Its always a possibility, but then again its a very low probability. You may have 10-20 of them the same age, the same size, in all the same conditions, its always up to the individual lizard to decide what it wants to allow us meddling humans to do in their lives.

Ive had a few monitors that over the years decided with time that they wanted to allow me to have a closer relationship as far as contact, handling, etc, a very few that could be called (in some peoples eyes) "dog tame" but they never get that tame (they are not dogs), and these examples decided to accept me this way from day one.

Hope for the best, but expect the worse, after all, unless you want a dog, expect a monitor, which is a wild animal that has been that way for millions of years. Also accept the animal as an individual and its choices, expect to accommodate a wild animal properly, and never expect it to be a dog.

Theres no comparison.

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