Quote Originally Posted by mumps View Post
"Being able to" and actually doing are two very different things.

I had a Nile I raised from a hatchling to a 16 year old calm, trusting animal. I didn't move it to another enclosure for feeding, but I could open the door, let it roam the basement and feed it by hand. Sure, he was "able to" remove a finger if he wanted to, but he never did.

Chris
True enough. But when it comes down to it, they're wild animals. With their keen sense of smell they could pick up a rodent from anywhere and just snap. A buddy of mine has a 5' blue Nile, F'N gorgeous BTW, and it went into a feeding frenzy as soon as he walked in with rodents.