Got my beautiful little girl yesterday (girlfriend and I decided to name her Amaiya) and placed her in her enclosure, a 40gal breeder. The lighting is a 100w MVB and a 75w Heat lamp, basking temps are hitting about 100 degrees and 85 degrees on the cool side. The entire day she was extremely active, I had given her two pinkies after getting off the phone with bobby (Both were fed outside of the enclosure) and gave her the rest of the day to get used to her new enclosure for the next few months. What was odd to me was not once did she go into her hide or burrow, instead she spent most of the day jumping up the side of the tank over and over again. She only comes about half way up the glass when she tries but when she starts growing more I think she may be able to pull off reaching the top and possibly escaping or worse, getting burnt. Is this a normal behaviour? Should I be worried or just see it as a little extra exercise?
I've also noticed while feeding Amaiya yesterday that with each thing given to her (3 pinkies and a few superworms) she would bite the food and then violently shake the food about. I assumed this was the norm for all tegu but after watching plenty of videos on youtube I'm noticing that most of the tegus aren't doing this while eating. My question is, is this a juvenile feeding behaviour, a personality based feeding behaviour or possibly that of all Chacoans?
Looking forward to your responses!
-Josh Fabian
I've also noticed while feeding Amaiya yesterday that with each thing given to her (3 pinkies and a few superworms) she would bite the food and then violently shake the food about. I assumed this was the norm for all tegu but after watching plenty of videos on youtube I'm noticing that most of the tegus aren't doing this while eating. My question is, is this a juvenile feeding behaviour, a personality based feeding behaviour or possibly that of all Chacoans?
Looking forward to your responses!
-Josh Fabian