Drake, the Savannah Monitor, asleep on my hand.

[thegoalie22]

AWWWWWWWWW He is so cute. Where r u gonna house him when he gets bigger. He does look a bit dead but I know he is not.

[midtx350z]

AWWWWWWWWW He is so cute. Where r u gonna house him when he gets bigger. He does look a bit dead but I know he is not.

He's a good sleeper lol, and he also sleeps late like his parents (owners).

We're planning on building him a big cage when he gets bigger. For now he's got a 40Gal.

[midtx350z]

Bump!!

[mumps]

I'd like to see pics of his enclosure. From your first pic, it looks like he has a "hot rock" and sand. Waaaaaaaay wrong. If fed properly, he'll grow out of that 40 gal in a month...

Chris

[midtx350z]

I'd like to see pics of his enclosure. From your first pic, it looks like he has a "hot rock" and sand. Waaaaaaaay wrong. If fed properly, he'll grow out of that 40 gal in a month...

Chris

what do you recommend we use as substrate and what kind of heat should we use to help him with digesting his food if not a rock?

we're planning on making him a bigger cage soon, that's why he's in this smaller cage for now.

[mumps]

what do you recommend we use as substrate and what kind of heat should we use to help him with digesting his food if not a rock?

we're planning on making him a bigger cage soon, that's why he's in this smaller cage for now.

Dirt. Six inches to a foot deep.

Basking lights. Spotlights that get the basking spot to 135F+.

And cover 75% of the lid. Keeps humidity in.

I'm guessing you're very new to reptiles. Nothing wrong with that. I'm surprised they even sell hot rocks anymore...

There's a lot of garbage care sheets on the web. Do LOTS of research.

Google "varanus" and start looking. I'm not going to write you a 45 page care sheet on varanids, but I'm thinking maybe I should...

Chris

[midtx350z]

Dirt. Six inches to a foot deep.

Basking lights. Spotlights that get the basking spot to 135F+.

And cover 75% of the lid. Keeps humidity in.

I'm guessing you're very new to reptiles. Nothing wrong with that. I'm surprised they even sell hot rocks anymore...

There's a lot of garbage care sheets on the web. Do LOTS of research.

Google "varanus" and start looking. I'm not going to write you a 45 page care sheet on varanids, but I'm thinking maybe I should...

Chris

What do you think of Topsoil from Home Depot?

[allergenic]

Just FYI when monitors appear to "sleep" in your hand, it's their equivalent of playing dead. It's one of the mechanisms they use to deal with being terrified of what's going on when they feel threatened by large predators (in this case, you). Handling and swimming stress the heck out of these guys, you are going to end up with a sick monitor, as stress takes quite a toll on reptiles.

[rebeccabecca]

Had to add that you can add fall leafs to the tank, it does makes cricket catching fun