First off I agree with you completely monitors are monitors first. Then they are our pets. This is why I take the care I provide for my monitors to heart. We have the two together in a cage that is 10ft long, 3ft wide, and 4 ft tall with temps normally ranging from 70 degrees to the two basking spots which are 130 degrees. At night the temps do not go below 70.

I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong that is causing the two to get sick. I ask on here because people such as yourself who have had monitors for a long time, some have housed monitors for longer than I have been alive have more knowledge and experience then I or any vet.

As to the husbandry could you critique?
We have a water dish that is changed regularly, it is large enough that they can submerge in it if they wish but they do not. They only drink this water. They regularly go in the bath tub, this is where we separate to feed, and then allow them to swim in the water. The cage temps are as I posted above; since the two have become sick we have raised the temps to 80-140 degrees. They have two adequate hides. Plenty of room to move and regularly are allowed to free roam with complete supervision. The one area that is not correct from what I have learned on here is that we have cedar mulch as the ground. The female digs while the male has never shown an interest. The humidity in the cage ranges from 50-70%.

If you would please give me any advice as to make this cage more suitable for our monitors I will make the changes tomorrow. Also do you know of any other treatments that have been successful for your monitors or have you never had this problem?

Thank you,
Christina

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