feeding monitors in there inclosures is actually recomended by those who keep them and is greatly acepted. impations arnt caused by a little bit of dirt getting in there mouth.. but by bad husbantry sutch as improper temp graidient....
Keep in mind many of those videos are also staged.
and how was this not?
this is the reason i dont feed my tegu lizard live prey
the thing that ive found with niles is it realy is the best way to gain trust.. they are a very tricky monitor to tame down and food is realy the only time that she wants to interact with me.. i like tong feeding her frozen chicks all the time.. i enjoy it because and most all other times she can be very standofish.... but she very rairly has gone for me as food.. in defence ya, for sure.. but not ever as a food responce.. she knows right away if theres food or not.. theyre smart animals.. smarter then most people think.
The thing that ive found with my nile is that feeding realy is the best time for us to hang out. usually i feed dead baby chicks and p/k rats like in many of my other vids and shes allot of fun. when i handle her shes fine but when guarding her teritory, and if shes been basking.. shes a nother story.. definatly puts on a show and is a pain in the ass to work with.. i love her though.. shes my favorit part of my collection.
I normally don't post on topics like this but I felt compelled to since everyone else felt like they had to express their discust and displeasure on such a rediculous topic. Anyway, to each their own.
I hate to knock you two off your high horse, but who are you even responding to? Most of the replies in this thread aren't against live feeding at all.
Talk about a high horse. lol As my post said, those were just my opinions, as a whole. If that was directed at any one person or post, I would have quoted it like I did yours. I didn't realize I had to be responding to anyone to post my opinion. Oh, I guess I'm on a high horse because I don't care what anyone else thinks about the topic of the O.P.? I just have more important things to put my time and effort in to, but thanks for the care and concern. Appriciate it.
Um...kay? If you're too cool to care about us, why were you "compelled to (post) since everyone else felt like they had to express their discust and displeasure on such a rediculous topic"?If that was directed at any one person or post, I would have quoted it like I did yours. I didn't realize I had to be responding to anyone to post my opinion. Oh, I guess I'm on a high horse because I don't care what anyone else thinks about the topic of the O.P.? I just have more important things to put my time and effort in to, but thanks for the care and concern. Appriciate it.
So you weren't replying to the OP's topic either.
Missed my reasoning bro.
I got what you were trying to say but just the same there is a difference