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i want to get a savannah but i dont no if i can feed it on a all incest diet, can i please help

thanks

~tom~
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If you plan on getting a baby savannah it may be ok to feed just insects but as it grows you sould start on rodents and other food items.

so i cant just give it incest its hole lfe with calicium on them

Insects their whole life wouldent be for the best.

n/p

Again, why don't you want to feed rodents? Is there some ethical problem? Mom won't let you keep anything that eats insects? You keep asking the same question, but won't give the reason why you don't or can't feed rodents. Some suggestions for alternative animals that get reasonably big but don't need rodents would be a dwarf tegu, ameiva (very cool, active lizards) or some of the larger lacertids. You could also consider plated lizards which get fairly big and fairly tame. Pretty much your only choices with regards to easily available and reasonably affordable monitors would be Ackies or Timors. Best of luck in your quest! Billy

>>so i cant just give it incest its hole lfe with calicium on them

Feeding my Timor just insects.. Maybe if I bred my own roaches. But crickets? $$$$$$$$$$$$ @_@
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bdking, you've been posting and posting the same question over and over on this forum, hoping that the answers will change.

Here's the thing. If you want a monitor, but don't want to feed it mice, get a smaller monitor, like an ackie (Varanus acanthurus). If you want a larger monitor like a savannah, you MAY be able to feed it nothing but insects but you'll use up your allowance (and that of your brothers and sisters) in the process. They get big, they need a lot of food.

DK is right my big boy savannah now eats mainly med RATs and more. so if your looking for a monitor to only eat insects you should spend a little more and get an Ackie.

And the answer is still the same. As a tiny hatchling they can eat dusted crickets, roaches, mealworms etc. but once their head is as big as any size mouse body you should switch them to rodents as their primary food source. Ill give you an example of how much it can cost you to feed even a small monitor crickets alone. A medium sized or large monitor as a hatchling can eat 50-100 adult crickets a day in their first few months of life alone. They also lose interest in crickets after a certain size or age, in most cases. An ackie or many other dwarf species (which are rather expensive, but captive bred) can live on dusted crickets and roaches etc their whole life.
If they are too expensive for you to buy then monitors are too expensive for you to keep. I come to this conclusion because housing a monitor alone can cost you a few hundred or more, food can cost you hundreds a year, vet bills can cost you hundreds a visit, not to include electricity, etc etc.
Think about what owning a monitor cost you and realize also that they can and will take up many years of your life raising and caring for them, are you ready for that commitment? or those costs?

Why not feed rodents my mom got me a freezer for my rats last christmas. " Mothers get over the rats"

"Over time"