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today my savanna monitor did something weird with his mouse. Usually, i feed him everyday, he takes down the mouse as soon as he realizes its there. I put it in a bowl for him(they are always F/T). Today he dragged it around for awhile and got it all dirty. Then he kept nibbling at the mouses feet. this went on for a few minutes. then he caught eye that i was watching and he darted into his hide. i washed the mouse off and put it back in his food bowl. i left for a hour or so and the mouse was eaten when i got back. has anyone else seen this happen?
the temps are, 75 on the cool side, 90-95 hot side, 133 basking spot, also he is almost 20 inches long

Jon

my nile normally drags his food around for a bit before eating it. something abouty that nice, dirty flavour i guess.
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If my guys are not hungry they ignore the mice and rats. If they are hungry the rodents are down their throats in a blink of an eye. Sometimes I have to feed Tripod a mouse before the killer instinct kicks in and he runs down a rat. It seems that he likes mice better. I actually have seen him kill a rat and then not eat it, but he would eat mice at the same time. I guess mice tast better.
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Ed

These heat lamps make my electric bill to high.

That hasn't happend to me. Whenever I even put a mouse next to Artimus's cage he goes for it. I can put 4 in his cage and he'll chomp them all down like noodles.
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