Quote Originally Posted by allergenic View Post
Not to turn this into a handling thread, but although that may work for other animals and reptiles, it does not work for monitors, it will only exacerbate the problem. Monitors aren't snakes, or bearded dragons.
Yes, I know that, but when my sister owned her Sav she would take it out for short amount of times and after a bit it got used to her and wasn't too much afraid to be handled. He did love his neck rubbed after a meal, he would close his eyes too. Not all reptiles are the same, but I do know that some Savs would adjust to handling sessions. Not all of them like it because probably 99% of them are bush babies but it isn't impossible to get them used to being handled. I've seen some very well behaved Savs that didn't mind being picked up, especially large ones.