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going to replace your monitor? Be sure to post after everything gets settled and let us know how they handle these type of situations. Good luck with that and sorry about your nile man.
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Jaye- " When you try of all your forces to make your own way, you will help some of others and will be helped by others. As long as you do not make your own way, you cannot help anybody, and nobody can help you. " (Shunryu Suzuki)

They said that this type of incident is very rare. And I can get the $20 store credit that the monitor cost, and if I decide to use that $20 credit towards another monitor, they will pay half of the shipping for my inconvenience. I'm still a little bewildered as to what caused its death. It looked like it was in a lot of pain and was having severe attacks almost like seizures. I decided to order another Nile baby from AAA Reptiles this time just incase the rest of the babies at LLLReptile were contaminated or ill with the same thing. I'll be getting the new one next Tuesday, hopefully it will turn out a little better this time. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

Believe it or not it could of been stress. if it was a wild caught animal that they had just received from a importer that never allowed it to acclimate then theyget it and before allowing it to adjust they sell it to you. That would be very tramatic on the little guy. But atleast they gave you your money back even if it is store credit. Good luck with the next one and dont forget to post pics.
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Jaye- " When you try of all your forces to make your own way, you will help some of others and will be helped by others. As long as you do not make your own way, you cannot help anybody, and nobody can help you. " (Shunryu Suzuki)

From the sound of what the monitor was going through it seems that it had neurological problems most likly caused from vitamin and nutrient deficiencies.
Think of it this way. The baby is a farm hatched monitor. In most cases within a week of hatching the babies are packed into wooden crates by the hundereds shipped to the dealer. Then the dealer sections off groups into other crates or shipping boxes and sends them to the stores. All this time the animal goes without food and water. So very quickly the animals health falls and most retail stores (even online) sell them just shortly after receiving the shipment of monitors. Monitors get all their vitamins out of the food they eat and with no fat stores to back them up during shipping 90% of the monitors die within the first week of ownership. It's very sad but true.
Vitamins are essential for brain development, bone growth, heart/lungs, and even their vision. I have done some rescues where monitors couldn't walk or even see because they were so vitamin deficiant and malnourished.
No matter who you buy your monitor from if it's a fresh import or even one that has been captive for a week or so this could be the problem. The best way to avoid getting monitors like this is to ask a lot of questions. Like When did you recieve the animal in the shop, what has it been eating, has it been treated for parasites; if so how many times, etc if it's a w/c f/h animal, or if they say it's a captive bred (c/b) ask for proof on that. When were the eggs laid, do you have pictures of the eggs, what was the hatch date. Pictures of each stage is important and/or any logged records on the clutch/hatchlings. I would asked for both.
Well I have rambled on long enough. I hope I'm not repeating what others have said, sorry if I did.
Best of luck on your new one coming soon. I hope you have a much better expieriance with this one.
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Christine :>~
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