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RE: food aggression - worsening

Guru has always been fed in his enclosure with no issues, I can pull food from right in front of him and he doesn't care.. Not that I frequently do that lol. He pays no attention to what goes in and out of his enclosure.

Gary the one with the issues has been fed inside the enclosure 3 times. I've had him for a little over a month, the previous owner did not feed either of them in the enclosure.

I'll try feeding him earlier in the day before he has a chance to get warmed up. I'm also going to see if feeding him again in a little while might help. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts blowing up again by the way hes been eating lately. Generally when I feed Gary and the female I bring them to the food rather than move them then present food. I'm willing to try anything. I've seen a few videos on youtube with the clickers.

I appreciate any and all advice I get. I don't want anyone to get hurt (myself included), I was really worried when he jumped at the glass.. It didn't seem to phase him but I don't want him to be injured or injure the other tegu hes housed with.

As for the housing, I know I need a 3rd enclosure, I'm going to have to get that going sooner than expected. I was hoping that for the time being there wouldn't be any conflicts between the two of them but I should have been more prepared, thats my fault. When I had gotten them I was told they were both girls, I thought maybe they could be housed together. They were still fairly small, just over 2 ft. Then I found out Gary was a male and this food-cage-aggression started.

<blockquote data-quote="Rhetoric" data-source="post: 81462" data-attributes="member: 2215">RE: food aggression - worseningGuru has always been fed in his enclosure with no issues, I can pull food from right in front of him and he doesn't care.. Not that I frequently do that lol. He pays no attention to what goes in and out of his enclosure.Gary the one with the issues has been fed inside the enclosure 3 times. I've had him for a little over a month, the previous owner did not feed either of them in the enclosure. I'll try feeding him earlier in the day before he has a chance to get warmed up. I'm also going to see if feeding him again in a little while might help. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts blowing up again by the way hes been eating lately. Generally when I feed Gary and the female I bring them to the food rather than move them then present food. I'm willing to try anything. I've seen a few videos on youtube with the clickers.I appreciate any and all advice I get. I don't want anyone to get hurt (myself included), I was really worried when he jumped at the glass.. It didn't seem to phase him but I don't want him to be injured or injure the other tegu hes housed with.As for the housing, I know I need a 3rd enclosure, I'm going to have to get that going sooner than expected. I was hoping that for the time being there wouldn't be any conflicts between the two of them but I should have been more prepared, thats my fault. When I had gotten them I was told they were both girls, I thought maybe they could be housed together. They were still fairly small, just over 2 ft. Then I found out Gary was a male and this food-cage-aggression started.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhetoric, post: 81462, member: 2215"] [b]RE: food aggression - worsening[/b] Guru has always been fed in his enclosure with no issues, I can pull food from right in front of him and he doesn't care.. Not that I frequently do that lol. He pays no attention to what goes in and out of his enclosure. Gary the one with the issues has been fed inside the enclosure 3 times. I've had him for a little over a month, the previous owner did not feed either of them in the enclosure. I'll try feeding him earlier in the day before he has a chance to get warmed up. I'm also going to see if feeding him again in a little while might help. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts blowing up again by the way hes been eating lately. Generally when I feed Gary and the female I bring them to the food rather than move them then present food. I'm willing to try anything. I've seen a few videos on youtube with the clickers. I appreciate any and all advice I get. I don't want anyone to get hurt (myself included), I was really worried when he jumped at the glass.. It didn't seem to phase him but I don't want him to be injured or injure the other tegu hes housed with. As for the housing, I know I need a 3rd enclosure, I'm going to have to get that going sooner than expected. I was hoping that for the time being there wouldn't be any conflicts between the two of them but I should have been more prepared, thats my fault. When I had gotten them I was told they were both girls, I thought maybe they could be housed together. They were still fairly small, just over 2 ft. Then I found out Gary was a male and this food-cage-aggression started. [/QUOTE]

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