Quote Originally Posted by CeraDigital View Post
Agreed, whole-heartedly. Moving any large reptile into another enclosure for feeding is pure ignorance, no matter how skilled or knowledgeable you are. Feeding response, possible damage to the animals internal organs, possible damage or death from said effects to both keeper and kept just play too high. It's like the old method people used to feed Burms...move them to your tub, thump the rat on the head, toss in said rat, and then move animal still in feeding mode back to enclosure. It's simply asking for trouble, or a nice hospital visit. Not only can monitors do a serious amount of damage with their claws, but their teeth and jaws are made for tearing, breaking, and crushing, vs a simple grasp and hold.
The difference between being there and me doing it at my house is that they can have 3 or 4 people moving the animal. I'm sure they could manage to carry a 6' monitor without incident. I'm no expert, i'm just sayin.