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#2271551 Mason12 View Profile	New sav not eating Just got him last Thursday and he hasn’t eat (to my knowledge) I put crickets in and a plate of eggs. So whats the deal? I put I like 7 crickets and he might have eaten them or not im not sure but it does look like theres less but dont know forsure Heres the hard boiled eggs i offered him but he wasn’t interested even tho the lllreptile store i got him for said thats what theve been feeding him. here he is basking. he does this alot and goes into each of his hides so hes still functioning and what not aside from not eating
06/28/12  08:05pm
#2271558 PvtYossarian09 View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271551  New sav not eating Basking temp? Humidity level? Cage size? Boiled eggs for savs are a treat not a staple diet. Does his fecal matter have any signs of having worms?
06/28/12  08:46pm
#2271571 Savannahmonitorlover View Profile	Message To: PvtYossarian09   In reference to Message Id: 2271558  New sav not eating The same happened to me just keep offering and not eggs they are a treat. Crickets or wax worms . Other bugs that u cou buy from the pet store. Let him get used to his new home.
06/28/12  10:33pm
#2271574 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Savannahmonitorlover   In reference to Message Id: 2271571  New sav not eating hot side 90F basking spot 120-130F cool side 79-83 here he is basking
06/28/12  10:57pm
#2271575 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271574  New sav not eating humidity 60-70, cage size 4X2 with 1ft deep soil
06/28/12  10:59pm
#2271579 Norf View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271575  New sav not eating Hard boiled eggs could be a once a month thing if at all. There is absolutely NO reason for anyone to have to feed their monitor hard-boiled eggs. Let him acclimate to his new environment. It’s only been a week. Worms would not keep a monitor from eating.
06/28/12  11:29pm
#2271585 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Norf   In reference to Message Id: 2271579  New sav not eating Norf, so youre suggesting that i feed him worm? like superworms or waxworms? and crickets to right?
06/29/12  01:17am
#2271592 Yaksha View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271585  New sav not eating No norf is suggesting that your sav may have worms, check his stole
06/29/12  03:34am
#2271594 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Yaksha   In reference to Message Id: 2271592  New sav not eating has not since i got him that i know of, ill have to go look around the terarium
06/29/12  04:29am
#2271598 War Machine View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271594  New sav not eating It won’t be in the soil. He will use the water bowl.
06/29/12  09:25am
#2271599 War Machine View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271594  New sav not eating And please tell me you didn’t use potting soil as substrate. That looks like vermiculite in there...
06/29/12  09:26am
#2271600 Mxracer View Profile	Message To: War Machine   In reference to Message Id: 2271599  New sav not eating They don’t alway’s poop in there water. Let him get sttled into his home, and leave him alone. Stop checking in on him every 30 min’s (just a guess). Keep putting a few cricket’s in here and there. If your temperature’s and humidity are correct as you say, he should come around pretty quick. -Terry
06/29/12  09:51am
#2271605 Adam L View Profile	Message To: Mxracer   In reference to Message Id: 2271600  New sav not eating I also got my Sav from LLL. Mine took about 2 weeks before he started eating well. I had originally thought the eggs were an OK thing to feed them on occasion but it’s really not that great for them. Your better off sticking to the crickets. What I did that seemed to get him started on eating the crickets was take some and throw them in a baggy in the freezer just to let them die off then take them out and put them in a shallow feeding dish inside the enclosure. You can position them so that you know if he has touched them at all so you wont be stuck wondering. After he starts eating you can stop feeding him the dead ones that won’t run away. Make sure you dust with Calcium + D3 supplements occasionally also. The biggest thing is to just give him time and space.
06/29/12  11:27am
#2271622 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Adam L   In reference to Message Id: 2271605  New sav not eating The soil is garden top soil but i didn’t have enough so i put some more top soil in but i noticed the vermiculite too and was worried but is that bad? and thanks Adam your reply really helped, cleared things up. i was wondering why he wasnt eating and im gonna try out your technique with the frozen crickets sounds like it might work and there has been 1 poop in the water the 2nd day because lllreptile fed him before they shipped out
06/29/12  04:16pm
#2271653 Crocdoc View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271622  New sav not eating Is the enclosure open-topped?
06/29/12  08:36pm
#2271664 War Machine View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271622  New sav not eating yes the vermiculite is bad. Get rid of it asap. You want a product called "black earth" made by vigoro, or just normal dirt from a back yard.
