Rescued Nile Monitor. Need advice.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by infernalis

Yes, good stuff, I would like to find a place that processes rabbits for consumption, the feet would make a treat, bones, toenails and all.

if you have a trader joes they might have some, try your local special meats store, call in. I got pajaaamas some sheep brains once. Ive never seen an animal love a food more. He has only had it once because apparently sheep brain doesnt come out much

[Vegasarah]

It really is entertaining to watch them eat, isn't it? Such enthusiasm for it, I really enjoy feeding Django. Love that feisty attitude, so many of my other animals are so lazy lol.

He kind of reminds me of myself, long and lean and always down to eat! Plus if I had a tail I know of a few people that would be gettin' whipped by it!

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by infernalis

Yes, good stuff, I would like to find a place that processes rabbits for consumption, the feet would make a treat, bones, toenails and all.

I have a pet rabbit >___< I know who to call if she kicks the bucket.... lol jk

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

It really is entertaining to watch them eat, isn't it? Such enthusiasm for it, I really enjoy feeding Django. Love that feisty attitude, so many of my other animals are so lazy lol.

He kind of reminds me of myself, long and lean and always down to eat! Plus if I had a tail I know of a few people that would be gettin' whipped by it!

I like pajaaamas so much I imagine if I were him.



Id smack my neighbors dog with my oar of a tail if I could, that bugger poops in my yard. I might even give him a good hissin crabwalk as well!

[infernalis]

do you draw those???

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by infernalis

do you draw those???

yes i do :3
i paint as well

id do one of little foot and sarah if youd like

[infernalis]

uh, yes please....

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

That's what I figured. I had one in my bag today that was very large, I probably would have asked for a smaller one if I had seen it sooner. I still offered it to him and after he banged it against a grape vine a few times, he decided he would knock his head back and choke it down. I watched this with some apprehension, ready to grab that little pink leg sticking out if he looked like he wouldn't be able to get it down. He was fine, of course. Though he kind of had to turn his neck side to side a few times to work it down lol. I figured that if something really was too big he could thrash it down to smaller bits if he wanted to.

When i fed my Ackie mice he would do this and also with the very large locusts, i assumed that they were doing this to crush the food slightly using the throat/neck muscles??

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

When i fed my Ackie mice he would do this and also with the very large locusts, i assumed that they were doing this to crush the food slightly using the throat/neck muscles??

From what Ive seen their neck has muscles galore at the vertebrae but the throat is more of a pouch, not too much of anything there.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

From what Ive seen their neck has muscles galore at the vertebrae but the throat is more of a pouch, not too much of anything there.

Pursuant to a statement made on "Life in Cold Blood - Dragons of the dry" that pouch is muscular. It's also used as a bellows to pump fresh air while running, making monitor lizards capable of running full speed for great distances.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by infernalis

Pursuant to a statement made on "Life in Cold Blood - Dragons of the dry" that pouch is muscular. It's also used as a bellows to pump fresh air while running, making monitor lizards capable of running full speed for great distances.

weird, pajaaamas is like a pelican pouch, he can use it to pump air for hisses n such but ive never seen him crush much of anything in there, now i have seen him use his head and enclosure as the hammer of thor on a rat once.

[infernalis]

I don't believe they crush any food with it, but I have seen my lizards store food in it while grabbing up more.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by infernalis

I don't believe they crush any food with it, but I have seen my lizards store food in it while grabbing up more.

I have seen this with mine, he looks so odd because its like some sort of prehistoric chip monk. On that, do they burry their food for later? I have seen him deliberately dig a hole, put food in it, and cover it back up.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

I have seen this with mine, he looks so odd because its like some sort of prehistoric chip monk. On that, do they burry their food for later? I have seen him deliberately dig a hole, put food in it, and cover it back up.

you just answered your own question by observation.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by infernalis

you just answered your own question by observation.

but ive never seen him go back and dig it back up :C its like he forgets he buried it, till something smells RIPE in there. Then I have to play "where did pajaaamas whack the rat".