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
