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RE: It appears you half trained him

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Posted by: FR at Thu May 25 17:09:58 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

Then he fully trained you. hahahahahahahaha



Try this,





I trained this group of nasty old lacies to eat out of my hands, but using a gloved head, and holding the mice enclosed in my hand, and not letting them have the mice until they used only their claws. Pretty soon, these monitors understood to not bite the hand that fed them, and they became very tame. As I fed them with one hand, I slowly touched them with the other. I also forced them to walk over one hand to get to the hand the mice were in. I would then gently lift them up while they were feeding.



You see, you only clued your monitor into your hand, to get food, you did not teach him your hand was not food. The problem with training is, each step as a step before it, and after it.



You don't just grab a monitor and say, hey look at me I taming it. hahahahahahahahaha



On the otherhand, monitors are normally very tame. I really do not see them as all nasty and such, and that includes Croc monitors. Just treating them with respect is enough to tame most of them.



Also, its only common sense that you do not start or ever feed with a bare hand. THese monitors have razors for teeth. Common sense and patience is important with all things.



By the way, its also common sense to start with small monitors to learn your techniques. Cheers


   

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