I'm quite familiar with indicus, as well as other semi arboreal, fragileish Monitors. We have three indicus at the place I volunteer at as well. Two of them are pretty shy, but our CB male is rather social if you given him proper time to come to you instead of yanking him around.
The shyness doesn't bother me at all, I keep Tarantulas and most of them are pet holes.
Monitor keeping is far from new for me though, but thanks for the heads up. It's very nice to see someone else that keeps a species I'm interested in.
I would like to add, unrelated to the above. Rhasputin is not a troll. He does offer quite accurate advice about rodents most of the time. The one problem I have with most of this hobby and it's people is the unwillingness to take advice. Even when you consider yourself an advanced hobbyist, there is always someone who can teach you something. Especially when they are reputable and it's a species they specialize in.