Savannah monitor hep!!!

[jclaiborne]

too late to edit my above statement, I need to reword my first quote, I believe it should read "they can absorb some water through their vent, but not enough to be beneficial". Still looking for a source though.

[Daniel.michelle]

Soaking does more harm than good for savs. They need humidity. (If you want, keep a water dish. I dont cuz my savs get the water muddy in a matter of minutes.)

[jclaiborne]

Found one of the articles: http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Rept...y-in-Reptiles/

[JoshSloane]

I was honestly more thinking of a soak to help a possible impaction. But it sounds like the lack of defecation is due to improper diet and digestion.

[Daniel.michelle]

Just throwing this out there too, at least with monitors, if your heat and humidity are in check, your lizard can eat straight up dirt with little to no issue. The issue of impaction comes into play with too cold and dry setups on dusty sand gravel etc.

(Just trying to drill in the importance of proper heat/humidity, especially with a good dirt substrate.)