if he doesn't want to eat ion front of you then leave him alone when you throw pinkies in there. I have many many reptiles and have not once force fed any of them.

I am very new to monitors and get alot of critism from the pros around here- but what your doing is plain wrong and you need to stop. And dont say hes skinny and your worried, you just cant keep your paws off the poor thing. When he grows up, hell get you back!

Also, i just bought a wild caught water monitor two months ago. Hes was extremely skinny and it worried me but ther was no force feeding going on. I'd leave four pinkies in his cage and for the first couple of days he ate none of them and i had to throw them out. Id rather lose a few bucks then shove food down my animals throat... and after two to three weeks my monitor doubled... maybe even tripled in weight... good god man whats wrong with you

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