rxryp
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Just some background - my sweet girl Porkchop is about eighteen inches, wild caught, had her for just over a month now - today, I was idly putting my hand near her, you know, to get her used to my hands near her body and such - when all of a sudden she was climbing up my arm! At first I didn't know how to react, but once she reached my shoulders I kind of startled and scooped her up with my other hand and plopped her right back on her basking spot. I'm very ashamed - I'm not scared of her at all, I don't know what came over me! I was just suddenly certain that if she went onto my back I would never be able to get her back off - and since then she's tolerated the usual: patting her back, putting my hand near her, accepting food from my hands, etc.
My question is: did I completely screw up? Before the incident, she was nudging and nosing at my hand, but now she seems a little more wary of it altogether. I'm very scared that I totally ruined all of the work I put in - and over something so stupid, too!
P.S. is it a normal behavior for tegus to take food and kinda... hide away with a bite, eat it, and then come back out for more? It's not something I'm really worried about, but should I?
My question is: did I completely screw up? Before the incident, she was nudging and nosing at my hand, but now she seems a little more wary of it altogether. I'm very scared that I totally ruined all of the work I put in - and over something so stupid, too!
P.S. is it a normal behavior for tegus to take food and kinda... hide away with a bite, eat it, and then come back out for more? It's not something I'm really worried about, but should I?