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JM
at Thu May 25 16:17:47 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JM ]
We've had Rico for a year and a half now. I never set out to "tame" or "train" him in any way~
But I did
I see everyone here talking about building a "food bond"~ could be you want to be carefull about that.
I accidently trained him to act like a lunatic with me! The rotten beast (said affectionatly) has figured out that I am the food source. Food only comes from me (because if I didn't feed him no one else would)~ so~ whenever he see's me looking like I may open his cage he acts like a lunatic braining himself on the glass of his enclosure until I feel guilty enough to get him something more to eat. This has been mostly just funny~ until recently..........
Now when I open the cage for any reason (cleaning, misting, water or food) the rotten beast LEAPS out of the cage at me (or into the glass, braining himself again if I close the door fast enough)snapping at anything and everything (hasn't actually bitten me yet~ but he's been close!).
Gonna have to figure out a way to train him to be a little LESS obsessed with me.
I can't even show him to guests anymore. They think he is vicious if he see's me. He's a perfectly reasonable display animal looking all handsome~ until he gets the idea that I may actually touch his cage~ then he is a lunatic braining himself on the glass repeatedly.
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Cheryl Marchek
AKA JM
The Red Dragons Den
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons~ for you are Crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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- Taming monitors - FR, Thu May 25 11:59:20 2006
 Accidental conditioning - JM, Thu May 25 16:17:47 2006
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