I know he is pretty smart~ but he is a quick study apparently. I started the hand feeding as you suggested (with a glove) the other day~ and I saw a difference in his behaviour the second day. Already he is much calmer about approaching me and checking for food rather than jumping at me with gaping maw.



Then again~ I also increased the amount of food he was getting each morning~ that may have made the difference too. Before he was getting one to two P/K fuzzy rats a day with an occasionaly boiled egg for a snack~ now he is getting a boiled egg every morning with the glove (thats our "training time"~ I cut the egg in half shell and all~ he gets the egg halves from the glove and I touch/pet him with my other hand while he eats it)~ and a fuzzy rat later in the day. Perhaps I was accidently underfeeding him? Or am I now overfeeding him?
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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
• RE: It appears you half trained him - FR, Thu May 25 17:09:58 2006
• RE: It appears you half trained him - phantompoo, Fri May 26 00:51:11 2006
• Wood shavings as a suitable substrate? - odatriad, Fri May 26 09:33:25 2006
• RE: Are you addicted or what? - FR, Fri May 26 10:27:58 2006
• RE: Are you addicted or what? - mistaman, Sat May 27 15:52:56 2006
• he's smarter than I thought - JM, Mon May 29 15:15:04 2006
• RE: Your right - FR, Mon May 29 15:53:15 2006