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#304928
Shanus14SW
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Death to a Nile Monitor 
Hey, i got a question for anyone who can answer me. My friend has a Nile monitor for a good 5 years now and just yesterday it died. He has no idea why, he was taking pictures of it a week ago and he said she look beautiful, which she did...i saw nothing wrong with her a week ago, but a week later she died. He thinks it could be some sort of parasite but he doesn’t know what parasite that attacks reptiles causing a rapid change in body structure and muscles all within a week. Please someone out there with any information just post it or email me at ...(id prefer the email)...thanksShane
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04/10/05 12:21pm
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#304994
Herps4life
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Message To: Shanus14SW In reference to Message Id: 304928
Death to a Nile Monitor
Did he ever feed it anything from outside? Was it eating good? What were the temps? What was the substrate? Did your friend change the water dish daily?Hope this helps. Justin
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04/10/05 01:36pm
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#305047
Flip21
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Message To: Shanus14SW In reference to Message Id: 304928
Death to a Nile Monitor
Improper husbandry techniques, not horrible but by no means good kept her alive for 5 years and no more.
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04/10/05 02:34pm
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#308523
Shanus14SW
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Message To: Flip21 In reference to Message Id: 305047
Death to a Nile Monitor
Um basically, he fed it frozen mice but he defrosted it of course, also some kibbles and bits, some meat like turkey and stuff from home once and a while. Didn’t really have a water dish in there for her, would let her roam his room, which is in the basement. All i know it he got this other Nile Monitor (male) from a friend of his and had that for about 3 weeks about, but he wasn’t eating at all, my friend even gave him live mice and he never ate one. He died a 2 days after her. My friend thinks the male brought in a disease of some sort which eventually ate away at them both. I would describe the disease as Lou Gehrig’s Diseases but for reptiles...if there is such a thing???? any futher info would be good...thanks
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04/13/05 01:23pm
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Flip21
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Message To: Shanus14SW In reference to Message Id: 308523
Death to a Nile Monitor
I can tell you feeding kibbles and bits and people food killed her. She had a short life, which could been longer if she was fed a proper diet.
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04/13/05 01:55pm
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#308545
SHvar
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Message To: Shanus14SW In reference to Message Id: 304928
Get a necropsy done..
Its very rare that a disease such as adendovirus or papamivirus is found in captive reptiles as they go through long abusive importing processes that kill most before you ever see them.
Bad husbandry can cause a few year old monitor to give the appearance to the untrained ete that they are healthy one minute then death ridden the next. These are very tough animals often not showing sickness until its too late. In captivity most commonly screen top cages, open top cages, dehydration resulting from such, and lack of ability to properly digest and use foo causes many health problems from obesity to a fast which causes fat reserves to suddenly mobilize and soak the liver causing liver failure, with dehydration manifesting itself as kidney failure from uric acid buildup crystalizing in the kidneys.
The sudden lack of appetite and fast for a few weeks can cause hepatic lipidosis of an animal with a bad immune system, stressed, and inproper husbandry.
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04/13/05 01:57pm
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Shanus14SW
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Message To: SHvar In reference to Message Id: 308545
Thanks
Hey everyone who responded...thanks for the info, that helps and explains a lot.
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04/15/05 11:32am
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