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