Monitor problem!? Please?

Question

Ok so i pampered my bosc monitor, and one day he managed to squirm out of my arms, and he ran, into a whole in my sink, this was 3 months ago, and he was very well fed, and given a lot of water. I thought he was a goner. so i used his old heating bulb, so i found him on the other side of my house just sitting there (today). He didn't really give me a fight, and he was ice cold, I don't hear any weezes from him. and he wasn't responding to me squirting water on him. So i had to go to the petstore, and i just bought a 150 bulb to warm him up. Just put it on. He is still alive because i can see him breathing. Do you think he will be ok? he is still a bit meaty. Do you think once he warms up he'll be ok?

Answer 1

if given proper care monitors are bullet proof. im going to give you a very quick run down on what you have to do to give him a shot( which he has.)

make sure his cage is the right size : 2x his length long by his length deep by his length wide. make sure his substrate is deep enough (at least a foot of a good dig able, able to hold a borrow soil mix for a juvie 2 for adult minimum) ditch the 150 watt bulb thats a WAY bigger bulb than you need to heat him up(unless your making monitor jerky). you need to give him a basking SPOT that reaches 130F MINIMUM ,150F+ (do not listen to anyone that tells you less is ok )if its an adult or breeder..remember this is the basking SPOTS temp not the air temp. i do this with a 44 watt halogen flood lamp and raising the basking spot UP to the light (well about 8" away).i then pug it into a rheostat to adjust the heat to the room s temps . then check with an inferred temp gun.  ambient AIR temps 90F-70F from hot side to cool.all this with that one bulb. leave it on 24/7- 52/12  NO DAY NIGHT CYCLE. if you go with this approach you might be surprised at how tuff your monitor might be.good luck here is a link to some pics of my monitor setup.  http://reptilegeeks.com/user/Jsin_Hardco...

Answer 2

should be, they can go into a sort of hibernation if they get to cold. i would get him back up to about 85 to 95 degrees. and see how he is in a couple of days. if after a few days he doesnt seem to get any better i would try to get him to a reptile vet.

Answer 3

you could try soaking him in warm water but not hot enough to burn him. when he is warm you can try to feed him.

Answer 4

ummm was he out of his enclosure for 3 months?if he was then why the h**l didnt you find him that day? it doesnt sound good i think you should take it to the vet....i didnt understand if he was in the sink for 3 months or not so if he wasnt sorry about the first bit

Answer 5

hopefully he should be and as the person above said, they do go into hibernation so if you warm him up, hopefully everything should be ok. Just monitor his health and you may want to look into having him checked by an expert as well.