5 HUGE Mistakes Savannah Monitor Keepers Do 

Very informative and a camera friendly critter! Loved watching this video!

Great video!!! great to se some one giving these guys the perfect care. they are so easily purchased in the UK. most people but not everyone get these animals and don't way up all that there is in to looking after these guys. Will be getting back into keeping monitors when I get my full time home as I don't have the room right now as my retics take up more space then I do lol .

Purrfect. I don't seem to ever get bored of Hugo. Good information. Good Hugo. Good delivery of the information and redirection of Hugo's interest in the tripod. Take care and have fun!

Great video and quality improves everytime, top info👌 that explains why your channel is growing so fast keep up the good work mate #roadto2k 👍

Keep up the great work spreading decent information!

I am very great full people do these types of videos. They are a lot better than videos that do things like ”Oh look at my new lizard” or reptile room tours. Your videos are amazing and I love learning about this stuff.

I’d stay away from Wikipedia mate, as it can be edited so much!

I Subscribed for this guys accent lol and the knowledge of course

Top of the morning to ya from Washington state USA.. Keep up the great videos.

Great video !

Great video

Once again, the best dang Savannah video I’ve seen.

I’m doing a LOT of research before getting one. Been looking into them for 2 months

Nice info 👍

Nice video and really cool animal!

Hi. I am doing mixture substrates with mainly topsoil, some coco husk/bark and a small amount of sand for my baby savannah monitor and am considering whether to mix in some cypress mulch (or replace with sphagnum moss). However, there are different views on the use of cypress mulch for reptiles. I saw that you recommended it but your video 3 was years ago. Do you still think it is good?

So I know they are predominantly insectivorious, however monitor lizards in general are also opertunistic so I agree rodents or smaller vertebrates should be sparing, however savannah monitors are resistant to cobra venom.. That being said, you don't develop an immunity to a certain animal's venom unless its part of you're diet.. In captivity I think it's perfectly fine for once every 2 months isn't going to harm your animal, provided you keep them with their specific needs of the species you own.

Great info. Just check about the sand. Cause I've done a super lots of research and majority of people said that sand is really bad for them. It causes bad impaction for them

Last comment for me on this one, I had to have a think on how to put it. #4 you said "8x4x4, and that is absolutely perfect for them." I would rather you had said: 8x4x4, and that really is as small as you can safely do with a monitor this size." We have to remind people that this is an almost 4 foot long animal. That is the equivalent of (roughly) a human living in a 12x6x6. it would be like an American prison cell, but shorter, much shorter, and America has some of the worst prison conditions in the developed world. I would like to add that I recently found your channel, and it has the best information I have seen so far, with quality specimens in quality enclosures, eating quality food under quality lighting. I wish every pet had a handler that cared so much.

Nice video.

Just subscribed to both channels

Savannah monitor in the background: aye you uh gonna let me out LET ME OUT I WANT OUT

Hello! Thx for video! There's a question about monitor's feet! Did you ever fece the problem with moult process on the feet? When previous layers are stay on the fingers, and how do you prevent this problem?

Mine is really mean its still a baby. But also i have a hide un his enclosure should i keep it in there or remove it

Have you ever had a savannah monitor choke on its food? I had found online to feed them lean ground turkey that way the food is not too fatty and he took too much of it and his neck was very bulged and it looked like he was having a hard time breathing I had to pry his mouth open and take food out I'm wondering if they're like a chicken and or chipmunk and store food or if he was just choking on it he is all fine and safe now and I'm making sure food from now on is smaller pieces and less at a time

I know this was a year ago, so you might not reply. But there aren’t many reptile vets where I live and because of that, I don’t know the sex or age of my monitor. Do you have advice?

I just brought home a baby Savannah monitor yesterday . Should I start feeding him or let him wait a day or two ?

Hello! I have a baby Savannah monitor, and I noticed past 2-3 days it has been acting like it feels dizzy, doesn’t walk normally and when I tried feeding it, it had a hard time to get the food because it kept missing, and it seems like it can’t hold it’s head straight. I’m not able to find any info regarding this weird behavior. Please help

How old is your Savannah Monitor? I enjoy your vids

what size cage is that?

Would you be able to suggest some good websites for Savannah monitor keeping? I rescued two, and every website/care sheet I'm finding is saying they can eat rodents and a lot of stuff that's just completely going against what you suggested. Their humidity is about 72, temp of 90 on the basking side, 86 on the cooler side and they have a small swimming area (they're babies BTW). Been giving them crickets and mealwoms sprinkles with D3 and Calcium. (Right now with them being so small, they're both in my 40 gallon reptile enclosere. Plan to separate them here in the next few weeks.)

