NERDS Water Monitors are TAME, and Socialized. Beware of Wild caught! 

I feel that people in general forget that animals dont think like humans. NERD has been an inspiration on how to observe and connect with and animals body language. If you pay attention, one can really learn alot. Learning from our animals is what makes our journey amazing.

I love that Kevin doesn't give a shit what other people say. He knows he's right n stands by what he says. He doesn't back down n that is awesome.

My favorite video's are the ones where Kevin is sharing knowledge.

In Tyler Nolan's video he has one of your water monitor Little foot is his name and 2 from other sellers there is a BIG difference between their behavior. I mean it was crazy. He is so confident so friendly very easy to handle easy to feed just a amazing animal.

Kevin + Monitors = Perfect Day ❤ Do we want to see more of Kevin with his amazing monitors?? YES PLEASE!! 😆

Love how excited the others are trying to get to Kevin for attention!!

I love watching and hearing Kevin talk about these cute little baby monitors. Monitors are my fav!!

I love seeing monitors. Your techniques helped me become friends with my ackies monitor and my red tegu.

they look so sweet! A kid I knew had a monitor in the early 90s and man, that thing, you couldn't even get near it's enclosure w/o it hissing and spazing out. It was just a big, plastic bin. Its nice to see how tame and sweet they can be when properly worked with and socialized.

Those baby crocs are absolutely incredible. I need one of them in my life one day

The variety of new videos has been great, snakes, geckos and now monitors

Its so wonderful to see how much you care for the monitors. You are truly an amazing person and an inspiration.

I honestly love watching Kevin play with his monitors

I always love listening to Kevin talk about animals. So, knowledgeable. Love it.

Love watching Kevin play with baby monitors🥰🥰🥰 They are so cute and so intelligent. You can just see them working things out like hmmm...how do I get away with climbing on his head😁😂🤣

I love the way you interact with your monitors. After watching Tyler Nolan receive the ones he got from you, and showing how calm and trusting they are, I knew I’d get mine from you. As soon as I’m ready, I’ll be in touch. I’d love your guidance along the way to make sure I do everything right. 🐍❤️🐍 More monitor videos? YESSSS!!!!

Kevin...you are truly inspirational! Everything you and your crew does for the well-being of these animals and how outsiders view them is remarkable! Keep doing what you are doing!

Your baby croc monitors are gorgeous with their bright colouring were so cute climbing all over you. There were so lively, too. Perky little guys. "I'm not a threat, to them I'm a TREE..." LOL Watching the wee black one with his mouse was hilarious, him just wandering around, carrying it like a little trophy, "All mine! Lookee what I got!" Adorable. Your other guys nomming down on the crickets... The poor golden fellow who kept missing his noms, "First day with the new mouth..." *snort* Just came from watching Kenan's unboxing of his new Crocodile monitor Lagitha (sp?)--FEISTY gal! I don't know if she was wild caught, or not, but she was definitely not tame. Very hissy and pissed off when she arrived! Kenan built a boss enclosure for her, though, nice, big place with a cool hide-box on a raised platform, insulated with a shade canopy, heating mat inside, plants that'll grow to give her a nice jungle to climb around in (lots of creatively placed branches for the vines and whatnot to grow over). It's going to look awesome in a few months. I'm not sure how large crocodile monitors get--she's about five or six feet long, apparently, probably not quite adult?--so she should have lots of room to grow, but Kenan will build her a larger space when she needs it. That TAIL! She was really muscular, too. Handsome animal. I don't know if I will ever have a beautiful lizard like a tegu, or monitor one day, but I'd like to. I've met a few who were quite friendly and inquisitive, even with strangers. Bearded dragons are sweeties, too. :-)

Thanks for the video Kevin! Anything you're willing to teach us, I'm sure we'd all be happy to listen. 🐍🦎

The correct terminology is “Free Range Tokay” 😂🤣 Love your channel. Keep the videos coming.

Super pumped to see monitor videos again! can't get enough of them. Honestly just love all the videos, been following since the beginning and absolutely love seeing more videos being put out. thank you all for taking the time to do this, every video is so beneficial to the community.

I love all of your water monitors. I need to have one at some point in my life. Never thought I would want a giant predatory lizard so badly

Actually this is the first time I've seen Kevin and his monitors. I loved it they are so sweet and used to people. I could watch Kevin all day talking about his animals.

