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she's been showing different behavior latley i've had her for 2 and a half years and never seen this
first off she is currently housed with a year old male savannah ( i know.."house alone" i'm trying to but i'm still a bit short on cash for his vision cage) he just turned a year old and is 27 inches, is he capeable of impregnating her?

she has stopped eating for almost 2 weeks now, doesnt show any sings of weight loss and is drinking alot of water
doesnt move around as mucha as she used to
i know she's in good health because she gets vet checkups atleast 3 times a year and the last checkup went well

i'm a bit confused anyone think the male knocked her up without me noticing? is that possible at his age? anyone know why she went off her feedings?

nothing has changed in the cage infact when she stopped eating i bumped the heat up a little bit just to see what that'd do and had no luck with that

i expect she's 5-7 years old ( she was fullsize when i got her)

any advice would be appreciated
thanks
James

Hey, that sounds exactly like how my female acted before she laid eggs. She drank more water, ate little, and basked a ton. I found my girl still would eat, but only if the food was smaller. Try offering a little hopper or chopped up mouse pieces. Or some scrambled egg or ground turkey bits. If she eats these little pieces of food, but not bigger pieces, then make adjustments to your cage so she has a place to lay. I kept feeding mine bits of food as long as she would accept them.
I have read that the males need not be very big to do the deed.
Congratulations, and good luck!

Hey, another thing, if your lizards get along fine, why would you want to make them live alone? Monitors need love and companionship too.
I separated my male a few days before she laid the second time, because he ate the eggs the first time. He is a glutton. D.

I have 5 savannah's together in a big cage and have the same problem. One specimen supposed to be a large male also eats less than before, becomes verry big and might be a female. The 3 little ones eat normal but the two big fella's both eat little the last time.