Monitors more then any reptile I have worked with, need change. You are accurate, once their are established. They even like conflict and seek it. hahahahahahahahaha reminds me of board users.

About bonding, I may not be the best person to ask. As I do not force myself on them. I allow them to accept me.

When I was a kid, I only slowed down the keeping of reptiles for one other endevor, that is flying birds(raptors) I was taught to man raptors. To man a wild bird is to form a bond, a common shared bond, with a wild animal(a raptor) This is a form of forced training. As a non bird person, I realized, what the effect of manning was, it was to tame a wild bird. In fact, it often tamed them far better and faster then any method I knew of. So I attempted to man anything I could find, hamsters, parrots, lizards, snakes, etc. Man it was cool.

Please find and read books on raptors, there are many.

Back to your Croc monitor, with monitors, I form the same bond that you would with a raptor, a food bond. This food bond, forms a partnership, this partnership, is the strongest bond you can form.

So I recomend reading more about manning raptors. What a great topic for a great thread. Thanks

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• this might seem like a stupid question.. - rat_wrangler, Sat May 13 18:39:31 2006
• RE: this might seem like a stupid questi - ritt, Sat May 13 23:21:42 2006
• RE: this might seem like a stupid questi - holygouda, Sun May 14 01:35:21 2006
• RE: this might seem like a stupid questi - paine, Sun May 14 08:48:24 2006
• RE: this might seem like a stupid questi - rat_wrangler, Sun May 14 09:39:47 2006
• RE: For you cover people, front page new - FR, Sun May 14 14:22:05 2006
• RE: Sorry, third paragrapnh - FR, Sun May 14 14:25:52 2006
• RE: Sorry, third paragrapnh - varanuskaouthia, Sun May 14 14:41:16 2006
• RE: As you can imagine - FR, Sun May 14 18:51:42 2006
• RE: As you can imagine - varanuskaouthia, Sun May 14 19:28:34 2006
• RE: As you can imagine - FR, Mon May 15 09:23:47 2006
• RE: As you can imagine - Varanuslifer, Sun May 14 20:29:29 2006
• RE: As you can imagine - FR, Mon May 15 09:32:12 2006
• No imagining involved in these pictures. - SHvar, Sat May 20 23:33:35 2006
• RE: what are they made of? - JPsShadow, Sun May 14 10:24:02 2006