparison with a similar sized dog in weight or size to any monitor as far as food intake in even the hottest climates.

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• What I should have originally posted - casichelydia, Tue Mar 14 22:24:07 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - FR, Tue Mar 14 23:16:07 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - phantasticus, Wed Mar 15 21:54:08 2006
• RE: How naive the young are - FR, Wed Mar 15 22:22:25 2006
• RE: How naive the old are - phantasticus, Thu Mar 16 19:42:01 2006
• RE: sir, your missing the point - FR, Thu Mar 16 21:57:23 2006
• actually you are changing the point - phantasticus, Fri Mar 17 01:31:20 2006
• RE: Whooooooo hahahahahaha - FR, Fri Mar 17 13:07:15 2006
• RE: Whooooooo hahahahahaha - phantasticus, Fri Mar 17 14:51:10 2006
• Wow - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 12:06:33 2006
• RE: Wow / there is growth no doubt - phantasticus, Thu Mar 16 19:23:57 2006
• Good point - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 20:24:24 2006
• ONE? - phantasticus, Sat Mar 18 15:02:19 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - groundskeeper24, Thu Mar 16 03:28:32 2006
• Exactly - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 12:13:44 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - wstreps, Tue Mar 14 23:51:37 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - casichelydia, Wed Mar 15 21:03:59 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - wstreps, Thu Mar 16 11:21:57 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 13:12:19 2006
• RE: What I should have originally posted - casichelydia, Thu Mar 16 15:00:43 2006
• Man eating??? - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 15:38:34 2006
• Knew a guy who knew a guy who got ate up - casichelydia, Thu Mar 16 16:15:02 2006
• RE: Knew a guy who knew a guy who got ate up - wstreps, Thu Mar 16 18:22:55 2006
• RE: Knew a guy who knew a guy who got at - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 18:50:50 2006
• RE: we already have permits in place - JPsShadow, Thu Mar 16 19:12:26 2006
• RE: we already have permits in place - RobertBushner, Thu Mar 16 22:36:12 2006
• RE: nope - JPsShadow, Thu Mar 16 23:33:23 2006
• About monitors and appetites.. - SHvar, Fri Mar 17 01:44:57 2006
• RE: About monitors and appetites.. - casichelydia, Fri Mar 17 12:47:27 2006
• The basic idea is that even under.. - SHvar, Sun Mar 19 12:24:25 2006