Taming Your Sav: The Savannah Monitor as a Household Pet

[Michelle.C]

what is the average captive monitors lifespan? I assume it's 10 years+ as many care sheets had that.

Their lifespan is 15-20 years, I believe. Some have shorter lifespans, but most generally live 10 plus.

[rebeccabecca]

Is it mostly diet issues that causes them to die faster? heating and husbandry issues? just want to have my little guy as long as possible

[Michelle.C]

Is it mostly diet issues that causes them to die faster? heating and husbandry issues? just want to have my little guy as long as possible

Just like with any creature, they all play an important part on lifespan.

A proper diet is indeed critical (feeding dog food is not acceptable), but they also need a proper temperatures to digest that food. A Savannah Monitor is incapable of proper digestion at low temperatures (under 100, I think I read somewhere). So, husbandry and diet play a vital part of lifespan.

Also having an obese Savannah will cut their lifespan dramatically. It is important to feed them a well balanced diet, and assure they are getting the proper exercise as well. A fat monitor is cute, but very unhealthy.

[_Venom_]

Is it mostly diet issues that causes them to die faster? heating and husbandry issues? just want to have my little guy as long as possible

Yes.
People tend to overfeed, or feed the wrong things.
The most popular... Dog food