*puts on scolding suit* I had done so good with my water monitor...

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Please read why my recommendation of ground beef is not wrong for sav's..

"For young savannahs I like to use crickets, roaches, pinkie mice,fuzzie mice, meal worms, and ground turkey as a treat. Young savannahs can be feed as much as they will eat as they will grow at a steady rate. The amount they will eat depends on the basking temps and the age of the monitor.
For adults I like to feed crickets or insects until they stop accepting them as they get great exersise chasing them. The adults can be feed ground turkey, mice, rats, insects, and beef heart. I feed my younger savannah hard boiled eggs as a treat and ground turkey as a treat. Beef heart can be used but not as a staple(regular) diet, 1 time a week or so. Adults should be feed as much as they eat in 1 sitting(at a particular time) 2-4 times a week depending on the basking temps and the body weight. If you see the savannah getting fat or a bit chubby cut back on feeding ammount, frequentcy, or both. Some may also take quail and chicks. Make sure not to feed live rodents as they may fight back and feeding live rodents makes the monitor more agressive. NEVER HAND FEED!!! Make sure all feeder insects are gut loaded(recently fed) with a good cricket diet. I prefer Flukers Cricket Diet as it is cheap and works well."

Found this quick care sheet you can take a look at. Most care sheets I can find say almost the same thing. The more varied the diet, the better off they will be.
The entire thing can be found here..

http://www.repticzone.com/caresheets/1081.html

Here is another..

http://www.petreptiles.com/Monitor/monitor-food.php3

And another.. I have found a few that say ground turkey and occasional beef can be fed as a treat. Mazuri brand ground reptile food is also good.

http://lllreptile.com/info/library/a...vanna-monitor/

And FYI, I did just double check with a girl I know that works as a vet tech. I had her ask the Drs there about the beef for underweight babies and she was told that raw ground meats or slightly blanched (slightly boiled) is what they recommend (also pinky mice) because it is highly digestable and full of protein, fat and fluids. I was also told that a mouse pinky can be injected with a small amount of water or pedialite for dehydration if the sav will take a prekilled rodent from you. Thats assuming you have a vet near you that will give you a syringe. Just an idea.

So please keep us updated and let us know how the little guy does.