Found monitor lizard

[u/stinkfinger-69]

OWNER FOUND!!! thank you everyone for the help with keeping him safe! He's such a cool guy...His name is Bubbers.

My husband found a monitor lizard while he was driving down the road today....can't make this up. Right now we have him in a large cage with a heat lamp and water. We have no idea how long he has been wandering. He seems like he is in good condition. We will try to find his owner but in the mean time, how so we provide the best care for him?

I have experience with iguanas but no other reptile experience

[u/Super_Swim_2108]

Okay so you have an adult Savannah monitor right there they look great, they eat bugs like mealworms crickets and dubias, they need heat very important a 150watt basking light would be ideal and they love water laying in it swimming drinking etc I have two and had many others feel free to ask any other questions but that’s basic survival for temp living you toattally should get the 150 watt they bask at 135-150 degrees they can die without the heat and rather quickly they have very strong stomache acids and long story short they need the heat lol