herpgirl2510
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In the beginning of June I ahd bought Chevy a 2010 extreme from someone. He had gone down a month after the guy had received him and slept for like 8 months. He also had never een handled. When he arrived he immediately uried he would ome out and bask but rarely ate for the first 4 weeks at least. When I would try and hold him he would start vibrating and convulsing. He would also wiggle alot when he walked more than normal and he would walk on his front elbows which is not normal. I know a main staple in his diet was eggs. I took the hands off approach just like I did with Tonka. If I would attempt to handle him he would defecate convulse it was pretty awful. Slowly over the last 10 weeks he has been coming around. I started by just stroking him when he would walk by it was funny he would take of like a shot after about 10 seconds. He seemed to start to enjoy being pet he would arch his back and kind of wiggle. Well long story short we have gotten to the point where he will now only flip for a second when I hold him then he seems totally relaxed and I can stroke him and he cuddles agains my chest. I also swithed him to a whole prey diet about a month ago. He is now starting to walk up on his feet and wiggles as much a Tonka does when he walks. He never convulses anymore and his appetite finally piked up with the new diet. He went from 24" to around 38-40" in the last 10 weeks. So yesterday I pulled him on my lap and he was happy sitting in the chair and exploring it was very exciting I have waited a long time for this. Also I brought out some roaches which he was uninterested in before and i would throw him roaches and he would chase them and eat them it was a good bonding experience he would eg like a dog for more. I was careful of my face though because he has bit it before more like a sampling it was not aggression. I figured I would post this so in case you are getting worried aout the taming process that it works out in the end. It is funny chevy seems way more intuned to me than Chevy he really stares into my eyes and checks me out I think we may develop a strong bond because of how long are road to him allowing me to handle him has been. So everyone it gets better with time and it is so rewarding even when you have a little progress like I had this weekend. There is my long winded post of the week.
