got a nile monitor

[arowana man]

i changed it up a little!!!

 

[proaquatics]

red dirt he is gonna be a dirty devil hehe


still like the coconut better,more digestible

 

[Death Pony]

Cute little guy!!!

 

[arowana man]

red dirt he is gonna be a dirty devil hehe


still like the coconut better,more digestible

its not red. its brown dirt. this was cheeper . $1.99 for 100lb bag

 

[proaquatics]

close enough hehe

looks good

 

[varanio]

looks much better, rather than feed him mealworms though give him a pinky so he starts adding some plumpness. Cover some of that top up like mentioned earlier and offer him a nice hollow log or a piece of flat wood so he can use as a shelter.

 

[arowana man]

k i'll try a pinky. i have tones of them, live and frozen!!!

 

[loconorc]

Lookin' much better

Wish you best of luck (you'll need it!)

 

[CTU2fan]

I agree. Try a pinkie, or some more "crawly" bugs like crickets. Another thing you can try is feeding him at night. I had a water monitor that I got in really bad shape, and it wouldn't eat. I kept him in a tank with a glass top over 3/4 of it and when he finally started taking food the first was p/k pinkies or fuzzies that I put in overnight. Lots of heat, lots of humidity, and he perked right up.

Something you might think about re: substrate...I like to mix in a little cypress mulch with my dirt, it helps keep it from packing. If you notice the dirt getting packed try that.

 

[arowana man]

i got bit already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and he really likes pinkies and zebra finch eggs