Hey guys,
Pretty devastated at the moment. Got a Rosenbergs Monitor on 9/9. Six weeks old. Passed away on 6/12. So around 4 months old.
Housed in a 3L x 2D x 1.5H enclosure. Same I used for the Yellow Spotted Monitor when it was younger.
Yes... it and anything I put in there was thoroughly cleaned before being used.
Was a bit hit and miss eating to start with but eventually got it eating pretty much daily. Basking temps were anywhere from 45-60c. Depending where on the tile I took the temp reading. Had a CFL UVB bulb and a Halogen 75 watt Globe right next to each other (single to double adapter in v shape). UVB on the left. Halogen on the right. (The long style UVB tube was buggered so I used the CFL as an alternative).
Yes I know in the past I've said that Monitors don't need UVB. But since it was very little and couldn't eat whole prey at the very beginning. I decided to use a UVB Bulb.
Had single tiles on bricks (gaps in between the bricks that could also be used as hides) stacked across the length of the enclosure.
Hot end had a few tiles stacked on top of each other.
Coolest end had the water bowl (would occasionally shift it to the warm end to increase humidity and aid in shedding).
Would also on the odd occasion give it a bath in tepid water out in the Sun.
Middle had a log to hide in with the UVB beaming down on it.
Right side had the halogen beaming down on it. Also had a cave hide at the hot end.
Coir Peat as Substrate.
Lite mist daily.
Main foods were Woodies (dusted in Calc/D3). tiny bits of cut up chicken neck (or as an alternative Premi-Yum Chicken Mince), Chicken Breast. Liver.
Crickets (very rarely), Whole Pinkie Mice and / or chopped up Fuzzy Mice/Pinkie Rats.
Had bowls for food and water. Although most of the time it took food straight off the tweezer sized forceps I used.
Would also take chucks of meat off the tiles if left in there during the day.
One thing that worried me a little. Even when finally getting it to eat consistently it didn't seem to grow or put on much weight.
Having said that I know it grew as it used to wedge itself inside the holes/cracks in the hollowed out log I had in there for it.
At a certain point it could no longer wedge inside those cracks.
Two days before it passed it ate some Crickets then was out and about the next day.
It was a relatively hot day so I thought I'd cut up a pinkie Rat and see how many pieces it would take.
Took 2 out of 3. Nothing seemed unusual or out of the ordinary. Sprinting and even jumping around as a Monitor should.
The day after having the Rat Pieces it wasn't out much. Would move from end to end but wasn't overly active.
Went to check on the Rosenbergs the next day and it was down the cool end. Unfortunately it had passed away.
Guess I'm just wondering what people's opinions are as to what could of possibly gone wrong so quickly.
For almost a week now I've been racking my bran.
If you're going to leave negative comments or anything like that. Please don't. I feel sh!t enough as it is.
Thank you all.
Pretty devastated at the moment. Got a Rosenbergs Monitor on 9/9. Six weeks old. Passed away on 6/12. So around 4 months old.
Housed in a 3L x 2D x 1.5H enclosure. Same I used for the Yellow Spotted Monitor when it was younger.
Yes... it and anything I put in there was thoroughly cleaned before being used.
Was a bit hit and miss eating to start with but eventually got it eating pretty much daily. Basking temps were anywhere from 45-60c. Depending where on the tile I took the temp reading. Had a CFL UVB bulb and a Halogen 75 watt Globe right next to each other (single to double adapter in v shape). UVB on the left. Halogen on the right. (The long style UVB tube was buggered so I used the CFL as an alternative).
Yes I know in the past I've said that Monitors don't need UVB. But since it was very little and couldn't eat whole prey at the very beginning. I decided to use a UVB Bulb.
Had single tiles on bricks (gaps in between the bricks that could also be used as hides) stacked across the length of the enclosure.
Hot end had a few tiles stacked on top of each other.
Coolest end had the water bowl (would occasionally shift it to the warm end to increase humidity and aid in shedding).
Would also on the odd occasion give it a bath in tepid water out in the Sun.
Middle had a log to hide in with the UVB beaming down on it.
Right side had the halogen beaming down on it. Also had a cave hide at the hot end.
Coir Peat as Substrate.
Lite mist daily.
Main foods were Woodies (dusted in Calc/D3). tiny bits of cut up chicken neck (or as an alternative Premi-Yum Chicken Mince), Chicken Breast. Liver.
Crickets (very rarely), Whole Pinkie Mice and / or chopped up Fuzzy Mice/Pinkie Rats.
Had bowls for food and water. Although most of the time it took food straight off the tweezer sized forceps I used.
Would also take chucks of meat off the tiles if left in there during the day.
One thing that worried me a little. Even when finally getting it to eat consistently it didn't seem to grow or put on much weight.
Having said that I know it grew as it used to wedge itself inside the holes/cracks in the hollowed out log I had in there for it.
At a certain point it could no longer wedge inside those cracks.
Two days before it passed it ate some Crickets then was out and about the next day.
It was a relatively hot day so I thought I'd cut up a pinkie Rat and see how many pieces it would take.
Took 2 out of 3. Nothing seemed unusual or out of the ordinary. Sprinting and even jumping around as a Monitor should.
The day after having the Rat Pieces it wasn't out much. Would move from end to end but wasn't overly active.
Went to check on the Rosenbergs the next day and it was down the cool end. Unfortunately it had passed away.
Guess I'm just wondering what people's opinions are as to what could of possibly gone wrong so quickly.
For almost a week now I've been racking my bran.
If you're going to leave negative comments or anything like that. Please don't. I feel sh!t enough as it is.
Thank you all.