Sorry about snapping iike that.... seen one too many starved monitor in a pet shop and being able to do nothing about it is frustrating to the extreme.

I was in petco about 2 weeks ago buying some fruit flys for my hatchling geckos- and I see they have a Sav.

$40; higher than I would have expected, but not that much- impulse buy fodder to the extreme.

The thing looks terrible- drooping eyes, thin, cage crawling with crickets, looked like it had a burn mark on its back.... and the cage is a half log, repti-carpet and a flourescent bulb... Grrrrrrrrr.....

Whatever, I cant do anything about it....

I come back 2 days later; Sav is gone- someone bought it, but the guy tells me it apperantly died the same day it was purchased and a refund was given.

I walk in this week, another Sav- same cage, same setup.


The cycle wont stop until its stopped- nobody is going to start breeding Savs or Niles in captivity as is; theres no profit in it.

I REALLY dont see why the supply isnt just cut off.

Theres a (minimal) threat to the wild populations.
The captive populations... well, about 90 % of them die before they reach 1 year old.

So why should animals continue to die meaninglessly? For our enjoyment? Because humans hate being told they dont have the 'right' to do whatever the hell they want?

Whatever the case; the lizards just keep on dying.

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• Feeding your monitor - se7en, Sat Oct 13 01:25:33 2007
• RE: Feeding your monitor - irherps, Sat Oct 13 12:50:23 2007
• question - Hissenia, Sat Oct 13 21:33:33 2007
• RE: question - nile_keepr, Sun Oct 14 03:03:37 2007
• RE: question - se7en, Sun Oct 14 06:45:54 2007
• RE: question - irherps, Sun Oct 14 21:15:17 2007
• RE: nile_keepr - hissenia, Sun Oct 14 22:35:07 2007
• RE: nile_keepr - nile_keepr, Mon Oct 15 01:47:36 2007
• RE: Feeding your monitor - MadAxeMan, Sun Oct 14 07:21:56 2007