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FreedomDove
at Tue Aug 14 11:24:22 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FreedomDove ]
My sav is kept at your recommended temps. Each "monitor expert" seems to tell me something different. Would feeding only once a week be considered fasting? I was told that when fasting the temps should be kept low and to remove the basking spot. I am not doing this, I was just checking for your imput. What is the longest that you should fast if there is an obese animal? Keep fasting until is has a healthier appearence? Or feed once a week and see what happens? What have you found that works best for obese savs? JC or JP I can't remember the name of the sav breeder, told me to feed my sav 1 small adult rat daily and keep the temps at what you recommend and he should loose weight. I did this for a few months and he looked like he was going to explode, so I stopped. I have tried everything but fasting because the sav breeder told me to not even fast him for a day. I would like to try fasting or feeding once a week and see what happens but I would like to gather the best info before hand. He currently gets small meals daily and is obese. He no longer gets eggs or meal worms as per the sav breeder. He gets roaches and rodents. I am going to get some night crawlers to encorage him to dig. What is your advise, Frank, as to get him to lose some weight?
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Shannon in Reno
1.0 savannah monitor (Pombe-means "beer" in Swahili)
2.4 dogs
1.0 cat
5.32 rats
6.44 mice
7.50 chickens
1.2 beardies
0.1 black rat snake
~500 hissers
1 giant millipede
0.1 Chissel tooth kangaroo rat
1.1 rabbits
1.0 wonderful husband
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Frank - FreedomDove, Tue Aug 14 11:24:22 2007