Monitor Care Opinions wanted

[RontheReptile]

Hey Guys... (Also posted on CyberSal)

My little guy is a little over 2 ft. I have had him almost 3 months. I started by feeding him disco roaches and hissers, with a few meal worms now and then. I have now largely switched over to rodents(pinky rats.. 2 or 3 at a time) as well as fish and large tiger shrimp which I cut up into small enough peices. I also read that cat food supplamented with calcium d3 is acceptable. I have used this in a jam when I've run out of rodents. He is fed every second day.

Ambient Temp is about 90 deg.. Elevated basking spot at least 120 deg.. Humidity is between 50 - 80%. He seems to be thriving. Substrate is a dampened soil / peat moss mix. He has 2 hide spots which he uses alternately. He has a large water pool as well.

I have no intention of breeding him or getting another Monitor. I would love to get him tame as a lap dog. I would like some advice on my husbandry and any other advice on taming the little dragon would be greatly appreciated. Should I be doing something different?

Thanks in advance,,,,
Ron