I agree with Robin. Those temps the food available are horrible for a captive Sav. I hd mine for 7 years after getting her as a 9 inch juvi/subadult. Right from the get go she got live and dead gerbils, mice and rats as she grew. She got at least 2 feedings a day in the first year I had her and her growth was amazing. She put on 10 inches in less than 4 months... I kept her basking spot at 135 degrees...14/10 light cycle...room temp at night. She had a mixture of soil, sand and cypress mulch to burrow in, her basking platform was ceramic tiles that held the heat perfectly as it should have... She was 3 ft at max and managed to swallow an adult rat once and digest it in less than a day. I get her healthy.. she checked clean for parasite infections even though I never tried to treat her for them. She got mostly live food if it were mice. Rats were stunned or prekilled depending on size. Eggs whether cooked or uncooked are not a good source of food to feed every feeding. Unfertalized eggs have an enzyme that can block the absorption of vitamins in a reptile's system, most notably E and A I believe. Vitamin E is for certain. This is most likely part of your problem. Low nutrient values. The other part is inadequate husbandry. Bump the temps up, make sure she has good hiding areas and the ability to dig and start feeding her rodents daily along with her insects. She'll thank you for it. Well, in the way most Monitors will anyway.. such as this...:



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Lucien

1.1 Columbian Redtail Boas (BCI)(Sutekh and Isis)
7.11.7.Leopard geckos (2.1 Blizzards (Caine, Phoenix, and Mirage), 0.2 Tangerine Albinos (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short, and Casper), 1.0 Tremper Albino (Mycah), 1.1 Triple. het blizzard x tang albino x patternless (Malice, Malfeas), 1.0 Full Stripe Chocolate Tremper Albino (Discord), 0.1 pastel (Raven) and 1.5 Normals) 0.0.3 het albinos, 0.0.2 patternless blizzard/albinos, 0.0.2 - 50%possible triple hets (blizzard x albino x patternless)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros) (R.I.P. November 18, 2005)
13 rats (plus pups)
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Ashe and Hercules)

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• Dwarf Sav?` - jswllms, Tue Jul 18 15:55:50 2006
• RE: Dwarf Sav?` - tjsreptiles, Tue Jul 18 20:09:26 2006
• RE: Dwarf Sav?` - jswllms, Tue Jul 18 20:30:08 2006
• RE: Dwarf Sav?` - tatbeesh, Tue Jul 18 20:45:53 2006
• no, just under kept... - robyn@ProExotics, Wed Jul 19 19:08:47 2006
• RE: no, just under kept... - Lucien, Fri Jul 21 05:40:11 2006