I am sorry to see that you cannot take a little bit of constructive criticism(isn't that what forums are for?). You can go on and on, and believe that this is a cute little behavior and how it makes you smile everytime you see your animal do this, but nevertheless, your animal is trying to tell you something about the conditions you are offering it.



I also apologize, for I was not aware that you were a vet tech. I hereby stand corrected; after all, vet techs are leading authorities on varanid husbandry, due to the sheer volume of varanid patients they see on a daily basis, and through the wealth of knowledge of varanid ecology and physiology gained in vocational schooling. My deepest apologies.



You made a post regarding a certain behavior you whitnessed in your captive. I answered with what I believe you are whitnessing, based on my experiences keeping varanids(isn't that what forums are about?). Why come to a forum for opinions or advice when you don't want to hear the responses given to you, or already have the answers you want to hear up in your head?



I took the time to reply to your post because it seems as if there are issues concerning your husbandry which are off, and my goal was to help your monitor not become another statistic; adding on to the hundreds of thousands of nile monitors which are killed each year by inexperienced keepers.



Your attitude will not get you far in understanding your captive, nor will it get you any future responses or suggestions next time around. I tried to help you with constructive criticism, but I guess it was not what you wanted to hear. Good day
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• funny little habbit - po, Sun Jan 15 18:31:33 2006
• RE: funny little habbit - odatriad, Sun Jan 15 18:43:12 2006
• Hey odatriad---lighten up! - Pippps, Sun Jan 15 19:10:10 2006
• dude! - po, Mon Jan 16 19:24:57 2006
• RE: dude! - odatriad, Mon Jan 16 20:57:46 2006
• RE: dude! - JungleGems, Mon Jan 16 21:34:31 2006