what your saying makes a lot of sense murr... my monitor never asked to be my pet and if you look at it technically he is forced caged and handled but that would be any pet. I've read many things saying that there is never a tame Argus and if you do then somethings wrong. I've had reptiles for close to ten years from frilled dragons to red iguanas but never seen a lizard as active as my Argus.