Quote Originally Posted by Thunder Kat
I've got every thing else squared away like I just said humidity was the only thing I couldn't find a concisent answer on, I've heard any where for 20% - 70% one care sheet said 40% during the day and 70% at night..
Like I said....MONITORS ARE NOT CARESHEET ANIMALS.....if you try to stick to what you read off of a caresheet, you will have limited success...

With humidity.....I said that I don't measure humidity. Why? Because I provide a range of humidities to my monitors...a gradient just like you would do with temperature. The soil substrate is important because it allows you to do so. When you setup the enclosure, make sure you have enough soil so that the monitor can burrow into it completely. Keep the soil on one side of the enclosure moist (not wet) and keep the other side of the enclosure dry. Provide access to a range of humidities, and let your monitor choose....it will know what it needs.

Quote Originally Posted by Thunder Kat
If all goes well my baby will be here Wednesday, the encloser I have now is 3' long 1' wide and 2'deep I'm almost done building a wood and plexiglass encloser 8' long 4' wide and 4 1/2' deep it will be done before December, I have an entire room to devote to the monitor (I'm turning my office in to a monitor room). I'm going to use soil as subteraine and a ceramic heat light, I've got every thing but the crickets and of corse the Sav. Like I said because of all different caresheets saying some thing different about humidity, humidity is the only thing I'm confused on.
Sounds like you are preparing very well. Again, I would recommend just using a 'caresheet' as a guideline.....then adapt your keeping to what the animal needs....if something does not work well...change it.

Here is an interesting read that was published in a new online journal concerning monitors....This guy had success in breeding savs...something you rarely see....on page 30...

http://www.nabble.com/file/p12269708...o1-low-res.pdf