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Hey I have a baby savannah and am a little over my head with her. If there is anyone on the Houston area that is interested please let me know. Thanks : )
RogerTheTortoise said:I mean I like him and he's becoming less skiddish, I'm just more for the hands on.
I really want a Beardie, but I don't have room with the savannah. And two, a beardie will get along with my girlfriends sulcata.
RogerTheTortoise said:First off no one is housing two different species together, but if my beardie wants to hang out the sulcata outside the enclosure they won't fight. Secondly a monitor should be pooping everyday, even a few times a day when younger. I will agree that savs are easier to clean up after because they are potty trained to their water bowl. But as far as smell, savs poo stinks more, the high protein diet breaks down into a lot more nitrogenous waste then an omnivorous diet would, the only reason it seems like it smells less is because it's in water. As far as disposition goes bearded dragons are much more calm across the board. Now each specimen is an individual but in general savannah are much more skittish. Most people who keep monitors are extremely under educated about monitor care and there is a ton of bad information out there regarding monitors. I can get my monitor puppy dog tame by providing an incorrect diet and poor cage setup, this does not make him tame just to weak to put up a fight. I hear tons and tons of people that keep the basking spot at 105 and feed ground turkey with a tiny cage and a screen lid, an yes they have very "tame" monitors. My point being there is a lot of talk about calm savannah monitors and most of it can be traced to poor husbandry. On the other hand I have seen some very trusting monitors that have good setups, but this is the exeption not the norm. 90% of savs don't live to see their first year, adding to the problem is people saying that savs are tame lizards that are easy to care for, this is a completely false and entices people to make an impulse buy and not properly care for them.
If you want a challenging but rewarding lizard I would go for the savannah, but they are a HUGE commitment.
If you want a very docile very easy to care for lizard go for the beardie.