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RoyalBP
at Sun Aug 12 06:24:59 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RoyalBP ]
Hi
I'm new to this forum, and have a savannah monitor which is 2 years old and approx. 3 1/2 ft long. I have recently upgraded him from a 6ft to a 8x4 viv keeping him on 12-18 ins topsoil/sand mix (80:20) as per recommendations. Cool side is 72-75 and warm side is 85-87 with a basking area heated by halogen floods to a nice toasty 150. So he now has plenty of room to move about and to get all his proper temps I couldn't achieve before in the 6ft one.
Problem is, I think he is rather fat - not really obese fat but definitely rounder in the belly than he should be so I want him to lose that and become a leaner, healthier sav.
I have seen 2 distinct chains of thought regarding sav diet - one being they eat 80% insects in the wild so should only get 1-2 mice per week - the other is that if they have the proper basking temps (which he does have now) a more rodent based diet is good. However, as I want mine to lose weight first I am looking for advice on how much (or little) should I give him per week.
Thanks for your time.
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 Sav Diet - rodents vs insects - RoyalBP, Sun Aug 12 06:24:59 2007
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