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Hey guys, got a quick question - but first of all, i want to say thanks to Bobby Hill if he reads this, my tegu i just got is doing awesome.
My tegu is a bit skiddish but super friendly, gets scared when hes picked up, the normal stuff for a new pet lizard. Im not using cypress mulch, but i will be buying some soon. i tried out a snake bedding, that i thought would be better because its softer/fluffier and wouldnt hurt him even if he accidently got some in his digestive track. I dont feed him in his tank though, but i had a small snake somehow accidently eat mulch some how and die once even though i wasnt feed the snake in the tank either.
OK - so today my tegu was buried under his bedding.... And usually if i go to get him out of his tank, i just brush away the bedding gently rub him a minute, then pick him up. he gets alittle skiddish at first, then calms down. Well not the case today. today i uncovered him, as soon as i went to touch him he jumped, and hissed, he did that about 5 times each time i tried to pet him until he calmed down. Honestly it almost seems like either 1. he was sleeping, having a bad dream and i was interrupting it or 2. i startled him because he couldnt see what was touching him, and becoming defensive because of it. his head was still covered in the bedding. only half his body was exposed. so that brings me to my next pount... is it ok to use a bedding they cant burrow in ??? if every time he burrows theres a chance of him acting like this, and biteing me, then i dont want him to burrow if its ok for him health wise to not be able to burrow, ill just leave him his fake plants to hide in, and a log. please let me know what to do, so i can keep him under control and calm enough to tame. he has acted similar to this once before, but not to this extent and id like to prevent this from happening again to the best of my ability.
My tegu is a bit skiddish but super friendly, gets scared when hes picked up, the normal stuff for a new pet lizard. Im not using cypress mulch, but i will be buying some soon. i tried out a snake bedding, that i thought would be better because its softer/fluffier and wouldnt hurt him even if he accidently got some in his digestive track. I dont feed him in his tank though, but i had a small snake somehow accidently eat mulch some how and die once even though i wasnt feed the snake in the tank either.
OK - so today my tegu was buried under his bedding.... And usually if i go to get him out of his tank, i just brush away the bedding gently rub him a minute, then pick him up. he gets alittle skiddish at first, then calms down. Well not the case today. today i uncovered him, as soon as i went to touch him he jumped, and hissed, he did that about 5 times each time i tried to pet him until he calmed down. Honestly it almost seems like either 1. he was sleeping, having a bad dream and i was interrupting it or 2. i startled him because he couldnt see what was touching him, and becoming defensive because of it. his head was still covered in the bedding. only half his body was exposed. so that brings me to my next pount... is it ok to use a bedding they cant burrow in ??? if every time he burrows theres a chance of him acting like this, and biteing me, then i dont want him to burrow if its ok for him health wise to not be able to burrow, ill just leave him his fake plants to hide in, and a log. please let me know what to do, so i can keep him under control and calm enough to tame. he has acted similar to this once before, but not to this extent and id like to prevent this from happening again to the best of my ability.