Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
They don't hibernate like tegus do. If she's laying around without moving, there's most likely something going on.

The temps sound high enough. If you paid under $150 for her, I doubt she was actually CB, since there's a lot of folks selling captive hatch or even WC as CB. I'm not saying definitely.. but it's a possibility. I'd see about getting her treated for parasites, at least see if you can get a poo sample to get it checked.

I feed mine ground turkey, eggs, rodents, chicks, fish.. they are remarkably indiscrimate in their eating habits. I do NOT cook any of it. Sorry, I know folks saying you have to cook the eggs.. but I have yet to see a monitor roaming the savannahs of AFrica with a cookpot and a lighter to cook the eggs they find and eat. Same for ground turkey and fish. We don't cook the rodents to feed our pythons do we? Why do so for monitors?

That said, for babies, the best is insects. If you have a picture, we might be able to tell if she's underweight. But she should be more perky than laying in one spot for 12 hours. I hope she turns around for you.
Thanks wolfy, I've been hoping someone would be able to answer me. All I'm getting from the guy i purchased her from is "well she was fine when she was here." He was asking $175 but there was another there and we kind of had them bidding against eachother. Though you're right, it's hard to trust someone you don't know unfortunately. Here's a couple pics of her.







It's like she's always asleep. She will be alert if you pick her up, eyes look clear and she'll wander around a bit until she finds a comfortable spot (like in that last pic) and just falls back asleep.

We tried some monitor food tonight since she's not taking any interest in any insects we have offered (crickets and superworms). I got her to lick on it a little and spoon fed her some.

As soon as she poos I'll take it to the vet, can they do any testing without a fecal? I'm afraid if she doesn't eat, she won't poo. She is drinking though so that's a good sign.