This video made me happy cry. Before watching Kevin this never really would happen to me. I can not even begin to express how wonderful it is to see another human that can read animals, respects them and values selective temperament breedings and socialisation in reptiles. If I am ever in a situation where I can support a water monitor, I will definitely get a black dragon from Kevin, but for now I am starting small, with a project to selectively breed hognose snakes, for temperment. Sure they are easy to tame compared to monitors, but an animal that is more comfortable in a captive environment where it is handled all the time is going to make a much better pet regardless.

I would love watching Kevin and his babies. Monitor especially..... Kevin is so adorable when he's all happy and smiling.

Can’t get enough socialization videos! Can we see more Caiman too??💕

Love the way you work with animals so respectful and no bullshit 👍

Always love seeing more socialized water monitors. Hoping to get one from you guys some time this year.

Nobody and I repeat NOBODY compares to kevin in the monitor world.

Oooooh I'm a little late but stoked to watch this. Wow it was amazing to just watch them so comfortably eat while on you and even while you are grabbing and moving them. You are fantastic at socializing those animals!

I love all the monitor videos. They’re actually my favorite.

Omg dibs on Reptar in the beginning! That little savage is awesome! I'm so glad I found the channel!

love vids like this one! would love to see more about socialization techniques. thanks! keep up the great work!

I love the anxiety comparison its legit how these little beans are. Kevin's knowledge us just the mpst amazing thing to listen to

I love Kevin doesn't allow other people to dictate what he thinks or does

I was into reptiles some 30 or so years ago, had a Chilean Dwarf Tegu, got it from a shop on Newbury St. in Boston. Loved it, it was like having a little dragon as a pet. I love the look of these baby water monitors, they seem super cool. I think however they would get way to big for me. I just fell back into this rabbit hole after coming across one of Clint's videos. I love what Kevin is doing here, so yes as a new audience member, I'd love more. I'd also like to know more about the breeding and what some of the terms used mean and maybe some of the secondary goals of the different subtypes.

Please post more about Water Monitors. I really wasn't to get one in the future but I'm doing a lot of research before hand and you guys are literally the only ones with the best info. Thank you for what you guys do.

Kevin can never do enough monitor videos! Kudos for sharing your vast experience on these wonderful creatures with the rest of us!

I love water monitors! You're the monitor whisperer. I've never seen anyone truly understand an animal like you have. Kevin ROCKS!🤘🤘

I love you Kevin🖤🖤 And everyone at NERD, you guys are absolutely amazing. Kevin is such a big inspiration to me. He is my biggest role model in the reptile industry. Thank you for all the work you do for the community Kevin I can only imagine what we don’t know and see that you’ve done. I can not wait for NERD/ Kevin to get the recognition they deserve in life and on this channel.

He may have said something like follow my training techniques (as you should), but I heard kevin will be making more monitor training videos. So excited!!!

It's so funny watching all the activity going on in the cages behind you. You can't see but they are all just clambering to get closer to you and they want your attention so much!!

Thank you for welcoming us into your facility today, thank you for the hognose, and thank you to dustin for taking an hour out of his day to show us around. Kevin is a VERY busy guy, but is running an amazing operation.

I bought my Savannah Monitor there about 4 years ago.. He was pretty hostile when I first got him which was to be expected.. New owner, new house, new everything. Now he my most docile and spoiled reptile.. Spa baths, escargot dinners, Shrimp, Super worms,Madagascar roaches, eggs for a treat once in a while. He is an amazing animal. I wish I had more room because I want a Water Monitor more than anything. Kevin is amazing with all his animals.

I don't own a monitor (or any reptiles actually) but I love listening to all of the knowledge that comes from Kevin.🤯 I especially love hearing about socialization. The video always ends too soon!!

Epic video! I feel like I learn something new from Kevin every time y'all upload! Keep up the great content guys!

Great video Donny! Kevin the reptile whisperer. Like watching him creat art, the way he interacts with his animals. Kevin Rocks!

Thank you for posting these videos. I will never be able to own one of these; so vicariously appreciating them through you is a real joy.

