monitor has gas?

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by varanus1

My other question would be when its removed from its enclosure for hour a day is it on empty and no meal inside it to digest when not at optimal temps to digest ?

He is fed in his set up in the afternoon and isnt on the run with a fresh meal

[varanus1]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

He is fed in his set up in the afternoon and isnt on the run with a fresh meal

I would trial and error or many things, stop taking him out for a week or 2,take away a certain food type but not rodents for a week or 2 and go from their.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by varanus1

I would trial and error or many things, stop taking him out for a week or 2,take away a certain food type but not rodents for a week or 2 and go from their.

would it be ok to try JUST rats for one week and see what happens? Alone with the above.

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

He is fed in his set up in the afternoon and isnt on the run with a fresh meal

Unless you`re feeding to satiation at every meal, the monitor will be quite capable of running, climbing, swimming etc, immediately after ingestion and for some time after, obviously providing it`s operating at "activity temp" levels.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Unless you`re feeding to satiation at every meal, the monitor will be quite capable of running, climbing, swimming etc, immediately after ingestion and for some time after, obviously providing it`s operating at "activity temp" levels.

by "on the run" i mean out and about in the house after a meal after eating he goes back to monitorly duties and has an amazing feeding response.

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

by "on the run" i mean out and about in the house after a meal after eating he goes back to monitorly duties and has an amazing feeding response.

I understood what you meant by out and about, but you said not just after having something to eat, I`m saying that wouldn`t make any difference (cause problems), they ARE still very active after eating something (unless it`s a huge meal)!
Are you feeding a whole squid, if yes, how big in relation to the monitor is it (or what % of the diet)?
I`ve fed pieces of squid for a number of years to several Varanid species with no problems whatsoever, though it`s never been the most important (main) item, just a relatively small part.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by jarich

What size rats are you feeding? If youre talking anything other than adult rats then Id recommend keeping the crayfish as part of the diet.

he is a small monitor and can really only handle the small rats

Originally Posted by murrindindi

I understood what you meant by out and about, but you said not just after having something to eat, I`m saying that wouldn`t make any difference (cause problems), they ARE still very active after eating something (unless it`s a huge meal)!
Are you feeding a whole squid, if yes, how big in relation to the monitor is it (or what % of the diet)?
I`ve fed pieces of squid for a number of years to several Varanid species with no problems whatsoever, though it`s never been the most important (main) item, just a relatively small part.

he gets into food moods where he only wants a few things so i guess squid is a higher percentage than it should be. And when he eats he eats so much so that his belly dangles until the next morning. He is active he just seems to eat more than i think he should but ive always been told feed until they wont take it, problem for me is I usually run out before he is done eating. When I first got him he wanted to eat so much till he actually puked, he hasnt puked since but the person before me only fed once a week.


Also i had a thought. He pooped earlier and it looked funny, it had a big glob of hardened stuff in it. Now I use a good bit of clay in his substrate, could the clay be causing a problem when he eats? I just recently added a new clay recently. Like could the clay acting like a cork? He is a messy eater and usually eats a crap ton of dirt with his food.

[Pirarucu]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

Also i had a thought. He pooped earlier and it looked funny, it had a big glob of hardened stuff in it. Now I use a good bit of clay in his substrate, could the clay be causing a problem when he eats? I just recently added a new clay recently. Like could the clay acting like a cork? He is a messy eater and usually eats a crap ton of dirt with his food.

To me this seems like a more likely scenario. You did not have the problem before the switch, right? It seems more reasonable his plumbing is a bit stopped up rather than his normal diet suddenly causing problems.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by Pirarucu

To me this seems like a more likely scenario. You did not have the problem before the switch, right? It seems more reasonable his plumbing is a bit stopped up rather than his normal diet suddenly causing problems.

it wouldnt have even occurred to me until he pooped, he actually strained so hard both hemipeens came out and it took him a second to poop, i didnt have this problem before the switch. I am going to take it out and see if it helps with everything else im trying