savannah help

[spidersweb]

hi i had my two savannah almost together for a year and now the female trying to kill the male i have them in seperat cages now both should i put him back in when his tail heals up

[crocdoc]

try to figure out why they fought (were they fighting for the same basking or hiding spot? over food?) and make sure these issues are solved, then make sure you keep an eye on them when you reintroduce them. If the male was the loser in the fight, let the male get accustomed to the enclosure before putting the female in.

Are you absolutely sure they are male and female? Is the male larger?

[spidersweb]

yes they r male and female male is bigger
all the male was doing was trying to sleep

[crocdoc]

my guess is that you missed something. Monitors that have been housed together don't suddenly walk over to a sleeping cagemate and try to kill them for no reason.

[Badger-X]

I have found in my experience that size can mean nothing too regading the sex of the monitor. Have you seen any evidence of his malehood? Territorial sparring ususally occurs with two males with the weaker ranked (who can be bigger) usualkly getting picked on by the more dominant. Have you seen and male organs when he's mad? Maybe worth it to have them sexed before there is a serious problem. I got my male (who is missing part of his tail and a few toes) from a guy who thought he was a she.)

Best of luck.

[savannahmonitor]

try adding more hide areas, and also make it so they both have alot of room for there own basking spot.this should do the trick

[varanuslover]

There is somthing that happened to cause the sudden aggression issues. The first thing I would be sure of is the sex of both monitors, they can be easily improperly sexed. Also be sure the cage size is large enough to keep both animals happy and stress free.