They're so cool. Definitely make more videos on the monitors. I will be getting one in the future

That baby crocodile monitor is GORGEOUS

I love Black Throats. They're the large monitor that I am trying to work up towards. I've not gotten my Ackie to learn monitor behavior yet, but I feel as if when I am able to afford your monitors, I will be ready for my first large monitor. I'm married and have kids, so that will be several years, but I refuse to get an animal until all its needs already are met. N.E.R.D. and Kevin are amazing. I purchased a Spider Ball as the first snake to introduce the family. While I grew up in South Georgia Herping my entire childhood on our wetland property, I was in the Navy for a number of years and never wanted to purchase a reptile until I was going to be out and settled. We love Clint's Reptiles as well, and cannot wait until they visit... Maybe ya'll can do a caiman video because that is also on my list as a reasonable Crocodilian.

Kevin i really appreciate the work you do and the amount of time you put in with your animals alone with your staff.i cant wait to get a water monitor from you.i really enjoy your videos .and yes please make more monitor videos.

More of anything Kevin can teach us about and I love the “i don”t give a shit” to the people that troll ! LOL

Saw "socialized" NERD monitors today in a reptile shop. Probably the most impressive thing I've ever seen with a reptile. It blew my mind. I was skeptical until today. Amazing work.

I'm so impressed by how you are with your animals. Even though you sell some of them, you take the time to work with each one where they don't bite or anything. You can clearly see how much you love and respect them. Everyone should be doing things your way. I'm someone who doesn't even have a pet, but if I did want a reptile I'd only buy from NERD!!!!

These animals are so much fun to watch, they must be an absolute blast to interact with.

Delightful to see them so trusting of you! Awesome work!

This man is not lying. Multiple times in this video you see the monitors and their trust 11:30 little dude is lookin around observing as his friend Steve is hangin out lol

😂😂 kevin "having a super nice day"

I have a juvenile black roughneck who is confident and fearless (thanks to your techniques) but loves to move and jump around as your baby croc monitor does in the video.. Do they calm down with age or does that just carry through as an individials energetic personality? Love the monitor content!!! Keep up the awesome work!!! Would love to see a broad monitor diet video.

Kevin I just want to say I have the absolute upmost respect for you and your crew at NERD. Please keep doing your fantastic videos.

Nobody better on planet earth can do it or teach it better than Kevin

Love the monitor videos! I won't ever have one, but I enjoy watching and learning about them from Kevin!

I live in NY where water monitors are banned. I do have a Savannah monitor that I've had for almost 2 years. He was a tiny when we first brought him home. We started with the no grab thing and it worked. Just go in, do maintenance, talk to him, tong feeding. Once he started crawling on to us, he would catch rides, watch TV and just hang out with the family. Now he's big and thinks he's one of us. Totally cool with people. You can hand feed him. If you raise them with respect, they turn out pretty tame. Never force handle! Make every interaction a positive experience for the monitor! Kevin's monitors all think he's their dad! That is how every monitor should think of their humans.

Yes MORE water monitor videos! Those crocs are GORGEOUS.

I'm all for Kevin playing with baby water monitors and talking about socialization. Whether it be in a single or in multiple videos. You guys should definitely do this! I've seen other videos of people getting these new baby monitors and there's a HUGE difference when they're not getting them from you guys. I mean The Little babies from you seem like.. puppy dog tame. And puppies still bite so... Lol Idk if that's even a good analogy. Lol

The baby monitor videos are always so cute and fun. I love them so much! You guys should do a video about true red tail boas and common boas.

I have no experience with reptiles of any type, and probably never will, but I really enjoy and appreciate all of Kevin’s educational videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

the difference between the wild-caught one? All they can do is run, guys 😂 and don't forget the cricket-vomitting part when u handle them just after they eat ✌️

Yes! I’m socializing a colony of wild agamas using your techniques. I’ve never tried to handle them, but I can finally look them in the eyes! This was huge! And I can stand nearby, or walk nearby- I can get about 6 feet from them. And they come running when I call with the “treat call”…..tch tch tch tch tch. Some will eat from my hand.

Amazing work, Kevin is so knowledgable the proof is in the way every single animal has 0 fear of him. I've had a lot of experience with these monitors are trust me they aren't just born like this, this behavior is only attained with knowledge and constant work. Very impressive. I wish Croc monitor bites weren't so bad, I would love to have one but in my opinion only people like Kevin should have them, they are potentially deadly when full grown and that's not an over statement, they have literal razor daggers for teeth and are extremely fast and powerful. Water monitors make amazing pets though, I had a really big one for years and she was puppy dog tame. I miss her a lot.

I love watching these videos on socialization. It's great to see how these animals can become so comfortable with humans.

