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MadAxeMan
at Wed Oct 3 08:48:48 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by MadAxeMan ]
something else not mentioned yet is what you are feeding it. while some juvenile rats may be the same size as a mouse the have more mass than a mouse making a much more concentrated form of nutrition than a mouse (something like the differnce between beef and chicken in people-somewhat.). Further more there have been several studies (Daniel Bennets book immediately comes to mind, but there are others.) indicating that savs primarily eat invertabrates (Millipedes etc.) in the wild. That in mind I would back down on the Rats and vary his diet more. I feed crickets and roaches to my savs in addition to mice rats and soft-furred rats. I have found that by varying savs diet like this they tend to do better and are less prone to obesity. Smaller rodents and more frequent feedings will help as well. try alternating bugs and rodents for different feedings. BTW you would be surprised at how very large monitors that you would never expect to take bugs will go for them.
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RE: Savannah Monitor Not Eating - MadAxeMan, Wed Oct 3 08:48:48 2007