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Finally got my Sav in his new cage! He did a lot of exploring right away but has not dug any burrows yet. In the past I found with some herps that when put in a new enclosure they tend to hide and not eat for a few days. Does this tend to be the case with Sav's? Martin has been hiding in the trough ever since he went to sleep Sunday night and I figure it is normal but wanted to get people's opinions here. Temps are great outside of the trough (130 basking spots, 85 ambient warm side, upper 70s cool side) but in the low 70s at the substrate level at night.

thanks for any thoughts on this.

Its not exactly a "whats normal thing'

For sure, it could be called normal, as thats what occurs most of the time. But doesn't make it good.

If the cage is setup right, most monitors will feed and use the cage right off the bat.

If they hide, its because something is not right.

With wild caught animals, that "something" may be out of your control. As you are starting with a highly stressed insane animal. Yes, insane, what would you expect???????? just think about what it just went through.

To say, why your Sav is doing is impossible without knowing "the whole story". good luck

Well, I have had the animal for almost 3 years got it when it was an emaciated 7" long and it has done well ever sice. So I mean it is acting differently than it normally has in captivity.

Typical, why do you ask if you do not want to the answer.

By your own words, "its acting differently" Which means somethings different. They hide when stressed. End of that story.

Will it get over it, most likely.

So why the rationalization? Why do you think its hiding, cause its in a new cage. So the heck what. What does the new cage do to cause that.

It if were me, I would have used all its old cage furniture, you know, the stuff with its scent on it. Then then, thats what I would do, Cheers

I did want the answer and thanks for it. Just wanted you to know that it was not recently caught/imported. All his cage furniture is in the new cage.