You’re literally the most helpful person on youtube😂 you are brutally honest and i love it!!

I really like how he actually answers the clickbait question in the first minute. First KZfaqr I’ve seen to actually deliver the goods.

Having a Savannah Monitor is kind of like having a pet Velociraptor. Sounds awesome until you really think about the logistics of it. Awesome lizards though.

I’m laughing way too hard at your honesty 😂 “is it the best lizard? No. No.” With a hint of that trademark enthusiasm

I did consider getting one multiple times, but really glad I didn't. Very informational video as always.. Thanks Clint!

Honestly don't understand how this channel doesn't have millions of subscribers, Super easy to follow, educational, high quality content keep up the good work!

I grew up with a savannah monitor and absolutely loved him! We built a 10ft x 10ft enclosure for him and it was as tall as our ceiling. He loved car rides and going to the pet store with us when we picked up his food. Definitely not for everybody, but my favorite reptile I ever had.

I can honestly imagine Java being like ''can you let me go already hooman I got things to do, people to see and places to 'splore'' if he could talk

WOW, his nails are beautifully trimmed and STILL cause some damage! Please please PLEASE do a video like this for Iguanas!!! I talked a woman out of buying an iguana for her first pet last week, come to find out it was for her 8 year old daughter! I sold her a bearded dragon instead, and I think they'll be much happier with that as a family pet.

I'm looking forward to the Komodo Dragon review. :)

I saw a lil baby savannah monitor at a pet store today, it being so cute I put it on my list of reptiles I'd consider getting down the line. But I'm SO glad I came across this video to really know what they're like, and to learn they're DEFINITELY not for me (while I do love puppy-sized lizards). So glad to see clear and factual information from a source that actually cares :^)

Gosh I felt the frustration just WATCHING Clint handle this savannah monitor! Can definitely see how active they are!

Guess I got lucky. My Savannah was so sweet and tame that I feel we truly loved eachother. 22 years later and I still love my Mikey. He passed away from Bronchitis. I could fall asleep and he'd just lay on my chest till I woke up. One thing he didn't talk much about is just how smart Savannahs are. I was the reptile specialist at a pet store for 2 years and I've seen all manner of reptiles... But to this day I've only seen one reptile that would "play" and that's Savannahs. I've seen Savannahs make see saws out of wood there they continuously went from one side to the other and seemed to enjoy the feeling of going up and down. Call me crazy...but it happenned so often that Is swear it was "playing"

I think this is a great start to a 'before you buy' series on popular reptiles that aren't easy to keep, like savannahs and iguanas! Pet stores really need to stop carrying reptiles they can't care for themselves, but I think it's more careless to be selling baby animals that grow up to be huge. I think if you sell giant lizards in your pet store, you need to show the casual customer what they turn into and the enclosure it takes to keep one. Of course, they'd make less sales that way...

I’ve said it before but I love the fact that Clint doesn’t sugar coat anything he gives pros and cons of every animal he covers and in a lot of cases an animal’s cons outweigh the pros by a massive amount such as in this case.

Oh man the first "maybe not this one guys" I mean you did say it for the tegu as well but still came away positive for them.

Wow, their eyes are beautiful! But I’ll stick with my blue tongue

And these are often sold as "the best starter monitor" lizard in pet shops.

This savannah monitor is actually so well behaved???? I was watching goherping's video and his monitor squirms like the devil possessed unless swaddled and literally poop everywhere in every single video 😂

Those eyes are wicked I love how they look like a dinosaur up close . I love the color overall as well ☺

i'm completely new to this channel and don't own any reptiles but i have to tell you that i just love your excitement and enthusiasm it realy is showing that you love what you do. thank you for introoducing people like me to your passion, have a great life mate and keep doing what you do.

Absolutely love this video. Wish it came with every half assed care sheet pet stores hand off for these guys. Wouldn't give mine up for the world, but they (as many other monitors) are not what most people tend to expect with a reptile. All my monitors have rooms, Colonies of food and deep substrate. I gotta tell ya, the cost of the correct substrate as well as the cost of all the larger roach species (well over 1000$ for 8 species of medium and large roaches alone) in the past few months from private breeders, cheaper that way) for food SEVERELY outweighed the cost of converting a bedroom, vet checkups, and continuous electricity for lighting plus the lighting itself altogether. Almost all of my monitors, and my Argentine tegu, are adoptees/rescues from people. People who had them in a breeder (40g) tank when they were at least 2 feet long, or loving families who just couldn't take care of them anymore due to either health or housing problems (how I got my Savannahs and my tegu). They were incredibly aggressive, mean, and dangerous animals. But you give them the space they deserve, and the respect they absolutely deserve- they come around so fast it's amazing. My Nile monitor, I got him from someone who said he does nothing but bite and escape. He has the largest room in my enclosure, and does have his days where he doesn't really want to deal with me, but he immediately lost his aggression- he grew curious of me rather than fearful of me. You work on their terms, you give them respect, and in return they give you coexistence. Not a lovely dovey animal, definitely dangerous animals if your not aware of how to interact with them, but incredibly intelligent and absolutely amazing to live with and I love them more than anything in the world. Ps. Your also correct, my arms are always scratched to hell. I do have leather handling gloves and cut proof sleeves from work (I work with razor sharp sheet metal, but every cut on me is from one of my animals) but I'm either too lazy or too forgetful to ever put them on. Lucky me I have a high pain tolerance, and but man they make you bleed a LOT.

