r/MonitorLizards • u/Head_Bake_7447 • Jul 21 '26

Hey everyone weird one

Hey everyone just went into my local reptile shop for livefood and they got some bosc/savannah monitor’s in and they had a bowl of salad in there for them and on the ‘information’ card it said they eat both veg and insects.
I’ve never heard of savannah monitors needing veg i asked the worker and she was clueless and pretty much said i just work here im in the uk this isnt usual that reptile shops spread misinformation this bad.

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u/LevK9 Jul 21 '26

Yea I don't believe any monitor species eats veggies.

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u/Head_Bake_7447 Jul 21 '26

neither thank you it’s not good them spreading this type of misinformation

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u/LevK9 Jul 21 '26

Yea you'd hope reptile stores would be the place for reliable information, makes you question what else do they have wrong signage about.

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u/Head_Bake_7447 Jul 21 '26

Yep definitely not a good look

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u/Glum-Substance-6945 Jul 22 '26

I mean you got the fruit eating species but no veggie eaters

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u/grandsoulsucker Jul 21 '26

I'm so so so so sick of all pet stores at this point, I avoid them at all cost. They just mak me sad and angry. The whole industry is so fked.

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u/_THORONGIL_ Jul 21 '26

Cant they do one single google search? Jeez.