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#2264960 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Baby sav shedding need advice. Well her skin is like peeling off at the base of her tail and starting to look all saggy is this a shed and if so how do I help her shed better I keep the humidity at a constant seventy or higher and a soaking bowl in there. She doesnt like to be handled. Im working on that but how else could I help?
05/01/12  06:38pm
#2264963 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2264960  Baby sav shedding need advice. You started a thread asking the exact same question a couple days ago. Same answers man! They don’t need your help getting through a shed. Just make sure the temps and humidity are squared away and pay DON’T peel away her skin before it’s ready to come off. This can/will cause injury. Link No monitors like to be handled. It’s not in their nature, so there’s no "working" on that...
05/01/12  07:15pm
#2264983 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2264963  Baby sav shedding need advice. Ya well I didnt ask what I could do to help.
05/01/12  09:27pm
#2264988 Dillonh24 View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2264983  Baby sav shedding need advice. Dude I am glad you are concerned about your monitors heallth but you need to trusst your ability to care for her properly. There is a difference between concerned and paranoid... Just don’t peel it. Keep the humifity high and make sure she has something to rub on to remove the old skin. It almost seems like you have never seen a reptile in shed before... /: Not trying to be a smarty pants. I am glad you are asking questions but you question everything.. Like did you do research before acquiring the monitor?..
05/01/12  09:42pm
#2265012 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: Dillonh24   In reference to Message Id: 2264988  Baby sav shedding need advice. Ya I just dont want all my time and money I spent go to waste but yes I did a bunch of research but none of the websites gave me as much info as this one so im trying to make sure my husbandry is good but thankyou.
05/01/12  10:37pm
#2265021 Dillonh24 View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2265012  Baby sav shedding need advice. Yeah I understand but again.. trust yourself in that you are providing proper care to your monitor. Again, all you need to know is that you have a big enough enclosure basking spot - 130+ Warm side - 90 Cool side 78-80 12 inches (for right now) of a good soil/sand or coconut fiber/sand mixture (heard it works well too) Humidity - 60-70 And feed mostly whole prey items inverts and mice/ rats, treats like hard boiled eggs or raw turkey is okay once in a while but not a staple and you are set. Just provide all of that and you are set! And remember Savannahs are hardy animals.. So you don’t need to worry so much. Just give them what is listed above and trust yourself..
05/01/12  11:33pm
#2265046 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2264983  Baby sav shedding need advice. The BEST thing you can do for your monitor right now is get it out of that fish tank for life. Build a proper enclosure and let it grow up. A monitor in a fish tank is on death row. Savannahmonitorlover, you ended up at the right place to get help. All the caresheets in the world can’t ensure one raises a monitor properly. I’ve yet to see an all-inclusive caresheet with accurate info. One keeper put together a website (www.savannahmonitor.org) that will ensure you’re on the right track, husbandry information wise and it will dispel some of the myths you may have been told in the beginning. This website is down right now, but keep checking until it’s back up. When it is, read it through and through.
05/02/12  11:35am
#2265053 Dillonh24 View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2265046  Baby sav shedding need advice. A really good site to get information from is savannahmonitor.co a guy I know on another forum made it and it consists of pretty accurate info.
05/02/12  12:10pm
#2265059 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Dillonh24   In reference to Message Id: 2265053  Baby sav shedding need advice. Dillon, thanks for posting that. Just as good as the savannahmonitor.org site.
05/02/12  12:53pm
#2265066 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2265059  Baby sav shedding need advice. Thankyou I just read the whole site and I now know im doing things right .
05/02/12  02:20pm
#2265070 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2265066  Baby sav shedding need advice. You’ll be taking the steps to doing things right when you toss the fish tank and build an enclosure suited for a monitor. Again, fish tanks = death sentence to a monitor. Surely you read the part where it said 8ft x 4ft x 4ft enclosure?
05/02/12  03:26pm
#2265076 Norf View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2265070  Baby sav shedding need advice. Just something you might want to keep in mind, a healthy, young, growing monitor will pretty much be in a constant shed for the first couple years.
05/02/12  03:48pm
#2265078 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: Norf   In reference to Message Id: 2265076  Baby sav shedding need advice. I have a 6x3x3 enclosure wooden for her she wouldnt eat in it I figured she didnt fe.el secure in it so she didnt want to eat
05/02/12  03:54pm
#2265082 Norf View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2265078  Baby sav shedding need advice. It’s normal if they don’t want to eat the first couple days after being transferred. They’ll need time to acclimate.
05/02/12  04:46pm
#2265086 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: Norf   In reference to Message Id: 2265082  Baby sav shedding need advice. Ok well ill plump her up a bit then move her to the big one.
05/02/12  05:23pm
#2265098 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2265078  Baby sav shedding need advice. You’ll need to set up the enclosure properly and give her time to acclimate. Setting it up properly will involve offering multiple hides (to get away from you) in different temperature areas of the enclosure where she can feel secure and where you can’t see her. If it’s an empty 6x3x3 with a half log and a stick, she won’t feel very secure in that. Get some hollow logs and bury them in the dirt. Get a flat rock slab or two and set them on top of the dirt (you can one as a basking platform) so that she can dig under it or use it to bask. Throw some leaf litter on top of all that. She’ll then have options and will find many a secure spot where you can’t bug her. Besides using them as hides and basking spots, he’ll also use the stone slabs and other furnishings to help herself shed in some areas and they’ll also help keep her nails in good shape.
05/02/12  06:19pm
#2265115 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2265098  Baby sav shedding need advice. Ok thankyou I will do that tomorrow and I have multiple hides for her where she runs away from me when I walk in and look at her lol
05/02/12  08:32pm

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