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FR
at Thu Jan 12 11:14:16 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
When someone asks a question such as you did, my first thought is, they should not have a monitor until they can decide for themselves. Thats just my first thought.
You have your own set of rules and your own set of experiences, that may or may not be accurate. For instance, all reptiles warn you they are going to bite, even boas, you just have need to learn about the animals your working with. Consider, some people no matter how long you have had a type of animal, never look deep enough to see the warnings. For instance with boas, they tilt their heads up(nose up) prior to biting. A tiny push on that nose and make it go down, makes the individual go submissive(just one of many traits boas have)
If you have set the rules you have, then picking them by species is most likely not the approach you want to take. You want a rare individual monitor that has completely accepted captivity and became exceptionaly tolerant to humans. My suggestion would be, fine someone that has a monitor exactly like you want and buy it off them. The reason I say this is, its not about species.
To make it worse, its often more about the human keeper, then it is about the monitor or any reptile. You can find someones perfectly tame monitor and have it not be tame with you, as its more about the keeper.
All and all, I have seen pet type individual monitors of all species, from niles to crocs.
Personally I like to raise monitors from hatchlings, then I have no excuse but to blame myself for any short comings the monitor may end up with.
Last night, I took a wicked ackie bite, hahahahahahahahahaha, you see, I am training this one male to run up my arm and feed off my shoulders. Hes real real good at it. Except last night, he decided the webbing between my thumb and first finger was real tasty. Good Luck, FR
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RE: a Question only you can answer - FR, Thu Jan 12 11:14:16 2006