The reason that Savannah monitors have the capabilities to store such high amounts of fat in their bodies is because they gorge themselves in the wild so as to be able to go months at a time without feeding. In most cases, people don't send their Savannahs through a brumation period because the general idea behind it in most species is breeding, and Savannahs are not bred captively successfully. So if they are fed high fat diets, and they have these fats storages that aren't getting burned off in months of drought, they simply remain obese. I personally feed invertabrate diets, dusted with viatamins every feeding so as to make up for any calcium loss, and send my Savannahs through a brumation period over three months. Diet aside, I do agree that a lot of the issue has to do with the ability to metabolize what they are fed, and I do agree that it is generally the keeper's fault for the monitors obesity. I do also agree that over feeding is another common issue. I think that maybe the diet should be based off of husbandry of the keeper. Just food for thought mate.

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