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murrindindi
at Thu Jul 21 16:38:06 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by murrindindi ]
Hi again JoOaks,
I`m pretty sure Frank R. will expain, but I took his post to mean that a diet consisting almost exclusively of rodents is, in his opinion, the "best" you can offer to support the monitor/s (I agree), though I do like to offer a little variety with my monitors, but certainly, it`s rodent based.
Shrimps and the like are not as nutritious.
Until quite recently, I (like many others), thought Savannah monitors were specialist insect feeders. That`s not true, according to Daniel Bennett, the animals in the areas he studied, preyed on African millipedes and snails, in the vast majority of cases (not "insects" .
I don`t believe Daniel`s ever suggested they shouldn`t be fed rodents in captivity?
I`ve had several conversations with him, actually, he said he`d be interested to see which prey they would take first, if offered the choice of a mouse or a Giant African milipede...
I have a friend who tried this, but no clear results (yet)!
I personally like to offer food daily (even with adults), but not necessarily "fill them up". As I mentioned in another thread, the ammount of energy they require is linked to the ammount of excercise, and the conditions they`re kept under...
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