Quote Originally Posted by MMReptiles View Post
I have to really ask how many of you have thought all of this through. Niles and Savs are wild caught, they thrive in the wild on a diet of - insects. For the most part, the parasites/chemicals found on wild grasshoppers in Africa make anything they would find here look tame.

I have always fed my monitors wild caught grasshoppers from a local park and never had issues with them, I also feed wild caught fish and mice.
I don't live in Africa, the OP doesn't either I believe Mechanicsville is in Virgina? Either way the parasites and such from an African population are not going to be the same as a North American one.

I can't speak about other regions but all the Savs near me are captive breed.

I would assume that you also have two fecals a year done as well? (one not being 100% certain there are no parasites.) It is almost certain there are some parasites, this would hold true for most of a wild population.