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Joined: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 538 Location: Central FL
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:
We have a 2 or so yo Colombian and she still huffs, but she's very sweet. I think she's just territorial. She stands up high, too. We try to feed her outside of the cage as much as possible and she knows that she must come to us to get out. Usually if we lower our arm to her, she'll climb up or let us lift her from below. She doesn't lie her tail touch and she'll whip inside her cage if she feels threatened. Then she eats on her paper, poops, and her can hold her and play with her a bit. She's pretty predictable. We did the T-shirt thing and used a lot of patience to work with her very slowly.
About the mice..pinkies do not have hair, but they also have underdeveloped bones that contain quite a bit of calcium and minerals. I know there are supplements and such, but feeding more developed mice once in a while will give your tegu some natural minerals and the hair is a fiber source. _________________ Laura R (FL)
0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
0.2.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.0.0 Red Tegu
1.0.0 Green Amevia (yet another teiid)
8 other lizards
1 little gator
13 snakes
4 frogs
some bugs
and a partridge in a pear tree
Joined: Apr 11, 2007 Posts: 201 Location: Chicago area
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:39 am Post subject:
dewby22 wrote:
lol you have any suggestions on taming? Whenever i reach into his tank he hisses and puffs up he sometimes even stnds on his hind legs like a dinosaur lol but after i hold him for a little bit he calms down. How can i get him used to me being in his cage?
I had a gold several (make that SEVERAL) years go and all he ever ate was rodents....was perfectly healthy and happy. Like yours, he had to go through the whole "I'm a tough guy" routine whenever I took him out, but after a couple minutes he was fine. I'd just wear gloves, let him bite and tail whip me until he was through with his tantrum, and then he would hang out and be just fine. I even took him outside. That was exciting actually....he decided he wanted to be wild and took off...I mean bi-pedaling took off! Those suckers can run! I was in my early 20's then and I'm pretty fast so I was able to catch up to him and lightly kick him with my foot (this was my ONLY option - otherwise he was gone into the woods and I'd never find or catch him) to make him roll out of his bi-pedaling. He just laid there (tired out from his sprint) and I picked him up. I had him for a long time....
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