Introducing Littlefoot & Cera (Savannah Monitors)

[JLC]

Regardless of the research behind it, why would you offer such a fatty food to a BABY, when lets face it. The animal DOESN'T need it.

Excuse me for stepping in, as monitors are hardly an expertise of mine. But this statement begs the question of me. How does anyone know precisely what these animals NEED, nutritionally speaking? We can't even get scientists to agree on what HUMANS need to be perfectly nutritionally balanced, and we're the most studied creatures on the planet.

How can anyone make such definitive statements of fact about an animal that so little (relatively speaking) is understood about in the first place?

I get that different keepers will form their own opinions on what is "best"...but to take that opinion and turn it into a "factual point" worth making accusatory arguments about is kind of silly, to say the least.

[infernalis]

They decided to try human flesh for supper today.

First time, Littlefoot samples some skin..



Not wanting to be left out, Cera takes a bite to see what all the ruckus is about.





Thing is, Cera wanted to swallow, she was not about to give up.

[infernalis]

[ball python 22]

Just to be curious what are the dimensions of the enclosure they are in?

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Just to be curious what are the dimensions of the enclosure they are in?

8 feet wide x 4 feet deep x 4 feet tall.

Average humidity 80%, basking temp 147 degrees, ambient air temps 88-95 Degrees, soil temperature 76 degrees, and water bowl temp 89 degrees. (Love that temp gun)
Humidity inside burrows 95+% (maxed out the hygrometer)

[infernalis]

Tripod time!

[simpleyork]

love the pics. Back ten years ago when i got my first savannah monitor he would stand on his hind legs all the time for food. they are very fun little beast. Hootinanny already knows that it's feeding time when he sees the big tweezers coming into the cage.

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