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I purchased a baby savanah monitor yesterday about four inches long. shortly after I got him home and in his new tank I noticed he had regurgitated a cricket. is this something I should be immediately concerned about or is this just an instance brought on by the stress of acclimating to a new home?

Could be stress could of eaten to much when he was fed before you got him but i would say just keep an eye on him...
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Tom
1.2.0 Leopard Gecko (dot, spot, leo)
0.0.1 California King Snake (booboo)
0.1.0 Sulcata Tortoise (tank)
0.0.2 Russian Tortoise (tito and lulu)
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders (bernie and ernie)
0.0.3 Painted Turtles (larry, curly and moe)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (marshmellow)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (beef)
1.0.0 Peachfront Conure (kermit)
0.1.0 Australian Shepheard (layla)
2.1.0 Crazy Cats (babe, sabastian, tinkerbell)
0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit (daisy)
0.1.0 Ferret (jordan)
0.2.0 Guinea Pigs (lilly and petunia)
0.0.1 White Tree Frog (dumpy jr.)
0.0.2 Fire Belly Newts (spork and blaze)
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad (ferdinan)
0.0.1 Red Spotted Newt ( red)
0.0.2 Bull Frogs (goliath and tubby)
0.0.1 Rainbow Ameive (jack)
0.0.1 Spectacled caiman (wilbert)
0.0.3 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Bahama Anole
0.0.1 Long Tail Grass Lizard
Lots Of Fish

I would guess its stress related. I have never seen a monitor throw up because it ate too much.

I am guessing he got it from a pet store and I have seen some that havnt fed them in awhile and all of a sudden put all this food in and they are so tiny they over eat and throw up.
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Tom
1.2.0 Leopard Gecko (dot, spot, leo)
0.0.1 California King Snake (booboo)
0.1.0 Sulcata Tortoise (tank)
0.0.2 Russian Tortoise (tito and lulu)
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders (bernie and ernie)
0.0.3 Painted Turtles (larry, curly and moe)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (marshmellow)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (beef)
1.0.0 Peachfront Conure (kermit)
0.1.0 Australian Shepheard (layla)
2.1.0 Crazy Cats (babe, sabastian, tinkerbell)
0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit (daisy)
0.1.0 Ferret (jordan)
0.2.0 Guinea Pigs (lilly and petunia)
0.0.1 White Tree Frog (dumpy jr.)
0.0.2 Fire Belly Newts (spork and blaze)
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad (ferdinan)
0.0.1 Red Spotted Newt ( red)
0.0.2 Bull Frogs (goliath and tubby)
0.0.1 Rainbow Ameive (jack)
0.0.1 Spectacled caiman (wilbert)
0.0.3 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Bahama Anole
0.0.1 Long Tail Grass Lizard
Lots Of Fish

I am with Jeff on this one, they cannot over eat. They can and nearly always have poor conditions for digesting large meals.

You see, to many folks here base their thoughts on monitors as if they were mammals. That is, they are set with certain abilites. The problem is reptiles abilities is DIRECTLY related to conditions. If the conditions are GREAT, they can do great things. But if the conditions are not so great, then great is outa the question.

In conditions where REPTILES can PICK their conditions, they will only pick great conditions when great results are needed. In this case, large food bolus need higher temps and HAVE to good hydration to complete the digestion process. Small food items, do not require the high heat and perfect hydration. So in captivity a reptile throws up and we blame the amount. But its not the amount its the RESTRICTED conditions(piss poor) that we keep the animals in that causes the problem.

I am always challanging folks to think backwards(like me) and not blame the animal, but blame US the stupid keepers. Come on, we already know we are not good at this, so why blame an animal that is PERFECT at being that animal????

So no, monitors do not over eat, they are just kept is such poor conditions they can only digest small meals. Cheers

read through this forum. pay close attention to posts by robyn@proexotics, FR, and mikes monitors. they seem to be the most informed. sorry if i missed anybody.

without info on your setup, it is all just guessing.

certainly there is stress involved, but i would bet money that it is more husbandry and temp related : )

check out my post just a couple of inches down, follow up on our FAQ, and get that Sav book by Bennett.

best of luck.
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robyn@proexotics.com

Pro Exotics Reptiles

I bet it is just him telling you not to touch him.

My salvador would do that when he was a baby, and I TOUCHED him.

Now he is never touched by anyone, and I don't have that problem anymore.

Also, notice I said when I touched him. Anytime he comes over and HE touches me or crawls on me, there is no regurge. I suppose it is because he does what HE WANTS to do, not what I want him to, and there are no problems.

The post below by -Holly- does work, I would give it a read over.

http://forums.kingsnake.com/viewarch.php?id=1110696,1110696&key=2006