Care Sheet for MonitorsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 1.50 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 12/14/2008 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Monitors |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Jules Doucet |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Savannah and black throat monitor |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | peach throat, white throat, nile and asian water monitor........ |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males will have bulges at the base of the tail however the females do to but the males have a hemipenes that points toward the outside of the lizard and the females have the same but go inwards. |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I use a paint tray for the water because they have there deep side and there shallow side if they just want to drink. For substrate I use a mixture of potting soil, play sand and pine shavings. it holds a great burrow. |
Lighting and UVB: | I use a 150 watt flood light that gives off a lot of heat so they bask from the ground. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | You should have the temperature around 130F and around 80 on the cool side. |
Heating and Equipment: | You can use anything that can hold up to about 150 watts in the socket and don’t worry about them burning themselves all u have to do is keep it away from the ground. |
Caging Provided: | When they are small you could use a 40 gallon tank and that would last you a while but as time goes on your gonna be needing a lot more cages because they grow fast. When they are full grown your gonna need about an 8x4 cage. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Fish, crickets, ground beef, ground turkey and mice. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | You can kill the mice and dust them with supplements with d3. |
Maintenance: | Spot clean when sited and change water daily. |
Some Words on this Species: | They are very interesting species and are lots of fun to take care of make sure u know what your getting into it is a long term commitment and if u do not handle them enough they get very aggressive so try to get one as a hatchling and not wild caught. |
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