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Chris and I saw this cute little girl and just couldn't say no. We'd seen her at the local Pet Depot, with her two brothers (who we casually named Thor and Freyr). I've been wanting another baby monitor. After looking them over, and handling them, Thor was really squirmy and quicky defecated. Definately a healthy spunk. Saga at first seemed sick during our visits to the store, but really she was in a bad molt. (Horrible lack of humidity in the cage) They were all on the skinny side, especially her. We visited the Pet depot many times during the two months the trio was there, and decided whether or not to buy. Tonight, we had a discussion on whether or not to get her here, or wait til the reptile expo in late october to see if they had any, let alone any moderately healthy. We made sure she was alert/squirmy, walking around and responsive to stimuli before we bought her.
Well, Pet depot's care was deplorable, to say the very least. They were on "greeting mat" grade astro-turf, not reptile carpet. They had been out of water multiple times that we looked in on them over the weeks. Cage was too small for three 9 in. monitors, and there was not an adequate heat source, just a flourescent bulb placed on top the wire top. Well, we got her home, set her in quarintine from the other reptiles, gave her some Repti-aid by Flukers', and went about decorating her home. She has a log hide, some fake foliage, water bowl for drinking/soaking, eco-dirt substrate (coconut), heat rock buried and an over head heating bulb for a hot side of 97 (thermo) and a cool of 85. We even coaxed her into eating a pinky soaked in Ca powder and repti-vite. She'll be colorful again soon, heh. She's 9 and 1/2 inches, measured 09/13/08. She handles quite well.
Here's her first picture. She'll have a youtube vid in a bit!
Rest in Peace Odin!!! Your life may have not meant anything to those that abused you; but you meant everything to me. You will be missed my little friend.
2.2 Savannah Monitors (Loki, Freya, Saga, Thor)
0.1 Albino California Kingsnake (Rin)
1.0 California Aberrant Kingsnake (Haku)
1.1 Three-toed Box Turtles (Bowser, Genba)
1.0 Red-Ear Slider (Iggy)
0.1 Snow Corn Snake (Sakura)
0.1 Sulcata Tortoise (Casca)
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Cute.
Anoles are like icecream.They can be sweet but,will give you brain freeze with all their strange behaviors.  All is fair in love and war.-anonymous Click on the eggs to help them hatch! 
My Pets 0.1 Dalmation/Beagle mix dog(Maggie) 0.1 Leopard Gecko(Freckles)
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Nice monitar. Pet depot is evil
The Anole is out
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Current Animals:
1.0.0 Anolis carolinensis
1.0.0 Hlya cineria
1.0.0 Canis familiaris (Doyle)
1.1.12 Mus musculus
0.0.1 Carassius auratus
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Coming soon:
0.0.1 Python regius
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That's a very adorable picture of the save. Sence everyone says there cute and get them, I wish I could get one now. I am going to hold off on that one though because I don't have enough enformation plus I am wanting a ball python and have to wait for the tinley park reptile show in October to get one.
_____________________________________________I am training as a veterinary technician for cats, dogs and exotics. To me every animal needs a little help from a vet.
Cuban Rock Iguana and Rhinoceros Iguana Reptiles I own:
3.2.1 Green Iguanas (Godzilla, Charmilion, Larz, Esperonza,Izzy and Blaze.)
1.0.0 Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Sombra)
1.1.0 Eastern Box Turtles (Speedy and Shelly)
0.2.0 Common Snapping Turtles (Miss.Snappy and Radaga)
0.1.0 Red-Eared Slider (Rae)
1.0.0 Ball Python (Spikles)
0.0.1 New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Silver) Other animals I want to Own: Hyacinth Macaw and a Savannah Cat Animals I own: 0.1.0 Maine Coon (Kova)
0.1.0 Yellow Lab (Mia)
1.2.0 Sugar Gliders (Tejano,Blanca and Larissa)
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Very nice! Congrats on the new little one! We are going to reptile show in Orlando in October, can't wait to see all that they have! We are taking a few snakes with us to hopefully trade there. Again congrats, she is just too cute~Marine
_______________________________________________________________________________________Non-herp family:me-Marine 32, husband-Travis 35, 2 sons-Keith 11 & Seth 9. Our Herp family: 3 Ball Pythons(Stitch, Chocolate, Neo) 2 Amazon Tree Boas 2 Common Redtail Boas(Aphrodite, Shere Khan) 1 Pastel Columbian X Hogg Island Red-tail Boa(Lady Lyoness) 1 Albino Columbian Red-tail Boa(Albee) 3 Dumeril's Boas(Demi, Bagheera, Sausage) 4 Kenya Sand Boas(Sandy) 2 Great Basin Gopher Snakes 1 California Aberrant King Snake(Aberrant) 1 Sinaloan Milk Snake(Coral) 4 Bearded Dragons(Pooh Bear, Roo, Piglet, Eeyore) 1 Argentine Black & White Tegu 3 Uromastyx Lizards (Mali-man, Eloise) 2 Irian Jaya BlueTongue Skinks(George) 1 Savannah Monitor(Georgia) 2 Albino Leopard Geckos(Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw) 5 Crested Geckos 2 Oriental Firebelly Toads(Bugs & Daffy) 3 Texas Tiger Salamanders 2 Japanese Giant Firebelly Newts(Tom & Jerry) 5 Australian White's Tree frogs 1 Red-eared Pond Slider(Big Red) 1 Yellow-Belly Pond Slider(Yellow Eyes) 1 African Sulcata Tortoise(Steve "Irwin") 1 Cherry-head Redfoot Tortoise(Rosie) 1.1 Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula (Phoenix, Fox) http://myspace.com/coralmarine add me 
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Congrats on the new Savannah!!! How does the rest of the crew like Saga? You'll need another Halloween costume.
Hows she doing?
1.0 bearded dragon (Drake)
1.0.1 leopard gecko (Athena and Apollo)
0.0.1 occelated skink (Zahara)
0.0.2 wood frogs (Cloak and Dagger)
" Human kind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." - Chief Seattle, 1855
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| Well she is in quarantine right now so she's not allowed to meet any of my other herps for the next couple of weeks. Putting your new herps in quarantine is a crucial way to prevent spread of diseases or parasites from a new herp. I once heard a story about a guy's entire collection of monitors being wiped out in 24 hours after bringing a new monitor home. Therefore, it is prudent to be very careful with foreign animals. I wash my hands thoroughly after handling her and make sure I don't use any of the same utensils/cleaning supplies, food dishes, water dishes or unknowingly transfer any bedding. Cleaning of the cage is also done in a separate area. Saga is doing wonderful! I got her out this morning to soak in some warm water and she started hissing and tried to tail-whip me! (That's good news.) Once I picked her up she calmed down and is now enjoying her bath. Last night she ate 2 pinkies and stayed directly under the heat lamp for a long while. I think Saga will do fine now that she has proper nutrition and heating. It's true they gave them crickets at the pet store but they were un-dusted and her brothers ate most of them before she had a chance to. She is pretty shy for a Sav and did not eat in front of us. However, I went to check on her and she had a fat little belly and the pinkies were nowhere to be found
Rest in Peace Odin!!! Your life may have not meant anything to those that abused you; but you meant everything to me. You will be missed my little friend.
2.2 Savannah Monitors (Loki, Freya, Saga, Thor)
0.1 Albino California Kingsnake (Rin)
1.0 California Aberrant Kingsnake (Haku)
1.1 Three-toed Box Turtles (Bowser, Genba)
1.0 Red-Ear Slider (Iggy)
0.1 Snow Corn Snake (Sakura)
0.1 Sulcata Tortoise (Casca)
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