I really enjoy Kevin’s educational videos. He’s such a wealth of information and very well spoken.

You handle the monitors so easily and naturally they know your their friend.❤❤❤❤

I know that the tags are just the genetics and important information. But I like to believe the banana boat is where the fun lizards get to hang out.

Awesome! Thanks! 🙏 😎 Those monitors are pretty neat! By the way, I love how Jeremy playing with the leopard geckos made it into the opening credits! Our leopard gecko approves!

I went to a reptile class that Kevin put on about a month ago and put what he taught us to work with the monitors that I own. Saw a crazy change within a week or so just using some of his taming techniques. He knows what he is doing guys and what he says does work.

Yes to more monitor and socialization videos. It takes a special man to continue lecturing with serenity while dead mice are smeared around the back of his neck. Question: What's the NERD opinion on the impact of multiple generations of captive breeding on temperament? It doesn't seem to have the same effect on every species. When do you start to notice any differences, and are there other factors that influence this?

I could listen to you all day talking about Monitors.

😂 😂 Love behind the scenes type stuff! 😂

Awesome video! I wound't mind seeing a video on young reticulated python socialization techniques.

I put so much effort and time into my Nile. She is now a sweetheart but I got her VERY young.

Thank you so much for sharing all the information you all have gathered over the years! Do you think it would be possible to add in a video for boa constrictor caging and feeding?

What would be your ideal bioactive enclosure for the water monitors (no holds barred) as hatchlings and up through adult sizes. Otherwise yes more monitor videos, husbandry and socialization never get old.

Snakes and jiu jitsu I see Kevin is also a fan of blood chokes😂😂

I would love to see more water monitor socialization and tame videos. This is the type of stuff the world needs to see! So many times have i seen animals(reptiles in particular)demonized and its not right.Its truly inspiring to see trust and a bond between man and animal. N.E.R.D. I LOVE what you guys are doing.Just by watching your videos you've done things i never thought were possible, thank you so much!

Love it when they hop onto Kevin’s shoulders - beautiful and intelligent animal! Well done!!

I used your technique raising my Savanah Monitor from a baby. He's over 2 years old now and loves interacting with people. He thinks he's one of my kids! Your water monitors are amazing! I would get one but I live in the communist state of NY where they are considered assault lizards or high capacity rodent disposals.

Reckon I know where I'm acquiring my water monitor baby...

Great video, as a dog trainer I find this work you do incredibly inspiring . I can honestly say your Monitors are better behaved then many dogs I see. Respect.

The markings on those babies is so beautiful. It's like they are hand-painted. Will they stay that way as they get older? Or do they lose some of their spots?

All the monitors behind Kevin all want out! 😂 or the mouse

Beautiful love the waters an croc monitors first time I have ever seen croc monitors that small love them Its amazing how small they start out and what they grow in to in a few years time were those baby croc monitors brought in to the country from a wild caught female that laid eggs then the eggs were hatched and the babies then brought in to the country sorry getting off topic anyways love the video can't wait for more monitor videos have went an looked up the okd videos on monitor care an socializing an watched them really want to get a baby from kevin one day just right now ain't in a pkace where I can get one an keep it its whole life and I dont think you should get one of these amazing animals if you don't plan to keep the animal thru there whole life anyways great video take care have fun an be safe

Monitors are by far my favorite reptile any tips on taming down an exceptionally stubborn Mangrove monitor?

I had a wild-caught fully grown Peach throat when I was a kid that I rescued from a pet store that couldn't handle it. I still have scars that I got while wearing welding gloves. Never again! Next monitor I get will be a baby from you guys

Those baby croc monitors are absolutely amazing!

Love the socializing videos. Love the monitors. I wish they were legal to keep in Vermont! Kevin, I have used your techniques to socialize a rescued abandoned cat. She hasn't bitten me in months!

