Oh, no I didn't come up with this approach myself. I was reading Mellisa Kaplin care sheet for green iguana because I happen to have one myself, and basically that's how she tames her iguana. Her method is call behavior modification. She said they do the same with elephants and other animals in the zoo. When you see them telling the elephant to lifts up the legs, it's not a trick; they teach them that so they can inspect their feet properly. The same with dogs and iguana. You want to be the alpha and need to show them that the only time they get what they want is to listen to you. Except, ofcourse, monitor aren't that social compared to the green iguana. I was just following her method for behavior modification since she's an accomplish animal rescuer and rehabilatator.

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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
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• 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
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• 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