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hes so cool. its an anery savannah monitor hes black with white spots and i call him Sephiroth after the coolest character in the coolest game. im gonna get some pics of him on here as soon as i can.

p.s. he sometimes runs into the glass of the aquarium when he sees his dish coming and im afraid he might hurt himself will he hurt himself or is there a way to make him stop

thanx
Andrew

Ah, a videogame. And here I thought you were just into the Kabbalah...

How old is you Sav? How long is it? What size cage is it kept in? What are the temps in that cage? What are you feeding it? These are important questions can you answer them for me? Has your Savannah seen the vet yet? The fact that it's black in color worries me. Most dark colored Savs are under heated and very malnourished. I'm not saying that yours is but it very well could be.
Give me some more info.
Christine :>~

i do not know the age i wasnt told hes about 8inches long the basking spot is 108 and in his cool spot its 87 i feed him gut loaded crickets and me and my mom went to the vet 2 days after i got him

thanx
Andrew

as far as getting him to stop running into the walls, you could always tape some paper up to the clear sides to help get him acclamated. That's what we did with my Timors. And yes, it can eventually harm him. Monitors that persist at rubbing their noses against their cage (i'm not talking like a day or a week, but over a long period of time) can get rub nose. It's not especially life threatening but it does detract from the aesthetic quality of your baby.

Emily
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he doesnt rub but he only runs into it when he sees his food and he seems really calm any other time its only when he sees food coming the paper would work but i also like watching him interact with the stuff in his cage and he likes to watch tv from ontop of the hide box... or maybe he just likes to look out that side of his cage

thanx
Andrew

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