I came to the realization the other day that I'm pretty sure I will never have the tame sweet tegu I always wanted. I am pretty sure my red tegu, Guts, is just a jerk at heart. I've had him over a year, and he's a little over a year and a half now, and he is generally just not a very nice tegu. I've tried all the tips and tricks there are and he really would prefer to be left alone (and I do mean ALL the tips and tricks, I've had over a year to try all these). He doesn't like to be pet, he give me the stink eye whenever I open his enclosure, he actively dislikes being picked up, and he runs like hell if he sees me coming and it's the end of his free roaming time and if I do something he really dislikes (getting him out of the bath) he doesn't have any issues with gaping and biting. Don't get me wrong, he's not aggressive, he just wants me to leave him alone and never bother him, and merely tolerates me when I take him out to get his food, take him to have a bath, ect.
This doesn't mean I will get rid of him by any means; I'm just a little disappointed that I love him so much and he so obviously dislikes me. Does anyone else have a tegu that's just a jerk? Or, maybe, is there anyone that had a tegu that was a jerk and just took longer to grow out of it (hope shall not be cut off, lol)?
This doesn't mean I will get rid of him by any means; I'm just a little disappointed that I love him so much and he so obviously dislikes me. Does anyone else have a tegu that's just a jerk? Or, maybe, is there anyone that had a tegu that was a jerk and just took longer to grow out of it (hope shall not be cut off, lol)?