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WRC1228
at Fri Jul 22 19:26:13 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WRC1228 ]
"I have been feeding him 2 or 3 large mice and some canned superworms, crickets or grasshoppers 1 or 2 times. 2 or 3 days without feeding per week."
Wayyy too much mice for a Savannah monitor. Tells me right away that you haven't done your research on the species. They are mainly insectivores.
They aren't terribly active (especially in captivity) and will be feeling the effects of having adult mice thrown at him weekly. Make that more like 1 - 2 mice per month. Too many Savannah's never live out a long life because they are stuffed with mice their entire life. Yes, throwing 2-3 adult mice at a Savannah monitor weekly is stuffing.
Feed MAINLY invertebrates. Think crustaceans. Think roaches. Think breeding your own roach colonies so that YOU can CONTROL what those insects are eating and thus what your Monitor is eating. Gutload the roach colonies with good foods like fruit and veggies and you can't go wrong.
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