How much are these in the uk? Been looking for another lizard cant find any for sale

Great video and certainly full of good information on the care of these guys. Hope many listen and stop feeding live mice or rats to them.

What size enclosure do you currently have him in? My fiance has a Savannah Monitor the same size. I want to do my own research and make sure he's getting what he needs 100%

I may need to kick up his humidity...the chicken coop isn't as sealed as it should be and I'm sure too much fresh air gets in to dry it out. Hmmmmm.....Ill work on that but, would that have anything to do with why he's been throwing up?

What about pinky mice are they ok?

Hii have a question, how do you clean its substrate?

What substrate is perfect for a baby savanna monitor

I wanted to watch your video, but I didn't realize it was a loud rap music video. Do you have any without the gangsta music?

Do they brumate and if they do do they go down like tegu and for how long

Question ??Soo how long do I let the substrate dry before I spray again???

I was wonderinf when there was gonna be another upload 😂😂why isn't this on 'Savannah Monitor' ?

does anyone know what he was using to mist his sav with? I want to get one but I cant find one.

Hey man. I just got a new baby Savannah monitor a month ago. We adopted a fully grown monitor 4 years ago and the guy at the pet store told us to feed him frog legs, chicken hearts and some insects. He was obviously neglected from his previous owners and he turned out to be the best lizard I have ever owned (iguana, bearded dragons etc). So friendly and just happy to be cared for. However I believe that his prior diet and the one we gave him was his demise. No idea how old he was but he was huge. Our new monitor gets only crickets and super worms. Just wondering how much to feed him when he gets to be 4 feet long?? Lol. I would think it would have to be 30 worms every second day and 30 crickets as well. Any suggestions? By the way your guy looks super healthy and content. Good job

What type of lights do you use?

Would a 6ft×4ft×4ft be a good enclosure for one? I have the opportunity to get a custom built one w those dimentions

Only thing I would say is floor space of any viv meant for a monitor species won't be enough. You need to either house them outside or exercise them in an controlled environment. You can also increase the effective space of the viv buy add ledges and shelving around the perimeter as low level height can effectively increase the usable space.

What temprature are you keeping him at?

My Sav. Monitor just starting walkin with a limp, does anybody have any ideas why? Or can it be a broken arm/hand if so how do i heal it.

So no small shrimp?

How do you breed hornworms?

I have a 3 foot by 2 foot for my new hatchling is it to small?

i have one and i spray it every week is that bad for it

Awesome video, just recently started trying to switch back to insecta due to false info.. Also would you reccomend putting a small dish to swim/soak?

I just got my baby 2 days ago and now he/she won’t eat?! Please help!! He/she won’t do anything but hide and sleep? I’m going tomorrow to get the stuff for the enclosure I’m hoping that fixes the issue?

I believed every word til he brought up Wikipedia

Can you feed the earthworms? I figure they do, because they burrow. Can you dump a bunch of nightcrawlers in their soil mix from the bait shop?

We need more hugo videos I love hugo

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A lot of exporters will say they eat anything and everything, and will say that them being only insectivores is false

So what happens when they get full grown? Then what do you feed them? That would take a lot of insects.

How big is your tank?

It's interesting you say they only eat insects. Multiple sources suggest they are carnivores.

My sav won’t eat meal/wax worms (will eat horned) but he sure loves a bowl of scrambled eggs

My savannah Monitors is young. Had him on rug for a few weeks then put some type of coconut dirt inside his tank because I read they like to dig. And now that I put a2nd water dish in on the cool side of the the tank n now he stays in the water bowl n leeps in there til it’s Time to eat. Should I be worried

Looks like mistake #1 is keeping a Savannah Monitor.

How do you teach your lizard to talk like that? He even sounds like you!

Thanks for the info I will stop feeding mine rodents

How to you stop wooden vivariums molding in high humidity?

Mine has pink ball looking things right under its belly/tail.. At the edge of both, does any one know what they are?

Some people have killed there lizards by feeding frozen mice to them. Bv

You can't seriously say that savannah monitors only eat insects in the wild. They will eat anything that can be overcame. As well as small amounts of fruits and flowers, as well as the doing of other animals. It's just how it is, friend

Hey man so I dont have any reptile stores around me and unfortunately I had to buy a monitor from petco...... I bought him 2 days ago and he wouldnt eat... I called petco to ask them what they fed him and they said LIVE MICE. So even though I was against it I had to buy mice for him so he would eat. I've just fed him a live mouse and I am really sorry I had to do it to the mouse but I cant fault the lizard I can only fault petco for feeding their monitor lizards live mice. He wont eat anything but live mice if u can do a vid on switching them from live mice to insects or just reply to my comment I'd appreciate it greatly but I've had to go out and buy mice for him. I've named him mufasa from lion king as well btw in case u were wondering. I've done everything "correct" as correct as u could say it is because no one knows exactly what "correct" is but he still will only eat live.

dont agree really agree mate at a certain size do you think they want bugs when in a natural inviro when there is mice then rats about an other lizards

Also was told that I can't use a spiral uvb is that true??I'm lost on that cause all I see keepers with is spiral uvb anythoughts??

