Hello everyone,



I haven't been here in a while but its nice to see the usual cast of characters sparring back and forth; great entertainment as always and I always get a big smile when coming to this particular forum.



We just received a young dumeril's monitor via a rescue and this is our first go around with this particular species. We keep croc monitors, black throats, black roughnecks, etc. and I just wanted to know if there were some special considerations that we should be aware of. Right now, this animal is in quarantine and we have him set up in a 6' Vision: newspaper substrate, large shallow water bowl that is large enough for the entire animal to enter, large cork bark tube for hiding and basking/climbing, a large sterilite box with dampened spaghnum moss as a high humidity retreat. Heat/light is provided by a 100 watt halogen bulb (T-Rex). Background lighting is provided by a Zoomed 5.0. He appears to be active and is feeding well but any helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.



Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center
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Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm

Lake Forest, IL

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