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Very nice Alex. Do you give them a big water pan for soaking/swimming, or just a drinking dish?
@ Catking, in my experience they're not particularly wild. I think a lot of the rep comes from the Niles which do tend to be hard to acclimate while also being very common in the hobby. Also they generally don't like to be held or restrained so when people get them and try to over-handle them there's a good chance they'll be scratched/bitten. One of my monitors, a brown roughneck (V. dumerili), didn't like being held at all. But he wasn't really wild or nasty; I could go in his cage to do maintainance etc, change his water, feed him, touch him even with no problems. But if I tried to grab/restrain him I'd likely end up with some serious scratches, and if I continued to push him I had a fair chance at a bite.
@ Catking, in my experience they're not particularly wild. I think a lot of the rep comes from the Niles which do tend to be hard to acclimate while also being very common in the hobby. Also they generally don't like to be held or restrained so when people get them and try to over-handle them there's a good chance they'll be scratched/bitten. One of my monitors, a brown roughneck (V. dumerili), didn't like being held at all. But he wasn't really wild or nasty; I could go in his cage to do maintainance etc, change his water, feed him, touch him even with no problems. But if I tried to grab/restrain him I'd likely end up with some serious scratches, and if I continued to push him I had a fair chance at a bite.
CTU2fan;1852391; said:
You can just call me Cole, and well thats preaty intresting to hear um... CTU2, bet you have a some nice scars on your arm. So Alex what do you have to say about Monitors?
Haha Cole. And Davo's back...welcome back 
No really serious scars actually. I generally let go when they're really seriously wanting me to unless I really have to do something with them...in that case if I know I'm going to get clawed I'll wear gloves. I don't like to though, if they're thick enough to help they're a bit too thick for me to do what I need to, just kind of clumsy.
No really serious scars actually. I generally let go when they're really seriously wanting me to unless I really have to do something with them...in that case if I know I'm going to get clawed I'll wear gloves. I don't like to though, if they're thick enough to help they're a bit too thick for me to do what I need to, just kind of clumsy.
CTU2fan;1853071; said:Haha Cole. And Davo's back...welcome back
No really serious scars actually. I generally let go when they're really seriously wanting me to unless I really have to do something with them...in that case if I know I'm going to get clawed I'll wear gloves. I don't like to though, if they're thick enough to help they're a bit too thick for me to do what I need to, just kind of clumsy.
Oh, so thats what you do when you hold them. Are they preaty cool?