I had one of these, impulse rescue buy from a store as she had infected feet that weren’t being treated. No idea how to keep them really (this was almost 50 years ago) She was a little smaller than this one but still pretty big. Temperament wise I got really lucky, though she only bonded to me and would hiss and threaten to tail whip visitors if she felt like it. Never hurt me in any way. She would lie across the back of the sofa behind me, her only sin was stealing fried eggs off my plate if I was eating 😄 I could hold her and she would go to sleep. She once bit the vet that was treating her feet…somehow grabbed her finger at the first joint and refused to let go. She finally did, poor vet went to ER! She was wild caught I’m sure. Passed away after only a year or two, feet never really properly healed and I think she had the fatty liver too. I wish I had her now, with knowledge we have. She was so intelligent and affectionate with me. I had half a room for her enclosure but she had run of the house most of the time.

I’m so happy that there’s someone who doesn’t sugar code anything involving reptiles. Awesome!

"Let me off of this hecking table you frick"

This channel revived my love for the hobby, well i never stopped loving reptiles and amphibians but this channel pulled me out of a state of mind where i wasn't particularly doing well. I now have 4 lizards and 1 toad and caring for them has done wonders for my mental health. These wonderful creatures have succeeded where 18 years of medication and therapy failed to help. I might even go as far as to say that this channel might have saved my life.

Your blunt honestly and great insight is why I listen to what you say and why I continue to watch you videos.

I'm so glad I saw this before buying a savannah monitor. Someone was selling babies on craigslist for dirt cheap and I was REALLY tempted. But this video really opened my eyes

When he said no the Lizard paused and looked at him like "Okay?? Rude?"

Jabba does NOT wanna chill He's all over the place Really cool though, I love his eyes, he really is a beautiful monitor

Aww Clint. I'm so glad you exist and are sharing your love, wisdom and knowledge with the world! My 4yr old nephew now loves your channel, he lives 5 hours drive away so don't get to see anywhere near as much as I'd like bit at least I know we get to share your channel!

I really love how much passion is shown when he is talking about these animals.

I’m just here for 16 minutes of Monitor wrestling

You did well at putting these guys to light! They are far from the “beginner” monitor they’re often sold as! If not some of the other ones, they’re one of the most needy. Especially since they dig so damn much! These monitors will cost you thousands and thousands of dollars in the long run if kept properly. Great video! Definitely a deserving score.

Great info Clint and LOVE the honesty!!

I freaking love this guy. Literally this is one of my favorite youtube channels.

I love it! When you said they could be broke to harness, and as I was watching that lizard's persistence in crawling around, I was thinking, "Yeah, a team of four of them could pull a little cart." I'm NOT serious, you know, but didn't an Emperor of China supposedly have a chariot drawn by "dragons?"

I have a savannah monitor... Was nippy when he was younger, but I worked with him. He used to be very cuddly and loved to be held, but now he would rather do his own thing, be it roaming or on a walk around. He is very active, as in, he wants to roam and if you pet him he'll move away or let you do it (which isn't that common anymore). He is very stubborn and will take the path of most resistance. So, what I am trying to say, if you want a cuddly lizard you can really interact with, not a Savannah monitor. It's like owning a scaled cat, you don't do, he does. I still love him, but, he is my first monitor (not my first lizard, I have had iguanas, water dragons and geckos), but I should of started with maybe a tegu or ackie. He does eat well, and I mean he will eat everything. I feed him Raw (food brand) salmon/beef so it's not too fatty but high in nutrients. I love him but he is a grumpy lil guy. His name is Savy because he is savy with the ladies (girls always think he is adorable and want to hold him. He'll let them hold them but literally no men. It's kind of funny, but how he got his name... well also it's short for savannah). Good video, and they are expensive to keep unless you find a big display case ( I have a 8x5x4 and he is 3 1/2 feet), find out that 300+ watt flood lights and ceramic heaters work, and use cypress mulch like it took time for me to find out.

