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Baby tegu arrived!!!!!

pinto24

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Ya, I spend as much time around him as I possibly can..I cant tell you how many times my arm has fallen asleep laying it in his enclosure trying to get used to me. Just curiously, how bad woudl it be if a Tegu that size were to bite me?
 

PuffDragon

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Nah it won't be that bad. Better now then when he's 4 ft, which can tear right through your hand. My male is very huffy himself. He will spin, do slight tail whips, arch his back but hasn't offered to bite. It can be a little intimidating but with a little persistence I can get my hand under him (without squeezing) to put him into his feeding bin. On the other hand, the female is such a doll and is completely social.
 

pinto24

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PuffDragon said:
Nah it won't be that bad. Better now then when he's 4 ft, which can tear right through your hand. .

Thats what I was thinking. I am just having trouble figuring when to leave him alone and stop trying to pick him up. I dont want to do it to the point to where he hates me, but I am trying to be persistent. But I feel if I keep giving up on him he is going to start thinking that all he needs to do is get a little snappy with me, and that is how to scre me off.
 

olympus

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Like my man puff said it takes time. It all will be worth it a year or two down the road when you have that massive beast as a pet. Ripper has already upgraded to these, look how fat he is.
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burke0000

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Well Ive been sticking my hand in the cage and trying to get him used to me but I still havent had any luck and he still freaks if I get to close. So Ill keep trying.
 

pinto24

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Well, I ditched the hot rock and put in a beam basking bulb which seems to be working pretty well. I didn't actually take the rock from him....I just unplugged it. He seems to have a connection with the thing
 

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This is how ripper looks now, my wife bought me this hand to see if it can help in the quest to tame him.
 

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