Rachel
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Hello! I'm new to forum-ing, but I've had an Argentine Red Tegu named Minerva (Aka: Mina) since October 2011.
She has been WONDERFUL......Up until a little over a week ago. Over the last few months, she's slowly got more and more aggressive until I was forced to return her full-time to her enclosure. She was mostly free roam and sleeping in my bed with me until I realized that her being in my bed was what was making me not sleep so well, so I moved her bed into the closet.
She's always had an attitude, but has never been mean or tried to bite me or anybody, she's always gotten along with the cats and everything. Lately she's started chasing the cats across the room and thinking anything I have in my hand is for her, lunging at me when I walk past her, even trying to chase me a couple times. Yesterday she tried to bite me for the first time....My FACE. Any time I move my hands, she freaks out.
I have never fed her with my hands, I always feed her in the kitchen or the bathroom, so there is no reason why she would think me holding a spool of thread is food. She's an intensely picky eater and won't put anything in her mouth unless she inspects it thoroughly.
It's a complete flip from docile, sweet creature to horrible fear-mongering monster.
I'm moving to Germany following my wedding in a couple months and I don't know what to do. If she's going to be dangerous, I might not want to bring her with me because children are hopefully going to be in the picture before too long. I do not want to abandon her but if she keeps getting worse, she isn't giving me much choice. The hassle of importing her to Germany is gonna be a b*tch and a half.
Help!!! Thank you!!
She has been WONDERFUL......Up until a little over a week ago. Over the last few months, she's slowly got more and more aggressive until I was forced to return her full-time to her enclosure. She was mostly free roam and sleeping in my bed with me until I realized that her being in my bed was what was making me not sleep so well, so I moved her bed into the closet.
She's always had an attitude, but has never been mean or tried to bite me or anybody, she's always gotten along with the cats and everything. Lately she's started chasing the cats across the room and thinking anything I have in my hand is for her, lunging at me when I walk past her, even trying to chase me a couple times. Yesterday she tried to bite me for the first time....My FACE. Any time I move my hands, she freaks out.
I have never fed her with my hands, I always feed her in the kitchen or the bathroom, so there is no reason why she would think me holding a spool of thread is food. She's an intensely picky eater and won't put anything in her mouth unless she inspects it thoroughly.
It's a complete flip from docile, sweet creature to horrible fear-mongering monster.
I'm moving to Germany following my wedding in a couple months and I don't know what to do. If she's going to be dangerous, I might not want to bring her with me because children are hopefully going to be in the picture before too long. I do not want to abandon her but if she keeps getting worse, she isn't giving me much choice. The hassle of importing her to Germany is gonna be a b*tch and a half.
Help!!! Thank you!!