I've been trying to tame my Savannah monitor, Buba, and so far he's doing great. But I would like some tips for those who alread has experience in taming these guys. So correct me if I'm wrong. So far I've been working with mine intensely since he's still young and his bite doesn't actually hurt. When I pick him up, he tends to struggle to get away so I would hold him firmyly until he stop squirming in my hand; then I put him down. Then I kept repeating this quite a number of times. Simple cause and effect. Just how smart are they? Ddo you think they'll remember what I'm teaching him? I heard they can be smart, but I'm not sure. But so far so good! I guess they do have the ability to learn. Another trick I'm teaching it is: when I pet and scratch his head, he gets very aggrevated and opens his mouth and trys to bite me. I don't let him get away with this. i kept do this until he shuts his mouth and calm down, and then I stop. I kept repeating this for quite sometime to the point that he would just close his eyes and let me scratch and pet his head. So like I said: they seem like a very intelligent lizard and learn pretty quickly, too.

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• Tips for taming Savannah monitors - Paradon, Fri Jul 21 20:50:20 2006
• RE: Tips for taming Savannah monitors - holygouda, Fri Jul 21 21:49:43 2006
• RE: Tips for taming Savannah monitors - Paradon, Fri Jul 21 22:09:03 2006
• RE: Tips for taming Savannah monitors - varanuskaouthia, Fri Jul 21 22:26:23 2006
• RE: Tips for taming Savannah monitors - varanuskaouthia, Fri Jul 21 23:01:19 2006
• Whoever that is - holygouda, Fri Jul 21 22:36:03 2006
• RE: Whoever that is - varanuskaouthia, Fri Jul 21 23:05:07 2006
• RE: Whoever that is - holygouda, Fri Jul 21 23:15:47 2006
• RE: Whoever that is - tatbeesh, Sat Jul 22 00:52:42 2006
• RE: Whoever that is - Paradon, Sat Jul 22 15:46:31 2006
• RE: Tips for taming Savannah monitors - ztous, Sat Jul 22 08:30:16 2006
• RE: Tips for taming Savannah monitors - dsreptiel, Sat Jul 22 13:19:38 2006
• The best advice, stop trying to tame it. - SHvar, Sat Jul 22 10:46:18 2006
• RE: The best advice, stop trying to tame it. - razaiel, Sat Jul 22 11:33:52 2006
• RE: The best advice, stop trying to tame it. - FR, Sun Jul 23 02:25:54 2006
• RE: The best advice, stop trying to tame it. - Paradon, Sat Jul 22 15:45:42 2006
• RE: The best advice, stop trying to tame it. - pgross8245, Sun Jul 23 08:39:02 2006