Good post. Lots of people assume they require a dry desert type habitat, and put them on newspaper or shallow bedding. They require lots of substrate to burrow in, very high temps as well as high humidity, and as you pointed out, rarely if ever should be fed on a rodent diet.
http://savannahmonitor.org/ is a great source of info on savs.
Sorry this was something you had to experience :/
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