I am immensely impressed with what you do with your water monitors I just got my first monitor which is a juvenile Nile " which I know Niles have a bad rep for being bad starter monitors" but I saw him at the pet shop while taking my little bro to get stuff for his fish tank I just absolutely fell in love with his defiant deminor " because I think that defiance in an animal is a sign of intelligence because I mean what would we do right?... " I named him Loki because he is mischievousness but this is my first monitor I have most experience with dogs mainly pitbulls which this seems like the pitbull of lizards in a way but as you know each animal has its own personality just like us ppl they just don't speak our language so most of us misconstrue that as lack of intelligence but we don't speak their language either or even come close so vise versa or whatever, but since I got him I've been researching everything I can on Niles because I just caught the fever and am completely fascinated ( I have a 3 yr old son who loves dinos and (besides birds which I dislike)... Sorry but I do have my reasons lol. this is the closest to a dino that I can get, But when I do something I like to try to fully immerse myself into to try to do it right especially if it's for my boy. And I just gotta say out of all the videos I've been watching yours have been THE MOST inquisitive in helping me learn what I need to to help me captivate and earn the trust of this very fascinating and intriguing animal. I've made mistakes (which I'm working on) like I got a top opening tank instead of a front opening tank ( because the guy at the pet store said that that's what I needed... Just so he could make a sale I'm sure) but like I said, I am now immersed and very interested and captivated by these animals ( but still gonna just stick with the one for now... 👍) And your videos helped me learn a lot about my Nile and what I should do. I started by giving him the biggest tank they had ( 40 gal. ) But top opening, which is more of a struggle than anything else in gaining Loki's trust in me so far he does have his own room off of my attic room for his future diy enclosure though he is just still too small a couple months old tops maybe a little more, Ive had him about a month and a half now from the local pet store which sold him for about 60$ and then I spent about close to 400$ on his tank and starter enclosure just from what the guys at the pet shop was telling me I needed that day ( mind you I am just a simple chef at a restaurant making only 14 an hr) but I love my son and seeing him happy and I LOVE ANIMALS especially challenging ones of this caliber but I think the rewards of doing it right and making Loki happy will be worth it for me and my boy in the future when we are handling or showing ppl this modern day dinosaur that is now part of our family to other ppl. I do live in central Ohio so ambient temperature is a little bit tricky to keep up with which is most of my worry but just to be sure I got the heat pad which covers only a little bit less than half the tank he's in at the moment and I got a heat lamp which I usually just turn on during feeding ideally to help him bask in and help him digest the large crickets ( I give him 10 large crickets at least every other day which I read that juveniles should be fed daily but I also do have a hectic work schedule so I'm being honest when I say it is not daily 😞 smh but sometimes he eats all 10 at once and sometimes there will be one or two crickets left in overnight until he eventually eats them or I take them out. One question I've been trying to figure out is when should I introduce him to small pinky or fuzzy mice???... I know the rule of thumb is to keep the food diameter slightly less than the width of their head but I would also like to maintain the live feeding aspect for him like nature intended, instead of dethawing frozen already dead mice for him to eat ( I'm worried he won't take to it) because the crickets I've been feeding him since I got him have been live and he's had to chase them down in his tank like he would in the wild and that is important for carnivorous animals of all kinds I believe. Also he has never bit but does like to tail whip alot which from what I've researched is I guess normal for juvenile monitors ( especially the Nile from what I've gathered) I put my used work sick in his tank a while back for him to get familiar with my scent which I'm trying to ween him of presently because it has become his favorite hiding/ sleeping spot which is one of those mistakes I'm now learning because when feeding him or just wanting to handle him I've had to try to carefully dump him out of said sock which is where he is about 80% of the time now and after doing so much research have started to find that coaxing him out of that sock for feeding or socializing like I've stupidly done has probably been a major part of the obstacle in earning Loki's trust and companionship which I so badly want because I've just fallen in love with these monitors lizards and have gained a lot of respect for them from what I've recently learned about them. And again I know that Niles are not for beginners which I did not know until after I bought the beautiful captivating little dino dude from the little local pet store near me, but he is now my responsibility and I want to do it right by him because sadly it wasn't the little guys choice that he got stuck with me and I'm now committed soooo.... here we are lol, so sorry about all the details and questions but I've googled and looked up all I could about the Nile monitors specifically since I realized what I've gotten into and as you know not much info is actually out there as apposed to domesticing tips for them only that it is difficult for most which doesn't deter me I'm actually quite intrigued by the bit of spunk that the Niles seem to generally have so any tips or info would be greatly appreciated. you seem like most intuitive person so far in this type of animal companionship so thank you for the videos and knowledge so far they have been more helpful than most and keep up the great work you are doing for these intelligent creatures

I'm going to be getting a Timor monitor soon, and plan on using the NERD socialization methods with it. I'm excited to see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Love this episode!!! Keep ALL the real socialization ya'll do showing!!! 💖💖💖