Hey there guys and gals,
first off, greetings from Germany! A wonderful site you have here..
My name is Alliocha and I am from Germany, living in a city called Essen. i am turning 30 soon and I am a big reptile enthusiast since being a kid. When I was 15 I got my first reptiles, smaller ones like Skinks and Geckos. My dream always has been to share live with bigger ones though. So a few years back I came across that wonderful animal which is called Tegu, Teju in german.
So, the dream is coming true. In two days my new flatmate is moving in. A 2 years argentinan Tegu as you can see on my pic. I am so happy about his soon arrival.
Now I have a few questions. Over here in Germany you can't get any good informations, so i found this nice page besides some books where I already read a lot.
I got Travis from a guy that had to look for a new caring home for him since he's working for 10 to 12 hours a day and can't get him the attention that Travis needs anymore.
So now I have a few questions. Sorry for the longer post or if its in the wrong category. I just wanted to say "hi" first.
Yesterday I visited him for the first time, he was quite nervous when his former owner took him out of his enclosure. I think that it was because we were a few more people standing around him.
So, when he let him walk at the living room I recoginzed him walking into my direction. When he did so I just stood calm and waited for what he was going to do. Soon he came across my hand. He smelled on it and I thought it was just out of curiosity. But then suddenly he bit me. It was not that hard and I think he just tried whether he could enjoy my hand. I thought about why he did so the whole day cause it didn't seem to be out of aggression or fear. Later the evening I came across the fact that my soap is fruit scented and thought this made a lot of sense. Dou you also think that was the reason?
So, now when he is moving in, I know that he needs a few days to get used to his surroundings. After those days have passed I wonder how to begin in building a strong relationship because I read opposite things. Some say take him out of his enclosure and hold him until he gets calm when he's messing, some say never do anything he doesn't like at first. So what made the biggest success for you people?
Also for the feeding, shall I never ever feed him inside his enclosure or is it ok for the first time. For this thing I also read different things.
There are already plenty points I am wanting to transcript to make him feel safe and trust me. But for other things I don't know what really is the truth. It's just that I don't want to do anything wrong. If there is anything to do that he doesn't like at the moment, I just want to do it for the greater cause of making him happy with me in the future.
I don't want to expect too much of you, but could you probably write something up like a trainings plan for a three feet Tegu that is quite strong and not so tame yet? I mean just like how to start handling him the right way in the beginning and how to go on after this. I think I know the most important things like not grabbing him from above and scent free hands, but any tips would be so much appreciated!
Thank you so much!
first off, greetings from Germany! A wonderful site you have here..
My name is Alliocha and I am from Germany, living in a city called Essen. i am turning 30 soon and I am a big reptile enthusiast since being a kid. When I was 15 I got my first reptiles, smaller ones like Skinks and Geckos. My dream always has been to share live with bigger ones though. So a few years back I came across that wonderful animal which is called Tegu, Teju in german.
So, the dream is coming true. In two days my new flatmate is moving in. A 2 years argentinan Tegu as you can see on my pic. I am so happy about his soon arrival.
Now I have a few questions. Over here in Germany you can't get any good informations, so i found this nice page besides some books where I already read a lot.
I got Travis from a guy that had to look for a new caring home for him since he's working for 10 to 12 hours a day and can't get him the attention that Travis needs anymore.
So now I have a few questions. Sorry for the longer post or if its in the wrong category. I just wanted to say "hi" first.
Yesterday I visited him for the first time, he was quite nervous when his former owner took him out of his enclosure. I think that it was because we were a few more people standing around him.
So, when he let him walk at the living room I recoginzed him walking into my direction. When he did so I just stood calm and waited for what he was going to do. Soon he came across my hand. He smelled on it and I thought it was just out of curiosity. But then suddenly he bit me. It was not that hard and I think he just tried whether he could enjoy my hand. I thought about why he did so the whole day cause it didn't seem to be out of aggression or fear. Later the evening I came across the fact that my soap is fruit scented and thought this made a lot of sense. Dou you also think that was the reason?
So, now when he is moving in, I know that he needs a few days to get used to his surroundings. After those days have passed I wonder how to begin in building a strong relationship because I read opposite things. Some say take him out of his enclosure and hold him until he gets calm when he's messing, some say never do anything he doesn't like at first. So what made the biggest success for you people?
Also for the feeding, shall I never ever feed him inside his enclosure or is it ok for the first time. For this thing I also read different things.
There are already plenty points I am wanting to transcript to make him feel safe and trust me. But for other things I don't know what really is the truth. It's just that I don't want to do anything wrong. If there is anything to do that he doesn't like at the moment, I just want to do it for the greater cause of making him happy with me in the future.
I don't want to expect too much of you, but could you probably write something up like a trainings plan for a three feet Tegu that is quite strong and not so tame yet? I mean just like how to start handling him the right way in the beginning and how to go on after this. I think I know the most important things like not grabbing him from above and scent free hands, but any tips would be so much appreciated!
Thank you so much!
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