Hey Guys Sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place im pretty new to forum's and any question ive left on monitor forums seemed to go unanswered and seeing how a lot of you guys on here seem pretty helpful & a lot more experienced thought maybe one of you guys can help. I got a black throat monitor last week and he was really crazy tail whipping hissing non stop he was 15 16 inches and is around 19-20 now. so far he has tamed down pretty well ive been hand feeding him since the 2nd day I had him. On Saturday he actually walked up my hand and out of his enclosure so I let him hang out in my room for a couple hours then on Sunday he did it again & I gave him a bath in the tub and after th bath he was quite docile I thought things were going pretty well until today he didnt climb out on my hand again but I left his door open for a bit and went downstairs to get something & sure enough he was out by the time i got back but for some reason this time he was hissing and tail whipping soon as he saw me so when got him on me to put him back in his enclosure he was hissing at me non stop so I didnt want to reword that by puting him back so I let him walk over my arms over & over again until he stopped hissing and relaxed then i let him go back in.
So my question is did I do something wrong or is this kind of normal behavior when taming big lizards and @ this point should I be letting him out of his enclosure by either leaving the door open or reaching in or wait until he comes out on his own again or just keep taking him out and walking over my arms.
any advice is really appreciated and also if any of you guys know a good monitor forum please let me know.
Thank you, Arvin k.
So my question is did I do something wrong or is this kind of normal behavior when taming big lizards and @ this point should I be letting him out of his enclosure by either leaving the door open or reaching in or wait until he comes out on his own again or just keep taking him out and walking over my arms.
any advice is really appreciated and also if any of you guys know a good monitor forum please let me know.
Thank you, Arvin k.