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Old 01-14-14, 04:34 PM   #22
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things

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Originally Posted by mdfmonitor View Post
My monitor will come to his name, especially now he's not been fed for two days!!


My monitor if fed 4 chicks on the run for about 4 days will look at me for a long time if fed 3 on the 5th day, this is why i swop food items around to stop the routine.

This is why i hide food items in the cage & still feed crickets even though he's 4.5 long, keep him looking & working for food.

I nearly got you a vid showing Lenny going in the direction on command, I've got him to do it a 3/3 times regularly, say forward he'll look forward & start walking forward & find a food reward, say behind he'd look behind & see or walk till he sees food reward, large locust worked best.

it is a case of catching him in the right mood, is he willing to corporate with me & certain food items worked best, he did it once off vid about 6/7 times, i've yet to film it, but i keeping having ago with it.

I'm sure he also watches my line of eye, because i'll look at insects that aren't moving that he can't see, i spend many hours just sat next to cage!!

the work out vid tests Lenny's brain & physical development, if the trap door was smoother & built better he'd open it every time for food, once he'd worked it out, no good to me i want those claws & forelimbs to work!!

you built a box & ticked all the boxes, now think what you can do to enhance their life experiences!!
look forward to a video when you manage it!

I wonder if monitors can be click trained, i'm sure I read something about a similar technique somewhere with monitors
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