Quote Originally Posted by purplemuffin View Post
I have a vet friend who works with monitors..he said most of the savs who died had fatty liver! Usually over fed mice, dog food, rats, whatever. The next most common were mbd and dehydration! poor savs!

I personally won't get a sav unless I have several colonies of feeder insects prepared far in advanced!! As well as the cage set up!
Thats what I don't understand about todays husbandry, the information is there, the trial an error due to bad or creative husbandry has been done ten times over. We know from studies that Savannah monitors dont feed on an all rodent diet, yet people continue to do it. Its like if they dont care and are content that their pet monitor only lives to see middle age and thats only if the rest of the husbandry is spot on aside from the food intake.