Hey, welcome! I know wild caught one can be a pain. Mine is very shy, and he won't eat infront of me. I have to go hide somewhere before he swallow a pinkie. If he's really hungry, he'll take some crickets and down that thing in a giffy. I bought mine at a local petstore, and he was very skinny when I got him. That's why I'm feeding him pinky to try to fatten him up. The girl at the petstore said he is a captive bred, but I don't believe her because he is awfully shy when it comes to feeding, only take food down when noone is looking, and he was pretty cheap for Savy around here. Recently, I figure out a way to get him to eat a pinky. I know some people may have a problem with it...being I get bitten, but that's the risk I'm willing to take if it means getting my savannah monitor to eat. And this little guy is kindda on the docile side for a wild caught. I'm not scare of being bitten...I've gotten bitten by tokay, turtle (I was hand feeding my red-eared slider and he bit my finger instead of the food [laugh!]), and dogs, but I don't mine. What I do is I try to get him to open his mouth my gently pushing doward on his lower lips, and when he opens his mouth, I put the pinky in it. He would closed his mouth immediately, and I'd put him down and walk away...leaving him to eat at his leasure. So far I fed him 2 pinkies in the last couple days, and he is looking lively already.

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