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It won't always run away. It's really small and you're really big, it probably thinks you want to eat it. Give it some time, spend a decent amount of time around the tank and inside changing water, spot cleaning, whatever else you can do in there. The tegu will start to see that you don't want to eat it.

I'm still pretty new with tegus but all reptiles grow at different rates, some start off larger some smaller, some end up on the larger side some on the smaller. Just because its the smaller than average now doesn't guarantee it will be little forever.

I haven't had to deal with hibernation yet but hopefully others can give you more input. Good luck and congrats on your tegu!

[QUOTE="Guest, post: 72814"] It won't always run away. It's really small and you're really big, it probably thinks you want to eat it. Give it some time, spend a decent amount of time around the tank and inside changing water, spot cleaning, whatever else you can do in there. The tegu will start to see that you don't want to eat it. I'm still pretty new with tegus but all reptiles grow at different rates, some start off larger some smaller, some end up on the larger side some on the smaller. Just because its the smaller than average now doesn't guarantee it will be little forever. I haven't had to deal with hibernation yet but hopefully others can give you more input. Good luck and congrats on your tegu! [/QUOTE]

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