Savannah monitor questions

[infernalis]

What size set up is he in?

What is the basking temp and how are you achieving it?

What type of substrate are you using and how deep is it?

Your monitor needs several things to thrive. The most important are space, security, an overhead basking temp over 130 degrees in the hot spot and a deep, dig-gable substrate that will hold humidity.

If he is not feeling secure, if he does not have enough room, if your basking site temps are too low and if you have not provided him with the appropriate substrate - he will fail to thrive in the long run.

Exactly what was just said.

I had a Sav for five years and he perished because things were "almost" right.

A good starting point will be to read these sites over and soak it all in, print them out on paper if you have to.

http://www.varanus.us/

A nice writeup by Daniel Bennett

Savannah monitor dot org appears to be down at the moment.

check out the reptile report, there is a lot of Savannah Monitor info flying around there at the moment.