So you want a Sav... ?

[ozzie10]

yea he arrived this morning 8oclock just was woried about how slim he was

[Razaiel]

Originally Posted by ozzie10

yea he arrived this morning 8oclock just was woried about how slim he was

You never saw him before buying? Personally I would always prefer to choose one out of a bunch of them to compare - and I would always buy the most active, hissy one that tried to take my fingers off (sign of a healthy monitor). It is difficult to tell without seeing, but if all your conditions are optimal for him (temps, humidity, and LOTS of hiding places) he will hopefully start to get curious and venture out.

Would really advise just leaving him strictly alone as he will be very small (compared to you) and very scared. It takes them awhile to come round and realize you're not going to eat them - it even took my tegu a week to venture out of his hide - and he came to me as a 54" adult!

Just do what you have to as regards husbandy, changing water, putting some bugs in (leave the bugs some food to munch on) he will probably start to venture out when you are nowhere around.

[ozzie10]

thats what im doing temp/humidity all fine hes got 3 hides and some logs to climb on e was out having a bask earlier but now gone to sleep in hot hide so turned light out let him get some kip and hopefully be better tomorrow, at almost a year is that to young for boiled egg fo the protein to give him a bit of a boost

[Razaiel]

If he comes out to bask, goes back in, then comes out again later on it sounds pretty normal - they tend to do that throughout the day. I never actually feed much egg - except sometimes fertilized (raw) quail eggs. Depending on size of your monitor you could try him on a couple of mice but tbh it isn't something they get a lot of in the wild as their diet is mainly insects (the flying locusts are great - good exercise too). There's so many fat savs around.

[ozzie10]

thats what i noticed alot of people have got fat but tame or sleek and aggresive im hoping to be 1 of te others with a appy and healty sav

[Razaiel]

Ye - active healthy monitors is the way to go! Here's one of my favorite youtube clips of a monitor - argus - getting exercise being fed. Wish I could have a monitor enclosure like this - the guy lives in SCal. (remove the space between you & tube)

http://www.you tube.com/watch?v=TPej4Dtkwdk

[dave30]

ok what are the pros and cons of keeping boscs apart or in pairs?

[dave30]

helped me alot

[Sean Hickey]

Really nice Been wanting a bosc since i was 10 ever since i seen the kommodo dragons i've loved reptiles and atm perparing to get one reading up and cheaking stores ect to make sure everything for these amazine animals is perfect, am not one of these ppl who you sometimes see in the shop who want a dog like lizard cause thats not what there like loved reading this post very useful nice work some of the posts reminded me of afew times were i've seen them on free ad were ppl are giving them away just cause they hiss get abit confused why buy something your afraid of they can sence it anyway nice post mate wish there were more ppl around like you and everyone posting to help save miss treat monitors of all kinds

[fatyowls]

Hi has anyone any knowledge of halogen lighting units? I think i have found some ideal lighting on E bay, they are described as outdoor rated ground light and are rain resistant also taking a 50 watt gu 10 bulb.
They do not need the usual water around them to keep them cool.
These can be easily attached to a viv, self contained and compact simply plug in as many as you need only £12.00 each.
But are halogen the best lights? Just looking for some advice.
I will be fitting them to a 6x3 viv for my brilliant bosc monitor, only a foot long at the moment, but he will be in by the end of July.
I ordered 100 xl hoppers of the net when they arrived there was over 200had to buy 2 large containers to put them in, he's a 10 a day bosc at the moment, yes they do vast amounts of food and never seem to want to stop.
Thanks for any reply!