I really appreciated this video, I haven't exactly specifically searched for many Savannah Monitor related things but this definitely opened up my eyes to the true complex nature of their care. Loved the disclaimer too!

It's great how honest the reviews are

He is adorable!! Amazing video as always Clint! Thanks for being honest about them, so we know what we are expecting from them if we buy one.

For anyone looking for an excellent source and breeder for more Savannah monitors New England Reptile Distributors actually socialize them aswell and have great videos on them. Expect to pay thousands though. Also Clint and friends have you seen the video of a Lace Monitor (not savannah thanks :) ) being trained to wave to ask to be let out? Absolutely amazing! I think the channel was CrocDoc "can you train a monitor"

Thanks for making the savannah monitor video, it was awesome.

Almost 2 years later, still watching this video and sharing it. And I still love/have my savannah monitor!

"Brother, move your stuff out of your room. I need it for my Savannah monitor, oh and I need your college savings"lol

I completely agree with you Clint. It takes a professional with loads of experience to care for a Savannah monitor!!!

Awesome video, thanks for posting!

Those little legs moving when you pick him up are so cute. 😂

Would you consider doing a video about waterdragons? Or maybe one where you're showing your enclosure-setup for your snakes. I'd be particularly interested in your BCI.

Lovely video! I tried watching this with my sav, Sarge. But of course he tried to eat the phone and then began searching the room when I got it away from him. What a good boy, but yeah. Savs are terrible to keep. I’m just glad I got to rescue him

Love your Channel always has awesome new & different entertaining & educational content. The savannah monitor is awesome, they look super prehistoric & have super rad faces

So important 💚 thank you for these videos.

I feed my monitor calci worms, horn worms, gut loaded dubias, calcium loaded eggs, few daily gut loaded crickets dusted in calcium, butterworms and wax worms only for his target training and mealworms for snacks. He was an import wild caught young young baby but he was the calmest and FATTEST so I took him in and daily monitor every little thing about him. I own a reptile rescue with 75 permanent resident forever family members "animals" and room for another 160 reacues rehabbers and rehomes. My savannah monitor is in my top 3 favorite personal animals ever. He is my boy and my doll. Super sweet to handle. I made sure to keep him warm but not around the action the first 60 days. With multiple small micro insect meals every day by me personally and tiny cameras watching him 24/7 so I could be sure he gets the best start for being a hatchling stressed out. He is now a fancy boy who i adore. Worth every bit of effort. I owe my years of experience especially with high needs rescued animals for the ease of owning my monitor. I love tegus and other monitors but my savannah is my favorite by far of any lizzard ever.

Whenever i see or hear about a savannah monitor i always think about goherping's ranking my lizards intelligence video where bonabelle just shits with rage on the table

do more of these, love them!

Wonderful video, happy to see someone give some truthful advice when it comes to these beautiful lizards.

Oh dang. My moms ex boyfriend has a savannah monitor. He is taking horrible care of it, worse than I thought. It lives in a 40g tank (its still small enough to fit in it, but it looked rather cramped). He uses ASTRO TURF for substrate. It only has a heat pad for heat. And the best part, he feeds it nothing but the wild rats that infest his dads house where he lives!

Thank you so much for this video. I was somewhat tempted to purchase one today at a reptile expo, but I wanted to do my research first. Very glad that I did. While they are gorgeous lizards, this is definitely not the right pet for me at this time.

Thanks for the honesty and the great review of this animal! the coolness factor is definitely there, but it takes much more than that to take on a pet like that!

Cool vid Clint keep it up!!!

You know. I love every single one of your videos, and have voiced in the past probably several times that I would love other monitor lizard videos. Just throwing it out there, if you ever plan to do a video on monitors such as Niles, asian water monitors, or white throats- I would love to volunteer my animals and my supervision with them for a video. (All of mine are iffy, but the best behavior goes in order by: Nile, Savannah, asian water, cape banded white throat) Seems like that would be super fun to do, and I would love to help deter impulse buyers or owners who just don't realize what the animal is and needs. Also of course to help anyone as thickheaded as I am, who will get one anyways, figure out exactly what they're looks my for need and temperament wise. No idea how close you are to Arizona, but hey if I never offer I never get to join the fun.

Most monitor owners I know feed them wrong (along with lighting and caging and handling). So they live fast and die young (like within 3-5 years). I hate that they sell for so cheap because that encouraged impulse buys. Also people often feed them as big of rats as they can. Also the temps required for them is insanely hard to get with standard heating elements.