Cheaper pet but difficult to maintain properly..way better tegu or ackie monitor

Savannah’s in the wild way eggs, insects, and rodents, the rodents are high in much needed calcium which insects lack, so if you are strictly feeding your monitor insects, at least give him calcium, because they do indeed need those rodents you swear against, so while you may think you helping, your hurting your lizard and not letting it grow to it’s full potential

I agree but at the same time we know that Savannah monitors or insectivores but they are carnivorous as well they eat whatever they can get ahold of they are garbage disposals you want to keep their fat intake low though I've had multiple Savannah's in my life great I have had three at separate times each one lived over 10 plus years and surprisingly my first one was only giving insects as a baby and I did that one kind of wrong only fed him rodents I have one now that is about 78 years old and anytime I even try to give them bugs he doesn't even mess with them I've asked around and they say mix insects with chicken gizzards or stuff like that

I DO have to point out that the advice you just gave and Dav Kaufman (he went to Sub-Saharan Africa to explore Savannah Monitor habitat, take temp and humidity readings, talk to the locals, etc. I'll leave a link) exactly line up with each other. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0inw7epdNNc.html A big part of doing research is figuring out whether or not a given pet is right for you or not. As fascinating as Savannah Monitors are they're not for me. Don't bring home a pet you aren't prepared to take care of.

Feel like I know you did you go to Greg's pet shop

How can you give advice on things you don't follow? You say enclosure should be 6ft by 4ft by 4ft.. there's no way yours is 4ft deep.and they need more diet so they can borrow.

I thought in the wild they eat anything

I shit you not mines just don’t like insects lol he’ll down a mice but any bugs I try he just ignores them 😂😂 I think mines forgot he was suppose to eat them

Wow insectivore wow… soo many live feedings to Savanna’s.

Back about 25 years ago, I had a Savannah Monitor that loved white mice, and thrived on the diet.

Buddy you are so wrong on the info also

I hope to god you just said Ghana and not Guyana

Just Pour All the live worms n the enclosure.. they'll burrow & REALLY imitate nature. Letm hunt for it.

So, our almost 3 yr old Savannah has regurgitated his past 2 feedings. Not everything, just 1 of the 2-3 mice that he ate. We thought not much of it, thinking that it was just too much and he needed to toss up the last mouse. But now we think we have a bigger issue on our hands because... We fed him 5-6 raw ground turkey balls 2 days ago, about golf ball sized, which he gobbled up just fine. Well, yesterday we smelled the most foul stench in his room. Sure enough a small wet spot, seemingly poo, was on his cage floor. We assumed poo or regurgitation on his ground turkey that he was too full on. He seemed fine otherwise. We let him float in a nice warm bath while we cleaned his cage and put him back afterwards... As we were getting into bed last night, there was that smell again! But this time, it was pretty tiny. Concerned, we cleaned it up and went to bed to address it in the morning... This morning we went to see him and GOOD LORD another vomit but this one was much more than the others and he was just chillin, sleeping right by it as if he didn't even move after throwing up. It is really worrying is now and I'm calling the vet first thing in the morning to get him in! We have had Savannahs off and on for most of our lives, so we're no stranger to their needs and he's pretty set up in the spare bedroom with a large chicken coop enclosure, two heat sources, den with heating and light. He gets frozen mice, fresh water, 2nd water source and bath time to soak and swim. Hes overall very happy and healthy, until this....HELP!!!! Has anyone else experienced this before? If so, what was your baby's problem? Was he sick, parasites, etc? Did he get better and how?

You know meal worms are bad for any animal let them eat crickets

Listen. You can do all of these things right and still end up with a sick baby! Either from a breeder or from some wrong piece of knowledge that you followed from your " research" that was wrong! So just do everything you can possibly do for your babies. Love them as much as you possibly can. And always follow your heart.

Let savannnah monitors eat crickets

Savannah Monitors most definitely eat rodents out in the wild and are very much capable of eating them in captivity. I would feed my Savannah Monitor a variety of insects and rodents. This is their natural diet

Feeding rodents to savannah monitors will make them fat and kill them.

So much misinformation *****

Feed them dogfood