Thank you so much for your support for the channel and I know you can truly relate to my experience. It's almost like the more time it takes and the more work you have to put in just makes it that much more rewarding when you have those breakthroughs and get to where you wanted to be. Unfortunately my new job has me way too busy to really post on the channel but I will be getting back at it soon and it will be more of a full-time committed gig in the future. When I come back it's going to be so much better

Thank you so much

I would just be patient but definitely use their feeding response to your advantage. Remember that these animals have a very slow metabolism because they are cold-blooded and they have the ability to go long periods without food. Although this should definitely not be something that you should practice regularly, you can try going to feeding him every other day or fast him today right before you tried to give him something different. I usually do not feed my savannah monitor at all the day before if I'm going to give him something new like imitation crab meat or salmon. Crickets are their number one food in their natural wild habitats so it's natural that they prefer them but I assure you he will definitely learn to love other things just as much. Also many pet stores and breeders feed strictly crickets because they are the cheapest feeder so it's often a matter of just what they're used to but old habits can be broken. Thanks so much for supporting the channel

@@Dragon_Whisperer Thanks for your advice! We had a step back (he started jumping to bite me) and a step forward… he ate from the tongs for the first time ever. 🤦🏼‍♀️. Not gonna worry about the attitude if he will eat from tongs. I’ll work on the training as he is more eager to eat from me. I am going to try fasting him a day since he pigged out eating crickets today. Thanks for the advice!

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How can you say that bro LOL I literally provide the sources that I got my information from and this care guide has been watched by multiple big name KZfaqrs who told me it was one of the best out there. All the information in this video is correct and accurate. Go be a hater and spread your misinformation somewhere else

@@Dragon_Whisperer ; Are you suggesting the information you offer is beyond criticism?? Read my response, I suggested you need more knowledge because you not only offer supplementary D3 you also advise others to do the same.. CLEARLY you are unaware that varanids cannot metabolise the substance and.it has ZERO effect on blood serum levels.. Many supplements are pure guesswork, the industry is not regulated, they can slim almost anything, including our animals must have their products in order to remain healthy.. No harm in offering a little calcium, especially if the animal is a sexually mature female.. Feed the feeders well and in the case of V. examthematicus, offer mostly inverts (as you suggested).. There is no record of this species reaching 6ft as you claim, please show myself and other people one single example?? There is so much nonsense out there, we don't want to add to it... Those are my main criticisms, I hope you will correct your mistakes (we all make them) the rest of the advise sounds o. k, I wish you and your monitor all the best.. There will always be someone with more knowledge and experience than we have, ALWAYS!! I,f you cannot find the info on D3 let me know, it's also been found to be of no benefit to Bearded dragons, that begs the question how many more lizard species and families don't either? Take care.. 👍

thank you and sorry I jumped the gun but I just get a lot of comments like that that I delete from new people that think they know what they're talking about by watching one or two videos. please send me a link for the D3 information if you have one. I love to know what it says about bearded dragons because I have eight of those and they're one of my favorite species and anything I can learn better about their care I would love to know. you are definitely riding the fact that there are a lot of people out there preaching that things are the right way to do it when we really just don't know because we haven't had the time or the proper research done. thank you for your support of the channel and I do appreciate your criticism!