Introducing Littlefoot & Cera (Savannah Monitors)

[infernalis]

4 chickens each! eating machines.

[infernalis]

[MrLang]

So... awesome...

[Mike41793]

I love seeing updates of these guys.

So if there's no food in the room and you just reach your hand in to pet them, will they be ok with that? I'm just curious how tame they are. Those two kids were freaking out haha.

[OctagonGecko729]

I cant really speak for infernalis but my Sav is tong trained. The only time he has ever bit someone is when they were reptile sitting for me while i was on vacation. The guy crushed a hardboiled egg in his hand to break it up for feeding and then decided to pet Skorge after doing so. Well, he learned what a SFE from a Sav feels like.

My sav is completely fine with being pet and handled but I keep it to a minimum for the most part now. He tolerates handling but prefers to be moving on the ground. He does enjoy a good behind the ear rub though.

[infernalis]

My lizards and I have a trust, They do flinch at first, but after a quick glance and they see that it's my hand touching them, they go on about what they are doing.

However, they do start circling around (I suspect foraging to see if I put anything in there for them) when I am in there, Or just charge right up to the front sill and give evil glares.

Almost 2 years old and they still run blurringly fast, jump remarkably high (for a Bosc) and have real monitor attitudes.

I feel really good about it when I see more and more people beginning to implement the deep soil and hot basking.

Hopefully one day fit Savannah monitors will be the norm, and this whole "dark ages" of keeping can close once and for all.

However, that may be just a bit utopian.

[infernalis]

Just for the heck of it, I buried this tile pipe so it leads down under the basking spot, I reached down there and it's hot in that cavern below.







watch out for flying dirt rooster tails.







They still have that slender build.

[Mike41793]

They're the most un-claustrophobic animals in the world haha!

[OsirisRa32]

How are they doing?!

[infernalis]

How are they doing?!

Doing great.. I upgraded their lighting to metal halide for more brightness, activity levels are up, still sleek machines.













Extended tripods are the norm here. always curious about what is going on.