what size tank can i keep a savahna monitor

[Rhasputin]

I keep my savanna monitor in a 125 gallon aquarium. She's just under 3 feet long from nose to tail tip, and fits in there perfectly.

She has a hide and a very large water dish. The dishes are the second hardest thing about savannas, they will poop in their water dishes every time. And it has to be large enough that they can lay their entire body in it, so it's irritating to change, but it's for the animal, and it's happiness.

The hardest part is the humidity. Just can't seem to keep that right here, I think I need to get a more solid top for the cage, and not the mesh one I have on it now.

[Rhasputin]

Also keep in mind that a large savanna can take off your finger if you are not familiar with reptile handling. My girl frankly DOES NOT bite, but absolutely CAN.

I got grazed with a tooth ONCE while feeding cockroaches to her by hand, and that was bad enough. A guy at a pet store near by, worked there in the reptile section forever, and had a nasty savanna come in and nearly lost his thumb. The animal was only a foot long, and the guy's thumb was broken, and needed stitches.

I would not suggest a savanna as a first reptile, frankly.

[MMReptiles]

I keep my savanna monitor in a 125 gallon aquarium. She's just under 3 feet long from nose to tail tip, and fits in there perfectly.

A 4x2x2 cage for a bosc monitor at almost adult age is NOT a perfect fit. The cage is too small, and aquariums are garbage for monitors.

She has a hide and a very large water dish. The dishes are the second hardest thing about savannas, they will poop in their water dishes every time. And it has to be large enough that they can lay their entire body in it, so it's irritating to change, but it's for the animal, and it's happiness.

If your bosc is spending that much time- it's probably dehydrated because of the fact its in an aquarium without the right substrate. You also don't need a "hide" when providing dirt substrate, she will construct her own hides.

The hardest part is the humidity. Just can't seem to keep that right here, I think I need to get a more solid top for the cage, and not the mesh one I have on it now.

Lol. Everything you just posted proves your care of your monitor is 100% wrong and inadequate. Please don't give advice to others until you can do things right yourself.

Also keep in mind that a large savanna can take off your finger if you are not familiar with reptile handling. My girl frankly DOES NOT bite, but absolutely CAN.

Lol, he can't take off your finger unless you're like, 10 with some sort of bone deficiency.

I got grazed with a tooth ONCE while feeding cockroaches to her by hand, and that was bad enough. A guy at a pet store near by, worked there in the reptile section forever, and had a nasty savanna come in and nearly lost his thumb. The animal was only a foot long, and the guy's thumb was broken, and needed stitches.

I would not suggest a savanna as a first reptile, frankly.

Lol, he had other problems, a foot long savannah will not break a grown mans thumb or need stitches. He's making up part of the story or he's a wimp.

[gbassett]

Wow I could only read though 3 pages of this.

Its has already been answered,but fish tanks suck for varnids.You can use them for baby monitors with some modifications,like filling the tank halfway with dirt sold wood top,and the light inside the cage.But you will run into the problem with it over heating and if you use anything less than a 55 gallon,you will cook the animal.And if you have them set up right they grow so fast they will out grow the tank in a matter of weeks.So its better to make your own.

Someone else said there Savanna doesn't dig.If you offer 2 feet of dirt and your Savanna doesn't burrow,it could be because he dose not recognize it as dirt.Not all dirt is the same and not all monitor like the same type of dirt.This is something you will have to play around with,and most of it will be trail and error.


Now to you mmmreptile.I kind of find it funny how someone who can not take constructive criticism,can definitely put it out.This was this guys first post and you jumped all over him because he could not spell or have proper grammar.My spelling and grammar suck.Dose that mean I should not own a monitor?When someone has there first post,you help them not bash them.No one will learn from this.They will end up getting the lizard,but wont ask for help and the lizard suffers for it.

Now this was posted by you on another site

I pretty much dropped off the face of the earth for awhile. When I first got him, I put a lot of work into him, and he grew pretty well, however life ended up smacking me in the face and I spent 4 months doing next to nothing with him, including feeding. I'm not going to lie, I was a horrible horrible keeper and the poor guy suffered a great deal because of my negligence.

Now in that same 4 months you also purchased a Salvator.

Now which is worse?The guy who has no clue how to take care of a monitor,or the guy who dose and still neglects his animal.Now I do understand the things happen,and you already explained it.But the point is stuff happens we all make mistakes,Ive made a few in my day.If you live in a glass house don't throw stones.Help people we have all made mistakes.

Greg

[MMReptiles]

Now this was posted by you on another site

I pretty much dropped off the face of the earth for awhile. When I first got him, I put a lot of work into him, and he grew pretty well, however life ended up smacking me in the face and I spent 4 months doing next to nothing with him, including feeding. I'm not going to lie, I was a horrible horrible keeper and the poor guy suffered a great deal because of my negligence.

Now in that same 4 months you also purchased a Salvator.

Now which is worse?The guy who has no clue how to take care of a monitor,or the guy who dose and still neglects his animal.Now I do understand the things happen,and you already explained it.But the point is stuff happens we all make mistakes,Ive made a few in my day.If you live in a glass house don't throw stones.Help people we have all made mistakes.

Greg

Actually, I did not purchase the Salvator nor the indicus during that 4 months. I appreciate the accusations though. I can say during that 4 months I left my house maybe 5 times, my bed maybe once a day to use the restroom and get food.

There is a huge difference. You can at least manage to google the names of your monitor and paste them and have an intelligence discussion. There is a massive difference in just bad grammar because english is not your second language etc, or because you are just far too damn lazy. Can you not look at his post and see it's lazy and not well thought out, rushed, etc? Am I the only person in this entire thread that sees the OP did not even take 10 seconds to figure out the name of the animal he wanted to own? Come on Greg you should know better tan this.

[Skiploder]

I keep my savanna monitor in a 125 gallon aquarium. She's just under 3 feet long from nose to tail tip, and fits in there perfectly.

She has a hide and a very large water dish. The dishes are the second hardest thing about savannas, they will poop in their water dishes every time. And it has to be large enough that they can lay their entire body in it, so it's irritating to change, but it's for the animal, and it's happiness.

The hardest part is the humidity. Just can't seem to keep that right here, I think I need to get a more solid top for the cage, and not the mesh one I have on it now.

D'oh.