Is this a sav monitor?

[rachmangler]

seems like a really silly question but I have never seen a sav with those solid black lines next to its face in person before. I wanted some impute. Could this be a white throat?

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by rachmangler

seems like a really silly question but I have never seen a sav with those solid black lines next to its face in person before. I wanted some impute. Could this be a white throat?

I know that picture well.

Her name was Anna Savannah.

The guy who posted that picture swore she was a Savannah Monitor.

Let me go back and check his photo albums for some other angles.

He sold off his entire reptile "collection" years ago.

BRB.......

[rachmangler]

Originally Posted by infernalis

I know that picture well.

Her name was Anna Savannah.

The guy who posted that picture swore she was a Savannah Monitor.

Let me go back and check his photo albums for some other angles.

He sold off his entire reptile "collection" years ago.

BRB.......

hmm...thats strange. I actually just found this monitor for sale on craigslist. Posted today.

[rachmangler]

Here's the add

1yr. old Savannah monitor male (longview)

[Pirarucu]

Yes, that's a Savannah. The add on Craigslist is probably a scam. That or the picture is for reference.

Edit: Definitely going with scam on this one, looking at the add.

[infernalis]

OK, here is a picture of her next to her cage mate... Since he uploaded that album in 2009, I doubt that she's still alive based on the looks of her in this picture.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by infernalis

OK, here is a picture of her next to her cage mate... Since he uploaded that album in 2009, I doubt that she's still alive based on the looks of her in this picture.

But it is a sav? And what, is she too fat? (Sorry, I'm still not good at picking up on monitor illnesses via pics).

~Maggot

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

But it is a sav? And what, is she too fat? (Sorry, I'm still not good at picking up on monitor illnesses via pics).

~Maggot

id say she is dehydrated and obese, like jaba the hut obese

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

But it is a sav? And what, is she too fat? (Sorry, I'm still not good at picking up on monitor illnesses via pics).

~Maggot

I am sorry I overlooked your post.

That monitor is sprawled flat to absorb more heat from the basking light.

However she is way overweight and that indicates improper husbandry.

He was a very active on the forum, but it was during a time when my Savannah Monitor was living under the same conditions. Just enough substrate to absorb some poop and make dust.

So rather than scold him for it, I would chat away all day about that all invert diet crap.

Now I have two that "look like snakes with legs" (I was recently told that) who are hyperactive acrobats that tripod every day and run at speeds I have never witnessed before with my own eyes.

In retrospect I can't believe how blind I was, why do the Varanids in the documentary films look so impressive, and all the captive ones drag across the floor and sleep all day.

It's not freaking rocket science. It's a box of damn dirt, simple common sense mandates that we need to give exotic animals the same environmental parameters that they have evolved to survive in.

This is true of many captive animals, they barely resemble their wild counterparts.

Keepers of many species need to open up their eyes and smell the coffee.

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by infernalis

It's not freaking rocket science. It's a box of damn dirt, simple common sense mandates that we need to give exotic animals the same environmental parameters that they have evolved to survive in.

This is true of many captive animals, they barely resemble their wild counterparts.

Keepers of many species need to open up their eyes and smell the coffee.

*applause* Couldn't have said it better myself! I wish there were more people like you in the herp world, Wayne. The passion you have for your animals is so apparent and so refreshing. People see those stupid youtube videos of these 'tame' animals and think 'oooh! look how cuddly! I'm going to get one!' and then the animals suffers and dies a slow painful death. Or the pet store looking to make a buck will tell the buyer improper care and not tell you that this animal will one day need IT'S OWN BEDROOM. That's how the Nile I rescued came into my care, and it's how 1000's of others like him are living. Just really sad, to be honest.

[infernalis]

Thank you Sarah

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

it's how 1000's of others like him are living. Just really sad, to be honest.

it's how 1000's of others are dying.

[varanus_mad]

^ white throat.

Different headshape scale pattern etc

[infernalis]

That picture is stolen. I know because I own the web site it was stolen from.

it appears on the home page..

My Pet Forums

and in the photo albums...

My Pet Forums - Rappstar609's Album: Some of My Animals

Annah Savannah was the property of Dan Rapp in 2009.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by infernalis

That picture is stolen. I know because I own the web site it was stolen from.

it appears on the home page..

My Pet Forums

and in the photo albums...

My Pet Forums - Rappstar609's Album: Some of My Animals

Annah Savannah was the property of Dan Rapp in 2009.

Texted him he sent me this Charles The Monitor :] - YouTube

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by Corey209

Texted him he sent me this Charles The Monitor :] - YouTube

That poor thing. D=

~Maggot