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#2089229

Bryce91
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Savnannah enclosure help

I have a baby savannah and I’m looking to build a new enclosure soon. He is currently in one that’s 4 foot long by 2 and a half foot deep by 18 inches high. Its one of those vented enclosures with the sliding glass doors in the front, I don’t know the brand. I have that eco earth stuff as the substrate. I was just wondering what the size anyone who has built their own enclosure uses for a savannah? not the minimum but what actual keepers use. I was also wondering if the commercial foods are an appropriate food for it. He currently eats crickets, roaches, and occasionally pinkies. I have read in a lot of places that pinkies contain too much fat and shouldn’t be fed regularly. Sorry if these questions have been asked a lot I just want to get everything right and not just get all my info from care sheets.

10/27/09 11:51pm

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Bryce91
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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089229

Savnannah enclosure help

some pics of him and his current enclosure. sorry about the quality, cellphone

10/28/09 12:25am

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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089237

Savnannah enclosure help

I was also wondering how often crawdads(crayfish) could be fed to it? They are readily available and I’m just curious.

10/28/09 04:09am

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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089263

Savnannah enclosure help

Bump, any help/advice would be appreciated. I have experience with Argentine b/w Tegu’s and I have a red Ackie

10/28/09 01:09pm

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Mdf
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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089229

Savnannah enclosure help

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10/28/09 04:15pm

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Bryce91
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Message To: Mdf In reference to Message Id: 2089396

Savnannah enclosure help

Thank you, the website was very helpful. I still have the question as to how often it could be fed crawdads/crayfish, though? I assume by the website saying that what is natural is best that means commercial monitor diets are not acceptable?

10/28/09 04:23pm

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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089400

Savnannah enclosure help

varied whole prey items diet, as for crawdads/crayfish not sure on that one, i’m sure someone will answer that one.

10/28/09 04:30pm

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Bryce91
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Message To: Mdf In reference to Message Id: 2089402

Savnannah enclosure help

Bump? I have been drawing up some plans for my enclosure for a while and taking a lot of notes from things I have seen on this website. From what I gather 8x4x4 seems good. I will post pics when I start so any advice or criticism would be helpful.

10/28/09 11:11pm

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Randy Clark
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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089555

Savnannah enclosure help

That cage will work but remember bigger is always better. If you can add even as little as one foot to the dimensions it will make a difference. As for the crawfish I don’t know on that, I haven’t tried them with mine yet.

10/29/09 12:10am

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Bryce91
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Message To: Randy Clark In reference to Message Id: 2089571

Savnannah enclosure help

Alright thank you. Yeah I was just asking about the crawdads because they are readily available to me and Rampage really seems to enjoy them.

10/29/09 12:30am

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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089573

Savnannah enclosure help

Bryce,

Crawfish (crayfish) are fine and your Savannah will love it but I wouldn’t offer it as a staple/majority diet. Avoid feeding too much shellfish as I have seen/read bad reactions with it. I fed some abalone to my Savannah just a few weeks back and he ate it of course but let out a big cough right after. Stick with whole prey whatever you do. Avoid processed meats, canned monitor diet, dog/cat food and goldfish. There is a thread here on the first page called ’New upgraded Food post", check that out.

10/29/09 02:38am

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Bryce91
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Message To: Varanus_odom In reference to Message Id: 2089594

Savnannah enclosure help

Alright I will definitely bookmark that page. Thank you all for the help, I’m sure Rampage will appreciate it.

10/29/09 03:46pm

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Bryce91
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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089749

Savnannah enclosure help

One other question, I have seen some savannah’s that look almost black and then some that are almost an orange/yellow color and many shades between. What affects the color? Just genetics, diet, or lighting? Thank you for all your help.

10/30/09 01:51am

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Message To: Bryce91 In reference to Message Id: 2089935

Savnannah enclosure help

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What affects the color? Just genetics, diet, or lighting?

Colors/patterns can differ with locales.

Lighting doesn’t "change" the color... certain lighting can enhance colors though. Notice colors will more often appear more vibrant with natural sunlight compared to basking floods in an enclosure.

10/30/09 02:16am

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Bryce91
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Message To: Varanus_odom In reference to Message Id: 2089939

Savnannah enclosure help

Thank you, I asked because most of the ones at pet stores are very dark in color while a lot I see at expos are much lighter. Rampage is very light, as you can see from the pictures.

10/30/09 02:35am