My bf has a Savannah monitor that up until pretty recently belonged to another person, who had to get rid of him as he was being stationed overseas (ah how many animals get passed around in the military?). I've got all the temp, humidity and cage re-set up (the guy originally only had a hot rock for him =P) , but my question is how mean the guy is.
He seems pretty young (under 2 feet, has the bluish tiny to tounge and mouth), and defiantly hasn't been handled all that much. Right now all I've been doing is sitting by the cage on occasion to get him more used to human contact, as any attempt to touch him gets rewarded with hissing, a good tail-lashing and bites. I've read that these guys tend to get lazier and sweeter when they're older, but I was wondering if there was anything else I could do? Any advise? It's almost impossible to let him get exercise out of his cage, and with a move coming up building him a larger enclosure would be silly (plans for building an outside cage when we get to az are in the making ).