Biting

So I was an idiot and followed a family members advice on taming and feeding for my new Savannah monitor they said to place my hand down and lure him into my hand with food on tongs well recently he has started biting I realized how idiotic I was when he told me oh yeah he only bit in the enclosure I bought gloves and will no longer be feeding with bare hands just gloves and tongs not messing with him when eating but I was wondering how I would get him to stop thinking my hand is food someone on a different forum suggest I feed him with gloves for a few weeks and then try taming again and if he bite to just let him until he realizes that he can't eat me but that seems like a kinda sketchy plan and I know there are many good people here so I figured I would ask:)

Look into "target training" for your Savannah monitor. He needs to learn to associate food ONLY with the correct target to get fed...there are some very good videos
around on this (search 'target training for komodo dragon'), & if you stay the course, I bet you can totally turn him around. :cool:

Thank you so much honestly you are a life saver on almost every post I have made you have been there and I really appreciate it just wanted to let you know you are the best haha

And you're SO much better with all your fingers...:D You're welcome, lol...

One thing that's worked for me, whether with snakes, ferrets, dogs, cats, etc....

I find it important to try to think like the animal. Think about their natural environment, how they hunt, what approach do their predators take, etc....
And then think about how your presence may make the animal feel, what fears the animal may have.
With feeding, place yourself in their situation. How do they hunt? How do they approach prey?

You can the apply that info to your feeding technique, handling technique, etc...

And the world as a whole seems to be shying away from common sense and common courtesy (not implying this is true of you, just a general statement).... remember common sense is your friend.

Good luck!