We purchased two baby savannah monitors, said to be captive born, what that means no one knows. One looked to be female and one to be male. Still both show the characteristics of each sex so I will refer to them as male and female so everyone knows which I am talking about. In the beginning both were very healthy eating like crazy the male more than the female.
Still the male is doing great up to 12 inches in only 3 months. He eats great and sheds wonderfully, but has an attitude problem toward the female so we had to separate them after about a month together. He was inflicting wounds on her, and broke a couple of toes.
For the past few weeks we have noticed the female wobbling, and falling over, she does this in spurts and looks to be a neurological problem as though her equilibrium is off. She has not fallen from any heights, and does not run into the glass. She was feisty when we bought her, and after she settled in we began holding her and letting her run around, since then she has become a very calm monitor, this may be a worry. She does not show characteristics of being sick; she is very, very active. It just seems she can not keep her self up. She acts like her head is heavy when she walks and she shakes it back and forth. She is said to be the same age as the male, we purchased them when they were a little less than 6 inches, and she is about 9” now.
I read the old post that I found where the person had the savannah monitor who had similar problems, but he had more problems with his legs and paralysis. I was just wondering if anyone has ever run into this problem with monitors.
Also she is having problems catching her crickets, her aim is off. We have tried pinkies, killed super worms, tuna fish, cat food, and raw chicken, we can not get either of the babies to eat anything but crickets, do any of you more experienced keepers have any tips to widen their diet.
Thank you,
Christina
