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For Sale 8month old nile

Kagome100

Kagome100

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Ok i have a 8month old nile male. I wanted to buy one cause i was told they are easy to tame than i read about them and saw they are hard to tame. well i than wanted a water monitor cause i read they are more easy. Ok well SOME how i got talked into buying a nile..... and well now im paying for it cause he just seems like i can't tame him :(. i read even more and found some niles wont tame no matter what... GREAT now im stuck with a lizard i can't even do nothing with.

So i really really need to just get him to a good home with some one that is looking for a lizard or maybe you can tame him some how.

I paid 110! i will sale for 60....

if i got to ship i use shipyourreptiles.com, they do fedex now.
 
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even most water monitors are going to be flighty and somewhat defensive at 8 months old. with the right amount of work a nile can tame down as much as a a water monitor. and if you pull off owning a tame nile it'd be way cooler. try doing some research on proper handling. it makes a huge difference, also make sure his set up is proper with the right temps, give him a huge water bowl, and lots of hides... he should come around. its important to know not to force it to do anything. if it feels like its been caught by a predator it'll do all it can to get away. patience is key. i had mine in a 55 gallon tank for about a week when he was younger and he was insanely wild... if you have him in a glass tank you may want to consider that too. ppl say uvb makes them nicer but i dont see it in mine. ive tried halogen floods lamps and uva basking bulbs. the uva definately brings him out of hiding a lot more. maybe this will help you out.
 
Do you have any pictures of the nile? I wouldn't call any monitors tame. It's missleading. Unfortunately that is what people say to make a sale. With work you can earn its trust and in time they will even accept different levels of interaction. If your looking for a good home I may know someone who would want him. If you decide to work with him, it can be very rewarding, for you and the lizard.
 
i might be doing a trade with some one here in GA. I got photo's.

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While Niles have a bad name they can be tamed, the one thing monitors live by is smell, try putting one of your T-shirts (one that you wore for the day and haven't washed) put it in his/her cage for about three days. Then when you go into it's enclosure let it smell you first, don't just go storming in and grab him, let him come to you. You have to let any monitor get to know you and trust you, and when they are babies they have a natural defence mechanism to stay alive and not be eaten. So it takes time no matter what species you purchase, sometimes it takes longer depending on species and each monitor itself, just like people they are all different. Baby niles should be handled everyday, and normally if you have his/her enclosure in a well traveled area they will get used to having people around easier and eventually won't be so flighty. It takes work to have a tame monitor lizard and you should know that it's about a 15 - 25 year commitment.
 
i think its male, it has buldges under its tail.

any way i can try the shirt thing, it might work never know.

also one reason y i want to trade or sale him is he does NOT like my boy friend at all he bites at him, he at least does not bite at me. I got to have a lizard that will not bite my boy friend cause if he needs to move him or get him out to clean or something he has to be able to.
 
I can appreciate that you want your Nile to be nice to other people, but the fact is as with most animals, trust has to be earned and they trust who they are around the most, so if you do most of the handling then it's you that he trusts, and the longer you work with him it only gets better, after all as you said he doesn't try to bite you he's just a bit flighty (which is normal at his age) if you keep working with him, handle him everyday, do things with him around, you will never have another one like him. Most monitors like the people they trust and the rest they just put up with (basiclly because they have no choice) all monitors are very smart they remember things like who feeds them, who doesn't scare them, how to escape from enclosures, etc., they are always thinking even when it seems they are just sitting there, you can have a lizard like no other if you keep him and work with him.
 
Well i still have him up for sale, some one gave me a baby Savannah :\
now im stuck with a nile and savannah. I like the Savannah alot and well hes less bitty on me than the nile. Im offering the nile for $60 now. I still love the nile, just wont have the room for both when there full grown. I do have room for one large lizard.
 
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