Hey everyone,
So im a new tegu owner and im still not sure if everything is normal. My gu (haku) arrived almost a week ago now. I know people say to not hold their tegu for a week or so but my tegu just climbed on my hand. Hes about 2 feet so from what i know going through what people call ‘guberty’? He loves when you arrive at the cage and never showed aggression, other then when you pick him up. Its a 50/50 sometimes he is just chill. And sometimes he goes crazy, when he does this i let him run through my hands and he will eventually chill (Usually when im putting him back into the cage). He (like I said in my last thread) Paces his cage a lot, cool side goes down to the 75 and hot spot 100 or so. His routine this past week is:
12-1/2PM wake up and warm up. Once he warms up he begs for food, licking the glass. After hes done eating he goes back to basking, a few hours later he starts pacing and scratching the glass, when i open the cage he goes up to my hand and i head to the room he can safely roam in (an empty bedroom + bathroom) he explores for an hour or two before i put him back into the cage.
Now ill go to my question:
1. Is it normal for a tegu to roam a room for 2 whole hours non stop? Or is he uncomfortable? He isnt looking for a place to hide or anything he just walks around aimlessly
2. He loves this one closet door and two days ago he went in and found a warm thick blanket and for a second i thought i lost him. The next days when i let him out he consistently tries to open that door or paces it (the other closet door with a different compartment is open where i have prepared a blanket) he is the smartest lizard ive ever had. He walks up the wall next to it and pry the doors open with his arm and head). Today i give in and let him open that door, though when he sees that ive moved the blanket he looks confused, i put in a towel so he can relax and he seems content though, not as content as before. Do your tegus love soft thick blankets? And are they suppose to be as persistent as mine in getting one? And im in the process of buying him a pet bed since ive seen that he loves blankies.
So im a new tegu owner and im still not sure if everything is normal. My gu (haku) arrived almost a week ago now. I know people say to not hold their tegu for a week or so but my tegu just climbed on my hand. Hes about 2 feet so from what i know going through what people call ‘guberty’? He loves when you arrive at the cage and never showed aggression, other then when you pick him up. Its a 50/50 sometimes he is just chill. And sometimes he goes crazy, when he does this i let him run through my hands and he will eventually chill (Usually when im putting him back into the cage). He (like I said in my last thread) Paces his cage a lot, cool side goes down to the 75 and hot spot 100 or so. His routine this past week is:
12-1/2PM wake up and warm up. Once he warms up he begs for food, licking the glass. After hes done eating he goes back to basking, a few hours later he starts pacing and scratching the glass, when i open the cage he goes up to my hand and i head to the room he can safely roam in (an empty bedroom + bathroom) he explores for an hour or two before i put him back into the cage.
Now ill go to my question:
1. Is it normal for a tegu to roam a room for 2 whole hours non stop? Or is he uncomfortable? He isnt looking for a place to hide or anything he just walks around aimlessly
2. He loves this one closet door and two days ago he went in and found a warm thick blanket and for a second i thought i lost him. The next days when i let him out he consistently tries to open that door or paces it (the other closet door with a different compartment is open where i have prepared a blanket) he is the smartest lizard ive ever had. He walks up the wall next to it and pry the doors open with his arm and head). Today i give in and let him open that door, though when he sees that ive moved the blanket he looks confused, i put in a towel so he can relax and he seems content though, not as content as before. Do your tegus love soft thick blankets? And are they suppose to be as persistent as mine in getting one? And im in the process of buying him a pet bed since ive seen that he loves blankies.