Feed a proper diet including a natural source of calcium, such as whole animals which have a skeleton, or even mothers milk in their stomachs yet.
As someone who has kept many reptiles over many years, and helped for many years with rescued reptiles, I can tell you that thousands of calcium, and vitamin deficiant reptiles were recieved, and cured with a simple whole animal diet with nothing expensive or commercial. In fact the owners of these reptiles insisted that they went the extra mile on expensive petstore products, special foods, UV bulbs, and sterile caging. In the end they gave the animals up because they couldnt figure why it did no good.
The problem is that you seem to think you have loads of experience with monitors, you get offended when someone who does have loads of experience sees another one in a million keepers that came before you thinking the same. Why, hes used to reading posts like this day after day, and seeing the monitors and owners disappear when the monitors expire in no time at all.
Instead of getting snippy, and defensive, ask questions, post pictures of your monitors cage, describe its husbandry.
In the years Ive posted here I couldnt begin to count the thousands of newer keepers that come and go, the animals that come and go. In that time Ive pretty much had most of the monitors I still have, or bred a few of my own, they are now healthy happy adults that have laid many eggs (I just havent incubated, any in a long time now).
I have nowhere near the experience nor will I ever, that Frank Retes has with monitors, if you want to do good by your monitor, ask him loads of questions, dont get an attitude, and learn to read what he tells you, learn to think for yourself from the information he gives you to use.
Lighten up and make this hobby fun.

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