Savannah Monitor Diet

[fishy12]

I would definitely consider starting a Dubia Roach colony. I started mine almost a year in advance so I would have a large, steady supply of roaches before I got my monitors.

+2 but I say start 2 colonys!

 

[Chad55]

Well I am not exactly sure what I am going to get yet so I don't want to start up a colony and end up with a red-tail boa lol. I have a little time yet for planning. I have to narrow it down though right now I am tossed between RTB, blue tounge skink, arg. B&W tegu, and sav. And hopefully nothing else strikes my interest last minute lol.

 

[paul112]

It would be best to have a staple of chicks or quails then mice/rodents. Mice have a higher fat content and birds are a healthier diet to go with

I would have thought baby chicks were loaded with fat? Can anyone point me to some evidence that they are healthier than rodents?

Thanks,
Paul

 

[BSMM]

looks here

http://rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp

 

[ozz465]

id go with either blue tounge or a rtb. but i agree an insect based diet is best

 

[Toby_H]

I'm no pro when it comes to Savs... but I have a 2 year old Tegu and he eats mainly ground Turkey... Is there a reason Savs couldn't also be kept quite helath with ground turkey as a main portion of their diet?


And since we are on a fish forum... I feed my Tegu 2~4" Cichlids all the time and he loves them...

 

[CTU2fan]

I'm no pro when it comes to Savs... but I have a 2 year old Tegu and he eats mainly ground Turkey... Is there a reason Savs couldn't also be kept quite helath with ground turkey as a main portion of their diet?


And since we are on a fish forum... I feed my Tegu 2~4" Cichlids all the time and he loves them...

My old sav regularly got the runs if I fed him any kind of ground/prepped diet, so I stopped. Not sure if it was just mine or if that's common, but I've heard of it happening with others.

And I also fed mine the occasional whole fish. Not a natural diet by any means, but I figured the variety would be good for him. My DUmeril's liked fish too, but that's a little more understandable.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

A few times a month I give my ackies thawed shrimp and they love it. I know there's not much shrimp in the Aussie outback but whatever.

 

[sazhar]

I used to make my sav cricket omlettes. I used to breed my own crickets so I had a ton. Just beat a few eggs, thow in a couple dozen crickets and pour them in a skillet. After it cooled I cut it up in chunks and put it in his food dish. He ate every last piece. I did this a couple times a week. The rest of the time he ate mostly mice and fish. He was great, but my wife made me give him up after he was around 3 ft. But I still have my fish!

 

[coura]

I'm no pro when it comes to Savs... but I have a 2 year old Tegu and he eats mainly ground Turkey... Is there a reason Savs couldn't also be kept quite helath with ground turkey as a main portion of their diet?


And since we are on a fish forum... I feed my Tegu 2~4" Cichlids all the time and he loves them...

Its diferent to give grounded turkey to a sav or to a tegu. To the tegu is aceptable because you can mix it with vegetables and fruit to make a complete fiber rich diet. With a sav you cant do that because they are carnivorus and grounded turkey lacks both nutrients and the fiber provided by woule mice. In my opinion savs sould have a diet as varied as possible of both vertebrade and invertebrade foods.