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RE: rant 1-8

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Posted by: masonmonitors at Thu Sep 22 14:08:01 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by masonmonitors ]  
   

I'm simply suggesting that perhaps there is another way of going about things that better fits the description of a monitor that's been characterized as "trash can" for so long. It is a specialized monitor, shown in studies that I'm sure we've all read by Daniel Bennett, that Savannah monitors prey on Arthropods, and other invertebrates solely, and are not opportunistic feeders like they've been described as. What matters is that they are invertebrates - crabs, crayfish, and shrimp - and are more obtainable than giant african land snails, and giant millipedes. Not to say that they are impossible to obtain, and I myself plan on doing so before my monitor gets full grown to establish a colony. As for now, captive bred land snails, mystery snails, cock roaches, superworms, grasshoppers, and hopefully locusts soon will do well. As for brumation, from what I've read, they gorge in order to prepare for brumation. It's less about weight loss and more about excess energy storages. I'm suggesting that maybe after years without a brumation period and storing more and more in their body, perhaps is contributes to a lethargic and obese monitor. Just a thought.


   

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