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My sav will not touch, mealworms, waxworms, earthworms, eggs, pinkies, or anything!
It will only eat crickets.
I have tried leaving food items overnight, leaving them in during the day, trying to tease feed the sav, and nothing works.
How do I get it to eat something other than crickets? I want to give it a varied diet.

Will you tell me something about how it's set up? I would like to help you understand why it's acting that way.

I would like to know about the temps, high, low, & basking. Hide spots, size of enclosure and anything else that you feel might be important.

All these thing will affect how well your monitor feeds & lives.

Thanks

Oh good lord. We can do this stuff now too.

Gene

The monitor is about 6 inches long.
It is in a cage that is 4'x2'.
It has 2 fluorescent bulbs installed into the roof that put out 8% UVB (desert rays). Heating is a 12"x18" ProProducts radient heat panel on a rheostat so daytime/nightime temp changes can occur.
Cypress bale for substrate. Cork bark for hides. Fake plants for cover. Large water bowl big enough for it to completely go in.

Daytime temps.
Basking spot 120 degrees
ambient on hot side 90 degrees
ambient on cool side 80 degrees

Nightime temps
Basking spot 100 degrees
ambient on hot side 85 degrees
ambient on cool side 75 degrees

This is not my first monitor or the only one. I have a nile that eats like a pig. This just happens to be the "friendly" monitor. LOL.

I didn't realize that from your original post that you already had other monitors and things were going well. Bad husbandry is the cause of almost all monitor problems.

I am glad he has expanded his diet for you. Best of luck & I hope he remains frendly!

Gene

Hey, be more concerned about the proper temps and hiding spots available to it.
I had a hatchling rudi that would only eat crickets at first. It grew fast and well, and after a couple months, started to accept mice. FEED THE CRICKETS WELL. That's my .02. Good luck. D.

He is starting to try other food items now.