Your missing the boat, abscesses are a common expression of a depressed immune system. Its generally to much of something, as in not enough choices.

By the time its expressed as an abscess, its generally very widespread.

THE REALITY, healthy monitors can be cut wide open and crawl in dung and will not get infections or abscesses. They can and do sustain massive injuries without need for anycare what so ever. Their immune system is a marvel. But, long tern exposure to stress, without question causes an immune system failure.

Which as I mentioned, expresses as abscesses. Remember, I am only offering the most common problem for what your seeing, it of course may not be whats happening to your monitor. Of course most say that as well. You know, I have Ideal husbandry, but my monitor is sick. Please dwell on that if you will.

About water changes, hmmmmmmm I should not devulge such information, but with a healthy monitor, you can leave the water until plants grow from the water bowl and it will not harm the monitor. I am not saying I have done that, OK, I have. So shut up, hahahahahahahahahahaha

I never said I was the best keeper, far from it. I just let my monitors be the best monitors. As I have previously mentioned, I often keep the accidents. You know, the ones I made huge errors with. I often sell the good ones and keep the culls. hehehehehehehe, I have three or four lacies that I burned the peewater out of. Horrible burns, yet they recovered with no treatment WHAT SO EVER. And did so in DIRT and cages that have not be changed out in over a decade. Hmmmmmmmm who changes out nature?

You task is to figure out what allows your monitor to be a full on monitor. One that can survive in the real world of elephant dung and hippo scat. Not one that can only survive in a antiseptic cage. How human. Cheers

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