So we got our blue tegu back last September and he was about 3 months old. About a month after we got him, he went down into brumation. Totally expected but with that being said, we didn't get much time to work with him to get comfortable around us or to even handle him much.
He is now starting to come out a little more but hasn't fully come out of brumation. We are noticing very aggressive behavior once we come to the enclosure and go to unlock it. He will run off his basking platform and literally run into the plexiglass at full sprint. I am thinking this is mainly food aggression as we haven't been able to train him to eat outside the enclosure yet.
My question is, is this just food aggression, because after he is eating we can touch him and he doesn't even seemed bothered by us? Or is it just because he is young, about 8 months old now and just getting to the tegu teenage phase? Are there any tricks we can use to help him calm down and get use to us, so he isn't so aggressive when come to the cage?
He is now starting to come out a little more but hasn't fully come out of brumation. We are noticing very aggressive behavior once we come to the enclosure and go to unlock it. He will run off his basking platform and literally run into the plexiglass at full sprint. I am thinking this is mainly food aggression as we haven't been able to train him to eat outside the enclosure yet.
My question is, is this just food aggression, because after he is eating we can touch him and he doesn't even seemed bothered by us? Or is it just because he is young, about 8 months old now and just getting to the tegu teenage phase? Are there any tricks we can use to help him calm down and get use to us, so he isn't so aggressive when come to the cage?