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My Common Nile Monitor's tail has become dry and brittle. Why?
I have a five month old Common Nile Monitor and his tail has become dry and brittle. I know that his heat lamp got knocked over by a cat and he has had a supplement bulb until I can get him a new one. But this bulb DOES keep his cage at 80 degrees minimum, which is what the species needs as far as I know. He has not eaten in four days and is constantly sitting under a hut with a backing rock atop it, or on top of the basking rock itself. He's not shedding either. Tomorrow morning he gets another ultraviolet light which is what he's been raised on. I couldn't find out if this was simply him not eating, maybe he needs humidity (which the pet store told me he did not and he has not had any in three months) or if it sounds serious enough he needs to go to a vet. Right now, he's in the bathtub. This sounds odd but I put an inch or two of water in it and he falls asleep in it and absolutely loves the warm water. I figured if it was humidity the water would help.
"becky b" is correct when she says that your bad husbandry is killing your sav."Stuart d" is probably correct when he says it might specifically be necrotic dermatitis. a vet might be able to stop the infection(if that be the case) but your bad husbandry will not provent it from reacuring.
now to correct all the bad info you just got... ..... first of niles are not semi aquatic despite what a care sheet says. all african varanids are fossorial ,they live in the ground and thats why substrate is so important. the ground, is their home, everything above is their back yard and just like us they live in their homes and not their back yards. not grasping this concept is one of the main reasons why most if not all peoples monitors barely survive in captivity and not thrive(like mine.hahahaha)all the care sheets (except the link to mampam) suck and are filled with bad monitor info. niles like all monitors need basking spots of AT LEAST 130F thats bear minimum anything less (like 110f - 130f ) is eventually playing with........well a dead monitor.i regularly use basking spots in the range of 160F-165F in conjunction with a "retes"stack (the single best "tool" in monitor husbandry) the recommendation of a hot side ambient air temp of 100f is VERY bad . try aiming for 80-85F on the warm side and 70-75f on the cool.
u.v. is useless to all monitors, if it was important id never have gotten eggs, id have gotten dead monitors. uv dependent reptiles that dont get proper uv exposure dont survive to reproduce. and niles do not need to soak. they soak in captivity cause they are not provided suitable substrates to dig/burrow in and thats how most monitors including niles regulate their humidity/moisture needs not soaking. soaking and /or pooing in the water is ALWAYS a sighn of dehydration no exceptions(unless its a mertins monitor)a soaking monitor is one thats SCREAMING its not being cared for properly ( again unless its a mertins monitor). this also goes for monitors that poo in the water as well. 2 feet of a proper water holding substrate and there is no soaking or pooing in the water.
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