Monitor Lizard loves his Food (Quail Eggs,and Squid)

[@HoundofOdin]

I am amazed that you can actually touch him while he eats!

[@rodneyanthonyjr4428]

I just got 2 little baby's today love them

[@Thegermanmonitorlizardguy]

What a wonderful nile.

[@nicolebailey7194]

How he devours that squid!!! 😱😱😱😱

[@justintufano9381]

Hey so I jus got a new Nile monitor and ur KZbin channel is amazing any tips on gaining trust for these guys

[@itsbaileypets]

Hey and yes I know there are some people out there that are totally against niles and it’s true they require more work , I recommend. Starting off with basics like walking by the cage often, cleaning it often , holding him/her in water like a tub and you could also add some clothing in cage often as well

[@itsbaileypets]

The best advice though is to hold and handle him/ her often just know that they will bite but don’t give up these guys need consistency and you might fill like giving up , but eventually you hope to get better that is how it was for me mines kept hissing , biting and wild but eventually after like the first year he calmed down so much like puppy tame

[@tevineckles6326]

Was grizz a import or farm and did he have parasites

[@itsbaileypets]

Grizz was imported as a baby around few weeks and no parasites thankfully

[@tevineckles6326]

@@itsbaileypets hopefully I have the same luck

[@bromaro]

Can you feed them rinsed saltwater fish?

[@itsbaileypets]

Good question and generally yes they will eat mostly all types of fish and much more

[@bromaro]

@@itsbaileypets thank you! :)

[@bromaro]

@@itsbaileypets I'm also thinking that if I can add shrimp shells as calcium supplements when I don't feed them whole prey. I have other animals and sometimes I remove the shells from the shrimps, so I was wondering if I could freeze those shells and use them as calcium supplements when I'm not feeling the gel diet or whole prey

[@bromaro]

@@itsbaileypets one more thing about the saltwater fish, I was thinking about if they ran into the same problem as some freshwater fish. In that they they're high in the enzyme thymanaez, is that a concern when using saltwater fish?

[@itsbaileypets]

@@bromaro I wouldn’t make it a every day thing but they will most likely eat it still but a high quality sea food diet it very healthy