Gueeeeeezzzzzzzzzz, Savs are no different then any other monitor thats been bred, including ackies. They only require bigger cages and more food. In fact, they are much easier, huge energy storage ability for when keepers become neglectful.



Many have bred them. But most have stopped. The reason is simple. Breeding any monitor is work. The larger the animal, the more the work. But still the same work.



With that in mind. The effort and cost to produce a medium sized monitor is fairly high, much higher then a high selling price for Savs. You see, folks can get "Farm hatched or whatever the heck they are" for nearly nothing. They come in at $4.00 to $5.00 bucks. The cost of producing a Sav, is between $100 and $500 bucks each. Dude, what a great business that would be. Of course that would drop with numbers. But I am using what HAS been produced in the past. You know, a couple of clutchs with a medium hatchrate, for a couple seasons.



Yes yes, I know, you want to do it for fun. hahahahahahahahaha So what if its not fun??????? What if its mostly work and worry and then you lose money. hahahahahahahahahaha



By comparison, one clutch of ackies is worth(very sadly) two years worth of Savs. And more saddness, ackies "ARE" fun and while a lot of work, its little work, not medium work. Compared to large monitors, which are a lot of work, and giant monitors which suck for the amount of work.



A the moment their is an albino Sav project underway. In hopes of making it worth the effort. Then breeding Savs of all kinds may get a boost. OR not. Personally, I am not sure if any Sav market is worth doing. But I commend those taking up this effort for giving it a go.



I am surprised that you ask this question. And back to doing it for the love of it(savs) The first clutch(if you hatch the eggs) will be worth the most. Then they drop like a stone, from that point on. After a while you will make about $100 bucks a clutch, hmmmmmmmm not going to pay for the food, or the litebulbs, or OK, you cant go to the movies, but no popcorn for the kids. Back to "for fun", if you have done your work, you will not have four or five baby Savs on your hands, But if you have a couple of females, you could have 50 to 100 and nowhere for them to go. Except if you sell them for $5.



It sorta takes the fun/love away. hahahahahahaha



Please understand, nothing against Savs in any way. Except, they are imported in the greatest numbers. In reality, you cannot breed any imported monitor and hope to pay for the effort, muchless make a bit of pocket change. The reason I keep saying that is, feeding them is expensive. When breeding them, you have GROUPS feeding groups is MORE EXPENSIVE.



If you took any species thats imported, even if in small numbers and bred them, and created a market, the importers would fill that market before your eggs hatched. Hmmmmmmmmmmm interesting. Oh, your doing it for the love. Again, lots of work takes that love away.



So yes, thats what has happened to those who bred Savs. They simply move on to something else they love.



And yes, there have been a number of people here and there across the country that have a pair of Savs that lay every year and they give/trade them back to their local petshop. Cheers

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