worried my tegu will get hurt with his escape attempts

[StygianChild]

My tegu Omega, who i've had for around 5 mo i believe, has begun to try to escape in the last 2-3 months. He will reach up and grab the mesh of the top of the tank and literally do a pull up! I'm worried he's going to hurt himself. Besides getting a new, taller tank does anyone have any suggestions of how to stop him or if i should even worry about it?

I was thinking of giving him a different substrate since i need to replace it anyways and i was going to make it deeper so he could dig more, but that would make it easier to grab the top to the tank. I'm not sure if that would be better or worse than him trying to do pull ups and dropping to the ground. opinions?

I'll try to get a video next time he does it.

Thanks

 

[Lavin45]

My Loki is doing this same exact thing. She's standing on her hind legs and literally launching herself up at the screen and holding on. I had to raise her lights so she'd 1 stop breaking them and 2 not burn her self like a dumby lol

 

[StygianChild]

lol i think i'm going to put more substrate in so that he can stand up and reach it. That way, if he gets his claws stuck he can at least touch the ground.

 

[Cody096]

Mine did that til I upgraded the enclosure to a 6x4x4 from his 4x2x2. He's only 20 inches long and abot 5 months old but his level of activity has gone up quite a bit when he is awake and he no longer tries to escape. He is a bit flighty now but that's probably to be expected in a new space with so much more room.

 

[Walter1]

Mine did that til I upgraded the enclosure to a 6x4x4 from his 4x2x2. He's only 20 inches long and abot 5 months old but his level of activity has gone up quite a bit when he is awake and he no longer tries to escape. He is a bit flighty now but that's probably to be expected in a new space with so much more room.

As you can quickly see, they're very smart and know what works and what doesn't.

 

[StygianChild]

well until he's decided this method doesn't work he makes one hell of an alarm.

 

[Walter1]

well until he's decided this method doesn't work he makes one hell of an alarm.

True.