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Ok all i am new to own a reptile nevermind a savanah monitor it is not by choice but i am an animal lover i got this sav about a month ago i got him from a friend of mine he had the poor thing in a 20 gallon tank at temps around 70 after reading a book i relized everything was wrong but now i need to know if im doing it right all help would be great for i only had a dog before this so hear i go he is 19 in long not sure of age in a 75 gallon tank till i can build a 8x6x5 custom tank temps on the hot side are 124 degrees f in the day time and 93 at night and on the cool side its 90 degrees f in the day time and it goes down to 65 at night and max humidity is 55% nim humidity is 23% i feed him 3 fuzzies and 1 med mouse every 2 days and in between i give him super worms for supstrate i am using coconut fiber he has 2 hides 1 on hot and 1 on cool side pluse a rock and some wood to shed and a big water dish please all help would be great and any1 got any plans for a custom cage using a horse bucket ???????? any help posting pics would help also i tryed

the basking spot surface temp should be aorund 130f, by surface temp i mean the temperature of the ground not air temperature. i would say hot side ambient air temp of 90f cool side air temp like 75f.
i do not have any monitors now but i have in the past, including savannahs.the biggest rectangular horse trough ive seen was 10fx4ftx2ft round ones 10feet in diameter.i suggest goin to proexotics.com reading all of their monitor caresheets and also their FAQ's page there is a ton of really good info.also read through the different posts here.most monitor care is pretty much the same as far as temps,and basic husbandry so check out all the post theres also a ton of pics of horse trough cages on proexotics.com along with posts on this forum. farm and fleet sells horsetroughs and most livestock feed stores do also. have fun

i tryed looking for the horse thing but having problems finding it any help im looking for the 1s pro exotics uses i wanna use it for the base of my cage but cant seem to find on the net HELP

I get mine at tractor supply they usually have any size. If you do not have a tractor supply in your area try a feed store or farm related store. thanks Ian

here are some links

http://www.proexotics.com/care_savannah.html
http://www.proexotics.com/FAQ2.html#16

the first link is proexotics caresheet the second link is ther faq that has pics of trough cages look about halfway down but i recomend reading all of the faq its very informative.

farm and fleet sells every imaginable size
tractor supply store
or just search livestock feedstores or something like that in yahoo local that should make it easy