Nile monitor (very mad at how he was treated)

[Odynxjules]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

You'd want to move to a better diet than just rodents. You can try quail or chicks, large roaches or other large worms as some food items. There's various items you can offer up. The best way to gain the "trust" of a monitor is to only interact with it when you need to, showing that you're not someone to be feared by trying to grab it and handle it.

Im only doing rodents right now because my knowledge is still pretty limited. would pet stores like petco or petsmart sell something like the large worms or large roaches?

And im guessing what you meaning is just transferring him from one space to another while feeding him and then back to begin with? or for most of his life?