Mordi
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Hey, you guys! I was just looking for some advice for making my tegu feel at ease but also not feel like I'm invading his space! My grandpa helped me build his enclosure! It is 8x4x4 with rolling wheels which is absolutely perfect; he did everything I asked for + more and I can't tell you how grateful I am...…. except he didn't think about installing a front door lol. I'm gonna include pictures, but basically there's a latched top that you can prop open. I didn't realize this until he drove down here to build it or I would have done something about it sooner. I can still reach in and go change his food/water so it hasn't really been an issue other than trying to tame the little dude. First, I would put my hand in, but he would try to bite it so I started trying to differentiate between my hand/food. I felt like it was working but he was still very skittish so recently what I've been doing over the last week is climbing in and just sitting there opposite to the side with his main burrow/basking area for like an hour every night so he can come over and check me out if he wants to. The second day into this he came and sat by me and just chilled which is pretty cool! He feels comfortable walking on top of my feet or sitting next to me... but when I reach out to him he runs from my hand, so I've backed up and kept sitting so he can check me out, though recently it seems like now he's kind of bored with me (ouch, haha) so he doesn't really walk over. I've heard putting in a used t-shirt can help so I'm gonna try that, but I was wondering if you guys had any tips or words of reassurance! I just don't want to make him feel like I'm threatening his space?? But I also haven't been able to get him to trust me enough to pick him up so I can remove him and install a front door.