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masonmonitors
at Sun Sep 25 14:07:20 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by masonmonitors ]
Careful what you choose with the closet idea, as Savannahs should be in a bit more humid area - I doubt your closet can withstand that and you'll likely end up with moss which will harm your monitor. Also since it's so tall it'll be difficult to keep the humidity and heat up in the first place - That's just my opinion though, I usually opt against the use of a room for a monitor, but lean more towards the side of a custom built enclosure to accustom their particular needs. Savannahs like a deep sustrate - at least a foot - for burrowing. depending upon the size of the monitor, I would just build a 4X2X2 enclosure, or an 8X4X4. If you need help with that email me and I'll send you instructions or a general idea of what you'll need and how to do it. You'll want to look into rete stacks, which I think we've all found invaluable for our monitors. The idea of a rete stack is to provide all kinds of heat gradients in a vertical fashion, rather than just along the length of the enclosure, that's not to say you shouldn't have a gradient along there as well. I provide hot spots for my monitors at about 150 degrees personally and find them basking there through out the day, but many people would also find that to be rather extreme. 130 degree to 140 should be sufficient. Here's a good site : http://savannahmonitor.org/
but please be sure to vary your information. Weigh out what you think is right or wrong, or what works best for you and more importantly for your monitor. From your question about the shedding, I'm not sure you've had many lizards, so do a lot of research! They do shed in pieces, and you should mist him with dechlorinized water(just fill a clean plastic jug with water and let it sit over night and it should evaporate most of it out) room temp! Don't pull the shed off him, it should come off naturally if you're doing things right. Good luck.
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RE: New V. exanthematicus! - masonmonitors, Sun Sep 25 14:07:20 2011