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hey guys
i just want to know how long often you all saw your hatchlings i have only seen him out ounce and he hasnt been waking us up any more ill see him under a log and then the next day he will still be there.
should i be at all worried?
thanks kirk
05/01/08  07:14am

 #1721956


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Take it easy Kirk, you just got the little bugger. You should know what to expect if you’ve paid attention to the discussions on these fora. Give it time to settle in. It can take a little or a very long time for your water to loose it’s shyness. You could be one of the luck people that wind up with a monitor that remains shy for months or years.

Roger
05/01/08  08:23am

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my water alowies hides but latley he has been comeing out a little more and i been able to see him he is hidden away in my bed room where only i go. he is hideing under a rock or a peice of root i put in there he comes out whan he thinks i ant there he usley comes out at like 3:30 4:00 am evey day for a few hours and basks swims or what ever he dose..

Neil



05/01/08  12:37pm

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thanks guys
i just worry a lot i guess i know im new to this and should know what to expect but he also has not ate in the last 3 days which worried me.
sorry i just need to slow down
thanks roger and neil
kirk



05/01/08  05:54pm

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My water his almost all the time when it was smaller. Now, a few months later, it just hangs out unless we go to touch it.

Ed
05/01/08  10:32pm

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Mine is the same way Ed. It will hang out and go about its business untill I put a hand near it. The I get the old huff and puff along with some snapping and tailwhipping, ha ha ha. This is after eight months. I have managed to tong feed again a few times lately. The real shy defensive behavior all started when I introduced the bugger to the eight by four cage.
05/01/08  10:37pm

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The real shy defensive behavior all started when I introduced the bugger to the eight by four cage.



I have the same with Slash. When I had him in a little fish tank. He was so nice and would eat rite from my hand. But when I put him in his new home 8x4x4. He gives me puffs, I never got a tail whip or a bite. But I see it as he has lot more room to move around. And that is his home and I am coming into it and he dose not like it at all.

Kyle
05/01/08  11:14pm

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I came home the other day and Tammy showed me a red spot on her arm. She told me she was tong feeding it and then petted the monitor. When she touched it, it tail whipped her. HAHA I wish I had seen that.

Ed
05/02/08  12:17am

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thanks guys
i guess im doing all i can
i actually finally saw him out last night all sprawled out basking on his log when i looked at the clock it was 2 am , went back to sleep and woke back up around 4 ish and he was staring at me threw the foliage on his basking log then he was back hiding when i woke up now.
crazy little bugger kinda excited for tomorrow and building his new cage.
take care everyone
kirk
05/02/08  07:04am

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it takes alot of time for them to get to trust you and u to learn to read them so this hobby is a waiting game really u wait for them to want to let u see them out during the day time whan u arnt sleeping or out doing you dailey duties..

Neil



05/02/08  10:45am

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   Message To: Kling   In reference to Message Id: 1723104


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one small suggestion that might help it feel more safe. do you have a hideing area where it cant see you at all or you it?
05/02/08  12:47pm


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