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    Millipedes/centipedes as food?

    I wonder if it is possible to breed some millipedes/centipedes as food to a savannah monitor. Does anyone have experience about this? Recommendatios?

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    I'm sure it's possible, but I wouldn't feed an animal venomous prey when there are other options. The SDZ diet is always a good option for supplementing food if you're running low on invertebrates.

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    Re: Millipedes/centipedes as food?

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    I'm sure it's possible, but I wouldn't feed an animal venomous prey when there are other options. The SDZ diet is always a good option for supplementing food if you're running low on invertebrates.
    I did read about sav's feeding on millipedes (almost 50%) in wild. (Daniel Bennett's The Savannah Monitor Lizard) This made me think about breeding those.

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    Millipedes secrete toxins. I know that some animals have developed a trick of rolling them in the dirt thoroughly to rub off most of the toxic secretions before eating them.

    I did a quick lookup, and it seems Savannah monitors also developed an instinct for dealing with millipedes--they rub their chin all over them for up to 15 minutes, removing the secretions, before they eat them. I would suggest it's probably not a great idea to feed a whole lot of these toxic animals to them.

    Centipedes are simply venomous, and larger ones can pack quite a wallop. I personally wouldn't risk feeding them to a reptile. Most of the time, the lizard will avoid being bitten, but they may get unlucky once...why risk it?
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    Ask the people in the monitor board. They'll probably know from experience.


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    I wonder if that's why my monitor rubs her food on the floor of her enclosure . . .

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    Thank you very much for your inclusive answer, WingedWolfPsion.

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