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I've been a bit absent the last couple days because I got my BTS!
She (of course I don't know, but I feel like she's a she) is one week old today. I've never had a lizard before, so don't have a reference point, but I think she's remarkably tame. With that said, she bit me 3 times today, always while in the process of getting her on my hand. I ignored the bites, and once on me, she was fine. I held her for 8-10 min, staying inside her enclosure for safety.
She's exploring, hiding (started out this morning not able to find her), and drinking. I think I saw her eat a tiny bite of food, but not sure of that.
I do have her on minimal substrate and spartan furnishings til she is fully tame. I don't want to have to chase her.
We've also had our first crisis! She was in her humid hide earlier, and I thought she was trying to dig in there, so I let her be. I checked on her about 2 hours later, and she was laying in her humid hide doorway with her head sticking out. So I tried to get her to come onto my hand. She didn't want to, and I didn't push her, but I felt like something was wrong. Why didn't she back away from me deeper into the hide?
So I gently lift the hide, and OMG!! A piece of duct tape had come loose inside, and both front legs, with all those microscopic toes, were stuck tight on the tape up to the elbows!! And she had been like that for 2 hours!@
Needless to say, I was horrified!...and terrified! I ever so slowly started to pull her free, just knowing I was going to rip at least one toe off her, or tear that thin skin on her legs, or pull a little too hard on her and break a bone.1 Thank God she came loose, she has all her toes, and she's walking normally. I, on the other hand, will take days to recover.
Anyway, here she is, and her divided in half minimalist enclosure. Oh, she still doesn't have a name.
Here you see the duct tape on the hide...it's gone now!
She (of course I don't know, but I feel like she's a she) is one week old today. I've never had a lizard before, so don't have a reference point, but I think she's remarkably tame. With that said, she bit me 3 times today, always while in the process of getting her on my hand. I ignored the bites, and once on me, she was fine. I held her for 8-10 min, staying inside her enclosure for safety.
She's exploring, hiding (started out this morning not able to find her), and drinking. I think I saw her eat a tiny bite of food, but not sure of that.
I do have her on minimal substrate and spartan furnishings til she is fully tame. I don't want to have to chase her.
We've also had our first crisis! She was in her humid hide earlier, and I thought she was trying to dig in there, so I let her be. I checked on her about 2 hours later, and she was laying in her humid hide doorway with her head sticking out. So I tried to get her to come onto my hand. She didn't want to, and I didn't push her, but I felt like something was wrong. Why didn't she back away from me deeper into the hide?
So I gently lift the hide, and OMG!! A piece of duct tape had come loose inside, and both front legs, with all those microscopic toes, were stuck tight on the tape up to the elbows!! And she had been like that for 2 hours!@
Needless to say, I was horrified!...and terrified! I ever so slowly started to pull her free, just knowing I was going to rip at least one toe off her, or tear that thin skin on her legs, or pull a little too hard on her and break a bone.1 Thank God she came loose, she has all her toes, and she's walking normally. I, on the other hand, will take days to recover.
Anyway, here she is, and her divided in half minimalist enclosure. Oh, she still doesn't have a name.
Here you see the duct tape on the hide...it's gone now!