These series being honest about struggles of keeping certain reptiles is a gem

Would you ever consider a reevaluation of this score? I can only speak for myself, but I’m the person who saw that 40 dollar lizard, bought on impulse, then took it home. It has truly been a fantastic experience. I’ve learned a lot and my Sav is amazing. I built a large enclosure for him and he is absolutely thriving. I can reach in and pet him anytime I want. Not once has he been defensive and has only ever accidentally bitten me during feeding, which I don’t count as being bitten. There are certainly people that shouldn’t have these guys, and yes I do have an ackie who makes a skip and a hop in socialization for every step my Sav makes, but my Sav is my baby.

PLEASE DO A IGUANA GREEn preferably

"to our 5-" *clink clink clink clink* *screeeeeeech* "categories" **I heard this while working on a project**

YAAAAAAAS!!! THANK YOU! Am sharing this on every social media account I have of every platform!!! Thank you for spreading the word. I want the world to know and for the horrible suffering of these animals to stop!!! I personally would not trade my 4 yr old for the world. But I've had him since he fit entirely in the palm of my hand. He was so tiny, scrawny and weak. He's always been sweet.

Your channel is the most informative reptile channel on youtube

I have a Savannah Monitor and I admit it was an impulse buy. He's been with me for 6 moths now and apparently he was an import. I dont regret the purpose though as I have the means to care for him and he is awesome. He can get pretty fiesta around feeding time though, lol

Love our sav! No they are not for all. Luckily we got a male and they tend to live longer and are easier to care for but nobody know yet how to completely care for them. One of my favorites. I always tell people "yeah...its $25 for an animal but the enclosure will cost you $1000 and half a good size room."

Thank you so much for giving accurate info to prevent early death due to wrong diet conceptions! I don't have one of these but I love them and it breaks my heart that so many die young due to improper care!

Great clip! Glad I watched it. I did not know they can get that big. Thank you for the info..

I come back to this video because it’s my favorite video of you, to watch you wrangle this big monitor the whole time 😂 also, my savannah monitor is my favorite pet. I rescued mine after he only ate rodents his whole juvenile life. Now he has a dubia roach colony just for him, and he goes for walks outside. He has potty trained himself to either go potty outside or in his water bowl 😭 which is easy to clean but gross!! Thank you for this honest video, I hope it deters people that truly aren’t ready from buying one. And if you are looking to work with a monitor, PLEASE try to rescue one

I have one and I can speak from experience. They make terrible pets, but they are awesome lizards.

I had a savannah monitor for years while in medical school and residency. He was like a cat, and we enjoyed hanging out together on the couch while I was studying or watching TV. I went out of town for a weekend and all three of his heat lamps burned out while I was gone (a primary, a backup, and the backup to the backup). He caught a respiratory infection from that, which ended him.

I've seen this guys excited face ever since i started breeding Kingii. Nice to see him again.

It looks like a beardie on steroids

ROOM TOUR ROOM TOUR ROOM TOUR

Excellent information

I just got one and I love it thank you for the info

i think you should change the last one from "upfront costs" to just costs. what you were describing is total costs. upfront costs for an animal would just be the price to buy the animal at a store.

please do an episode "Crocodile, Best pet lizard?" A lot of us are debating whether to buy a Crocodile.

This is a great video we are interested in getting one this year

I definitely love this channel, I have a Savannah myself and I love his to pierces. Would love to learn more!! Keep up the good work guys and maybe I can be a guess on the show🤗

Can you please do a video on green Anoles? I had one when I was a little kid and I absolutely loved that little guy, but not many people seem to talk about them, so I wonder if they actually make good pets or not

So... A knitted sweater, free roam of the entire house, perfect food, and massive amounts of cuddle time: no exceptions? Lolz! Guess it's time to get hardcore! Haha, sounds like they're right up there with Redtail Catfish 😊😀

I'd love an updated version of this

Love your vids :D

I adore my Savannah. He is like a puppy, Valkrin is my favorite reptile I have.

I like to se a water monitor video

Our Savannah monitor is very tame and has such a calm attitude . yeah the claws are sharp but you just gotta know how to handle them . this was our first big lizard so we did our research when we got her .

I am thoroughly researching every possible pet lizard currently, before adding another to my home. I'm so grateful for your videos for being so honest so I don't make the wrong decision 😂

I love your straight forward information. You just helped me decide not to get a savanna monitor. Just not right for me.

Yeah, no, I will stick with geckos hehe. Great video as always!

Definitely going to use those links for my savannah monitor

So very helpful

Aww Poor Jabba! He's a beast for sure, and you definitely are correct in all the info... But I think these guys get such a bad rap.. I mean, I've only had mine a month and he's as docile as my Bearded Dragon..... Now if only I can get the red tegu to stop completely spazzing out when I try to handle it =( Still waiting on that tegu taming technique video!

Do water monitor next

This video was super helpful I'm taking in a rescue Savannah which hasn't been handled when it was little

Great video!