I am thinking of getting a savannah monitor. I have Colombian red tails, cornsnakes, sand boas, and a Brazilian rainbow boa. I would love any information that anyone is willing to give me on savannahs. Basically I was wondering the the feeding, the housing, the growth rate and stuff like that. I have a freezer full of rodents so when it gets to rodents that should not be a problem and I know where I can buy crickets, but how often should it eat. I know that there is a history of obesity in them. I am also wondering what size enclosure is right for a baby. I have looked at tons of care sheets and can not get a common tank size. Is it worth building it a 5 foot cage now that I can later use for snakes if it gets to big for that or is that to big for a baby even if given a sufficient amount of hides? I would really appreciate any information.
Thank you
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Thinking about getting my first monitor
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I was in the same boat as you a couple months back, and let me tell you, monitors are evrything snakes arent, much much more entertaining to watch, vastly more intelligent, and they seem to know different people. yea there is alot of crap information floating out there, if you get a hatchling, put him in a 10 or 20 gallon and increase the cage size as he grows. Yes savannahs get over wieght but only adults, not babys. Feed the baby everyday as much as he will eat, dust the crickets in a calcium supplement from the pet store. They will grow to about 4 feet and get fat and lazy if ur not careful. Their growth rate is remarkable, I have a hatchling I got a month ago and hes more than doubled in size and wieght. But yes eventually you will need a enormous cage, a clost or converted dresser, im sure you will have more questions feel free to ask.
I wouldn't down snakes that much. Eventhough they are not smarter then monitors some snakes can actually tell you between another person. They also know when it is feeding day and can be hook trained. Plus what about venemous snakes? After injecting venom into thier prey they follow the poison trail that the rat has in him. DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.
