Your research(as you call it) is only for you to get a decent start. Its no more then that. To read something that is applied is NOT research, its reading. To test, is research. Not something written on the internet. I guess it would be research trying to find out which of the internet dribble is right. Some is, most isn't.



Why you have a living animal, instead of plastic models is, they actually have behavior and do things. In this case, eat. They as all animals do, eat until full. Then when hungry eat again, much like you I suppose. Ask the monitor.



With mammals, they have a consistant metabolism, so they burn energy at a kinda steady rate. Reptiles are dependant on their enviornment, SO THEY "DO NOT" BURN ENERGY AT A CONSISTANT RATE(you should have come across that in your research) So no one can tell you what your monitor wants in the way of food. ONLY the monitor CAN.



Sorry for the caps, but that is soooooooo very basic. It has to be understood BEFORE YOU GET AN ANIMAL(reptile)



Now if you report behaviors or times between behaviors, someone can actually get an idea of what your doing(right or wrong) Then possibly someone could offer help.



Now a bunch of years ago, SHvar, reported the growth of his Blackthroat, I am sure its in the achrives. He reported it on what seemed like an hourly basis. Yes, the dang thing grew between reports. Weight, lenght, and pics to boot. Till I was blue in the face. But I know one thing. He was doing something right, his monitor grew up right in front of our eyes. Consider all monitors eat like pigs and grow like weeds.



Many of you folks get all in an uproar because of the stern way I write. But consider, your much much worse with your own beloved animals. You sternly hold back food and necessities. because of something some other, hmmmmmmmmmmmm(bad word) person told you. And may I add, without proper or any real evidence to work from. Another answer to your question, it will eat, what your conditions allow. It will change if you change your conditions. Guezzzzzz, a perfect thing to test(research) conditions.



In other words, ask the dang monitor, if it begs for food, feed it. It surely knows more about it, then you or I do. Not so cheery Aye

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