savannah monitor

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I have a Savannah monitor and hes just a lil guy.?He doesn't come out to bask and do anything to eat or play or whatever all he does is stay down in his burrow and what not and i have to dig around for him to eat i feed him pinkie yesterday and he did not come out to day so i dug him out and tryed to feed some crickets and he wasn't interested is that normal


is this the rite thing

125-145 F basking spot
75-80 on cool side
80%+ on humidity
mist one time a day
no uvb bulb yet

whats wrong with him?


also what is your weekly feeding schedule for your Savannah when its a baby?

Is he wild caught or captive bred?

What type of enclosure do you have him in?

What type of substrate are you using and how deep is it?

How long have you had him?

Pinkies aren't a great idea and now is not a good time to get him hooked on the reptile equivalent of a stick of butter. Rodents should not be part of a savs diet.

Depending on where you got him and how he was kept before he may have other issues going on that are causing him to be lethargic - namely internal parasites.

An insect diet is what he should be on, supplemented by shellfish, mollusks or crustaceans as he gets older. If he is not eating, it is because he is either sick or his husbandry requirements are not being met.