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FR
at Wed Feb 16 19:39:32 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Actually sand monitors are very easy to train. Your problem is, you already trained them. They know where the food comes from and they are not shy about it.
Lacies are a bit shy. Of course males would jump out of a window for food. But they do not like the unknown.
My male croc monitor would turn his head and eyeball my tennis shoes, hmmmmmmm white like a rat. It was very interesting, as I would be in the cage with them.
What you need to do is let them bite your gloved hand and learn its not the food. (retrain)
With that said, I did this with adult peachies. After they knew my gloved hand was a source of food, I changed the game and closed my hand with the mice inside. They would try different things to get my hand open, from prying with their nose to digging at my hand with they front feet. I would only open my hand if they used their hands. They did learn this quickly. But, if I let them get sharp(really hungry) they would revert to other methods, including nibbling. They never bit the glove hard.
With that said, I would not do this with albigs. While they are very smart at some things, they just crush the glove and stuff comes out. hahahahahahahaha Thanks FR
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RE: Thats funny - FR, Wed Feb 16 19:39:32 2005