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hello all,
i have a savannah monitor that is one year old. sex unknown. i would like to own another someday soon and i was wondering if i could bring a younger sav (close to newborn/baby) into the picture living together. or would fights break out and bad things happen.....
(what sexes are best to put together???) please get back to me on this issue. thanks a million.

What a timely post. Read all of the threads below.

If Savs are social you shouldn't have a problem. However, I'd be very careful.

I was going to say the same thing..
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Hello,

I have seen female cats, domestic and not, attack and even kill kittens that were not their own. They are social. I have kept much larger lizards together with much smaller lizards before and they were monitors. I have seen different outcomes and sometimes they just live around the big ones. Sometimes panic. Some species (kept fed of course) do not seem to readily cannibalize smaller individuals in every case. Some individuals will. Which best describes your lizard Wisconsin? Best to you- Mike

With one experience behind me, all I have to say is that I would make sure they are withing comparable size. That should speak for itself.

I am sure as stated above there are many instances where different sized lizards have lived amongst each other with no issues, but I would be extra safe and not try unless under heavy supervision at all times. Just my opinion from experience.
I introduced an offspring bearded dragon to her mother last week. The offspring is just larger than half the size of her mother. Within minutes the mother attacked, with no harm thank god. It was enough to let me know there would be issues if I left them alone together. You just never know...

i vote no on this. i think the baby sav would look like a nice little snack to the 1yr old.

Not worth the risk involved really unless you want to risk the smaller bosc becoming a meal for tyhe older one.
Its happened both ways many times, sometimes they get along great, sometimes one dies of stress, sometimes one gets eaten.
Its always best to introduce similar sized, well fed monitors to each other in more than adequate caging, never inadequate or small caging.