Best harness/leash for Sav. Monitor

[Tyger9791]

Vinnie has outgrown his reptile harness. he had one of these:

http://www.reptilesupply.com/images/643854800305.jpg

so now i'm looking at getting him a new harness. should i get a ferret one or a small/toy dog one?

[rebeccabecca]

I've seen pics of people using small dog/cat ones but I think the ferret ones would not fit well as they are quite skinny all of thier lifes. Buy a cheaper one thenreturn it if it doesn't fit right. BTW how do you get it to want to put on the harness??

[Tyger9791]

at first he struggled, but after doing it a few times every day for a few days, now he wants to be put in his harness. he knows if he gets his harness put on then he gets to roam around outside his enclosure. the first time i put him in one, he immediately wanted to scurry away, he didnt gator roll just tried to run. i usually put on my handling gloves when i put his harness on just so i dont get scratched up by his nails. he likes to grab onto me while i handle him.
my friend has a sav. monitor that literally when you get the leash and harness out he rolls over on his back and waits for you to put his harness on. these guys are pretty smart and respond to some training. they respond to certain cues.

[DSGB]

Me and my buddy tried to put one on his a. tegu, that didnt go as planned.

[mainbutter]

my friend has a sav. monitor that literally when you get the leash and harness out he rolls over on his back and waits for you to put his harness on. these guys are pretty smart and respond to some training. they respond to certain cues.

If it is possible do you think you could get a video of that??? I want to show my girlfriend who greatly disbelieves in any reptile intelligence that you really can compare some behaviors with that of dogs.. hence the "dog-tame monitors" people talk about.

[BSM]

all your going to due is stress the monitor out and thats not good.

"dog-tame monitors" people talk about

Those so called dog tame monitors, this is how you get them. Keep low basking temps and feed once a week, they will become lazy and guess what at the same time you will be slowing killing it. Monitors are mostly hands off animals and are more for looking/observing, if you want a healthy monitor keep the basking spot high and feed ?days (depends on size and species). They will live for 15+ years compared to the "dog tame" monitors which rarely exceed a year or two

[rebeccabecca]

They can become accostumed to you if they are healthy but they won't sit on your lap like lap dog or grr feed from your mouth. The person on the net who is teaching people that it's ok to house train them actually killed her's in less then two years ,drowned a few and needed to "break" hers in. Of course putting a leash on them so they can roam for a bit outside thier cage in my opinion is ok as long as it's not for a long time(say +3 hours unless the outside temps are hot and humid) and you read your pet's cues,like if it hisses or becomes agressive, also never take a hiding sav out of it's "safe" spot. Of course some of the sav training out there is rediculous. Paper training is honestly a waist of time as you should't have them out that long and it's stressfull, letting them sleep with you also stupid and the most idiotic thing yet is to let young kids climb on, try to kiss, and feed a sav while out of the enclosure. that's just calling for the monitor to hurt your kid as they are still considered "wild" even if they come when called!!

[Michelle.C]

all your going to due is stress the monitor out and thats not good.



Those so called dog tame monitors, this is how you get them. Keep low basking temps and feed once a week, they will become lazy and guess what at the same time you will be slowing killing it. Monitors are mostly hands off animals and are more for looking/observing, if you want a healthy monitor keep the basking spot high and feed ?days (depends on size and species). They will live for 15+ years compared to the "dog tame" monitors which rarely exceed a year or two

I honestly couldn't agree more.

A Tegu/Monitor on a leash is asking for trouble. What happens if your animal manages to get loose from the leash? What happens if you are walking your lizard and it bites someone? The possibilities are limitless and not worth it.

If you want to give them natural sunlight, build them a enclosure outdoors where they can NATURALLY enjoy the sunlight. These animals are not dogs, far from it. While they can be "calmed" down, they will never like being on a leash. They will never like attention from you, they will tolerate it.