Hey guys. My fiance and I have decided it’s time to get our AA used to being picked up and handled now. We’ve had her for about 2 months and she’s doing pretty well being used to us at this point. After the first month we moved her from her 40 gallon into her big enclosure and she went buck wild for about a week after that until she got settled in again.
She’s about 2 feet long at this point. She’ll let us pet on her, though sometimes she just gets this look like, “Okay that’s enough” and will move away from us, but she doesn’t run. It’s more like a slightly annoyed behavior.
We’ve been able to pick her up a couple of times since she’s been in the big enclosure. Usually it’s being in the right place at the right time as she’s walking and we’re able to get our hands under her.
I was thinking that we’d just work on picking her up and holding her with her feet an inch or two off the ground to start with for a few seconds at a time to start with.
Any suggestions on the best way to work through this next phase of taming? Anyone have a good way of picking them up when they’re laying flat out basking? Any and all feedback and suggestions would be welcome.
She’s about 2 feet long at this point. She’ll let us pet on her, though sometimes she just gets this look like, “Okay that’s enough” and will move away from us, but she doesn’t run. It’s more like a slightly annoyed behavior.
We’ve been able to pick her up a couple of times since she’s been in the big enclosure. Usually it’s being in the right place at the right time as she’s walking and we’re able to get our hands under her.
I was thinking that we’d just work on picking her up and holding her with her feet an inch or two off the ground to start with for a few seconds at a time to start with.
Any suggestions on the best way to work through this next phase of taming? Anyone have a good way of picking them up when they’re laying flat out basking? Any and all feedback and suggestions would be welcome.