06/29/12  10:36pm
#2271692 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: War Machine   In reference to Message Id: 2271664  New sav not eating No the garden is closed top ya ill shovel it all out and fill it tomorrow with "black earth" stuff, where can i find this?
06/30/12  06:00am
#2271714 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271692  New sav not eating I cant wait till he eats! i want him to get huge lol
06/30/12  09:13am
#2271729 War Machine View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271714  New sav not eating You want him to be huge? Sounds like you want a monitor for the wrong reasons. and that enclosure is only good for 6 months you know that? And you can find black earth at home depot, walmart, most garden centers etc. mix it with childrens washed play sand, also at home depot. The soil is only like $2.75 a bag, and the sand is about $7 a bag. you’ll probably need a few of each
06/30/12  01:19pm
#2271742 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: War Machine   In reference to Message Id: 2271729  New sav not eating for the wrong reasons..? how is wanting to get him big bad? but ya im gonna get that soil
06/30/12  03:33pm
#2271743 War Machine View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271742  New sav not eating it could be female and only get to 3 feet. The impression i’m under is you have the monitor for sheer novelty. When are you planning to build the new enclosure? What’s your budget? It can’t be built like the current one. You need a solid 2x4 full frame. enough to hold at least 4-500lbs of dirt and soil. can’t use plexi glass as the monitor will get through that in no time.
06/30/12  03:36pm
#2271747 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: War Machine   In reference to Message Id: 2271743  New sav not eating Im planning on building one in 6 months or so about 8x3. I work construction and make 1g every 2 weeks and just a college kid and got money to blow. post a pic of the ideal cage then
06/30/12  04:05pm
#2271748 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: War Machine   In reference to Message Id: 2271743  New sav not eating Im planning on building one in 6 months or so about 8x3. I work construction and make 1g every 2 weeks and just a college kid and got money to blow. post a pic of the ideal cage then
06/30/12  04:10pm
#2271764 Krusty View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271748  New sav not eating Look at Aragan’s cage. That’s a nice Savannah set up. It’s on the cages 101 post down below.
06/30/12  07:22pm
#2271880 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Krusty   In reference to Message Id: 2271764  New sav not eating So it died this morning and im gonna guess it was from the wrong soil.. :( Its really upsetting, but here he is So i completely emptied my cage washed all the rocks and shoveled out all of the dirt and vacuumed what I couldnt get with the shovel. After that Put down trash bags and stapled them to the floor and walls so they wouldnt rott and then i went out and bout some topsoil. This is what i ended up getting cuz neither home depot nor lowes had black earth by vigoro. I put all the soil in, bout 1 1/2ft deep and put all the rocks and hides back in. I want to give it another shot with an older bosc so it would be more sturdy less stressed and have a bigger appetite. Advice and thoughts as to how he died thanks
07/01/12  06:42pm
#2271954 Daryl- View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2271880  New sav not eating Wait, this is the second monitor of yours to have died in a few weeks? This is going to sound harsh, but give it a while until you get another. At the end of the day, these monitors are living creatures and you are going through them faster than I go through food! I’m sorry, but it is obvious that you aren’t ready for a Sav yet - I agree, it is down to luck with WC specimens, but you clearly aren’t in the right state of mind to order another for it to simply die again and then the process keeps in repeating. If you are adamant on a monitor, get a CB one... They are a tad more forgiving. But don’t rush into getting another, I would empty all the cage out, get new soil, new rocks etc and start from scratch - stop putting the new monitors in what will be a coffin.
07/02/12  11:27am
#2271957 Mxracer View Profile	Message To: Daryl-   In reference to Message Id: 2271954  New sav not eating It doesn’t come down to luck with WC sav’s. I have 2 in one set up doing awsome, 1 in another doing awsomeo and 3 in another doing awsome. It’s going to come down to your husbandry , or you stressing it out to much yourself. I think you should buy a ackie monitor cause there the closest to being industructable for cbb monitor’s and can almost handle any condition. You would be able to go through more trial and error with one till you have the basic’s down about monitor’s. Plus the sav wouldn’t have died that fast just from a little vermiculite in it’s soil, there would have to be other husbandry error’s. I think before you get another monitor, you need to do some serious research on monitor’s in general cause lot’s of them have almost the same need’s. Once you have had a monitor for a while under the correct care it almsot come’s to you like an instinct the next time you try to set one up. It was so much easier for me to set up all my sav set up’s, then to set up one little gargoyle gecko, cause gecko’s are out of the norm for me. -Terry
07/02/12  12:11pm

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