Quote Originally Posted by allergenic View Post
Greg and I have both asked for specifics as to how the monitor is being kept. In fact, mine was the first user comment in the thread.

The majority of issues monitors have in captivity have to do with husbandry errors. Temperatures, diet, cage structure, humidity levels, stress and lack of security, etc. If they go off food, it's for a good reason and is usually caused by lack of safety. Survival from predators (including humans) trumps eating.

While "take it to a vet raise the temps" is a wonderfully generic response, again it would be nice if some more specifics about the animal's conditions were available, that would help us tailor the response.

For example, now that we know the monitor is being kept in a fish aquarium which cannot hold humidity worth anything, we can assume dehydration as a primary factor and make recommendations to construct a proper enclosure, but without seeing photos (such as a photo of the animal), we can throw out educated guesses all day long and possibly get nowhere.

Since it's been a month, and drool is never good. BG thinks the best thing for this animal right now is making sure the temps and humidity are right, and take it to a QUALIFIED VET ASAP. A Qualified VET can tell him how to care for it properly.

Big Gunns doesn't think that animals "usually" go off feed for lack of "safety"(it is a cause though). It's usually husbandry(which can include "safety") that's the problem. Temps and food it basically doesn't "like" are bigger problems when it comes to a Water Monitor. BG does agree that a scared animal may go off feed though.

Get this animal to a Vet ASAP.