Other food sources include fish, snails, crayfish, shrimp and birds and their eggs. Some monitor keepers catch snails for their monitors in places which are known to be pesticide free. I see no problem with this, but in residential areas, I wouldn t want to take the risk. It s important that you feed a varied diet. Determining what you should feed your monitor is usually associated with where the monitor would be found in nature.
Most monitors don t feed on rodents, chicks, quail or quail eggs in nature.
Infact, most monitors probably don t even encounter them. Nonetheless, they make good substitutes for other food items which cannot be found or bought. Aquatic monitors should have fish, shrimp and crayfish included in their diet, along with chicks, quail eggs, insects, and the occasional rodent. Desert monitors should have a large amount of insects in their diet, the occasional rodent, chicks, quail eggs and some snails if possible. These food items help to vary the diet.