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I was in monitor forum this morning and came across a post by a new Sav owner asking for help because her Sav had eating the frog she found and-for god only knows why-decided to house in her Sav enclosure. She later posted that her Sav began acting strange after a few hours he was defecating all over the place and began to have convolsions after a few days. She also mentioned that he would no longer eat anything she would put in his cage and just lays in one spot and wont move even when she approaches. I stopped reading at that point because of the rage that began to take over me and it was not so much that i was angry with her as much as i was with whom ever sold her the monitor. I think anyone in here who breeds or buys wholesale and resells monitors should really be careful who they are selling to. This should not become a business where making the all mighty dollar out weighs the wellfare of the animal being sold. So if you sell thru the net please add a questionaire or something to your site that an interested buyer has to pass before releasing the animal. Atleast that way you have some degree of confidence that the little guy your selling will have some what of chance of survival. thanks

A friend of my brothers thought it would be entertaining to put a toad in with my bearded dragon. He was hungry at the time and bit the toad. Unfortunately he died within an hour. Some people just don't think before they act.
Eric

KIDS, GRRRRRRRR...........I got my savannah monitor because some kid got it and didn't know how to take care of it. It was dropped off at the pet store I buy mice for my snakes. It was in a back room and when I saw it my heart dropped. It was so sad, well I talked the petstore owner into letting me have it. I had to try and save it. I don't think I slept much in those first few days, reading and tending to him. If there was an article online either me or my wife read it. I think I read every post ever made in this forum at least twice and want to say thank you to the ones who gave useful info. Yes, I ordered both of Dr. Bennets books. He's still not doing great but is going to see a new vet tomorrow. The main reptile vet at the zoo has opened a private practice. Wish us luck. I think I'm getting that desease sumherper was talking about. lol
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

The industry has been all about the dollar for many years, look at the millions of imported monitors out there in the US. Look at bosc and nile monitors alone, very very very rarely is it that niles are bred in captivity, and bosc a whole 2 times in just over 5 years? This doesnt even bring up any other species just 2, so the problem is turning the industry around and stopping the majority of imports, by breeding in captivity and making alot available to take some pressure off of wild populations, unfortunately this will take a long time.
The situation you bring up with the toad is a daily subject on this forum as well others because someone always wants a new and different pet (until the novelty wears off), but they dont research ahead of time and learn what proper care is before they get them, then they try a trick like that and "introduce" 2 animals that should never be kept together, the toad is a food source for the bosc but that toad most probably has a poison thats not been adapted to by African monitors so its either dead or dieing, unless the owner is lucky enough and the animal recovers (if you were that animal, with that owner, wouldnt you rather die from that than the next stupid trick they try?)
Thgis is one of a million stupid stunts many pet keepers try all of the time, tomorrow someone else will do it elsewhere even if theyve been told not to introduce them.