I bought two baby savannahs this weekend. They are about 5-6 inches long, nose to tail. I'm wondering what would be the best time to feed them, today i turned on their light before I went to school(around 7am) and then i fed them when i got home(around 6:30, most days im home around 4 though). When i fed them they were in their cave. One of them was all over the crickets but the other one wasn't interested. After the other one ate them he went back into his den and didn't bask for the rest of the day. I'm wondering if the other one wasn't interested because his body temperature wasn't up or because he ate a lot of crickets yesterday(around 5). Should I go ahead and put the crickets in there before i go to school in the morning, so they can eat them and then bask?
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i go to school aswell and have purchased a savannah monitor myself and i was thinking the same problem got soem advice and they said just leave leave crickets in there at all times
does it work? because i've done that with other types of species and over time they just get used to the crickets and ignore them.
well for me it works my savannah eats when it wants but cant garuntee for you because but every animal is different all i can sya is give it a try let me no how it goes for you
I would try to seperate the two monitors, there could be a type of competition between them hence the one staying in the cave. Have you noticed any poop on the ground or anything? What are your cage temps?
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1.0 Savannah Monitor - Artimus
1.0 Emerald Swift - Jesus
1.0 Green Iguana - King Arthur. Mr.Sexy(R.I.P.)
1.0 Basilisk - Adam
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2.2 Cats - Psycho(radiation), Moses, Satan, Bandy.
3.3 Dogs - Romeo, Juliet, Falon, Baby Girl, Scooter, Really Old Man!
1.3 feeder mice - One of them was fed to my monitor by mistake so now I have 3, which one was fed is unknown as I am not at home right now, darn it! How am I suppose to reproduce with dead mice? ~_~
they both are coming out of the cage, and feeding well. there is poop. basking is around 120-130, other side around 90. i was just wondering what feeding time would be beneficial to them
