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[coura]

There is nothing wrong with bonding with your lizard Maybe you can even long term teach him a few tricks that can make your both rutine easier. Positive reward its the key along side the fact that their habits animals. I would also sugest you made a smaller division in its cage wich would be the place were he sleept at nigth and eat, and wich would be equiped with a door that you could shut from outside. This would be really usefull to clean the cage (wille he feeds, Im shure if there is food envolved he will come) and during nigth you could only heat the dormitory and not the woule cage.

 

[Mike D]

There is nothing wrong with bonding with your lizard Maybe you can even long term teach him a few tricks that can make your both rutine easier. Positive reward its the key along side the fact that their habits animals. I would also sugest you made a smaller division in its cage wich would be the place were he sleept at nigth and eat, and wich would be equiped with a door that you could shut from outside. This would be really usefull to clean the cage (wille he feeds, Im shure if there is food envolved he will come) and during nigth you could only heat the dormitory and not the woule cage.

i agree. i would rather treat a bigger rep like a puppy and have it be calm than have it be mean as all hell.

im always giving my big iguana attention and he alwasy out and around me. and it has certainly paid off in the long run.

i know an iguana is no croc monitor but it cant hurt anything.

 

[isa.alhadad]

Wow, I hate reptiles but that is so beautiful. It gives me the creeps though.

 

[krzr3000]

Wow this might be the most the most impressive animal on MFK. Awesome...do post updates! Good luck with it.

 

[Death Pony]

WOW!!!!!! What a beauty! I'd definitely cut back on the feeding. They're not supposed to be that fat. Amazing monitor none the less. Just wow!

 

[andyjs]

One guy even told me that he knew what he was talking about, because he'd cared for a 25' long, 300lb Burm. I told him I'd like to see pics of that because I speak quite often to Bob Clark and he owns the largest Burm in the world, and she's only 23'. lol

Actually, I think you're referring to his retic (or does he also have a monster burm?), which he actually "sold" (I think it's more of a very long term (permanent?) lone to the Columbus Zoo). She's a sight to see. I think she's about 24' now.


That is an incredible lizard!. Not only is that thing HUGE, but that is beautiful patterning. That is definitely the fattest monitor I've seen, though. Good luck on slimming it down.

 

[The Red Severum]

crap that thing is huge! Where are you in IL? What did you end up trading for it? Your kid?
awesome pickup, and I am glad you researched about this thing!

 

[Z Trip]

lol, they sure are funny looking

Nice lizard.

 

[MyFishEatYourFish]

AWESOME MONITOR!
i've always wanted one.
i agree that he should be kept puppy dog tame. just cause hes a lizard doesn't mean that hes not use to the attention and enjoys it. a monitor left alone can become very removed very fast, which is a problem becuase these guys get huge! untame monitors, that size, are not scared of you, they just don't want to be bothered and will punish you for trying to mess with them if allowed to get to that point. i think that from safety's point of view this guy should be interacted with all the time, his punishment could end up being the removal of a hand or gutting a full grown man with those nails, could you imagine what he could do with that tail.
i don't know how much less you planned on handling him i would just hate to see something bad happen, to you or him.
i think by just cutting out on fattening food like that and giving him such a large home he will start to shed the pounds. i bet he would love some live food too, like fish in his pond or something. some baby chickens might be helpful too.
can't wait to see more pics of him and the enclosure!

 

[AW2EOD]

Oh, we'll most definately continue to interact with him, just not at the level the previous owner was. In the guys care, this monitor had no habitat...he roamed the guys bedroom, urinating and deficating where it saw fit. The previous owners idea of habitat was a large, flat rock, sat in front of a space heater.

He'd let him lay in bed with him, drink from the same water glass (often times letting it drink iced tea) and he'd let his very young daughter lay in the floor with it, grabbing its head, etc.

He'll be intereacted with daily, just not carried around and thought of as a Pomeranian.