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Are you feeding him by hand or by feeder tongs, if so alot of tegus will assume your hand with feeding time. Or if you leave a bowl or plate in the cage and then bring food in on different plates or bowls and pour it in they will also assume your hand is food becuase its the only constant at feeding time. I use a dog dish that i put in with food and i remove once he is done. So when he sees me walk into the room with his bowl he comes running up to the door, but if i walk in with no bowl he look at me a walk over the glass and lay down waiting to come out for the day. The biggest differance is when i open the door, if he sees the bowl his digging at the door wanting to charge the bowl which i normally leave on the floor while i open his cage that way if he lunges his going for the bowl and no where near my hand. When no bowl is in site i can open the door and he wait to see if i pick him up or just let him free roam, his in no rush.

As for the diahrea as metion before adding rodents or chicken with bone will help bind that up a bit. Its the left over bone powder and the fur that helps bind their poop. I'm not a big fan of the gound meat diet but hey it works so im not going to knock it, but stay away from cat foods many reptiles die early from owners feeding cat foods, it mucks with thier livers.

Tegus and dogs can be a funny mix... when supervised. My tegu got lose one day and where did i find him, curled up in the dog bed with my hound, lol.

<blockquote data-quote="chelvis" data-source="post: 67782" data-attributes="member: 49">Are you feeding him by hand or by feeder tongs, if so alot of tegus will assume your hand with feeding time. Or if you leave a bowl or plate in the cage and then bring food in on different plates or bowls and pour it in they will also assume your hand is food becuase its the only constant at feeding time. I use a dog dish that i put in with food and i remove once he is done. So when he sees me walk into the room with his bowl he comes running up to the door, but if i walk in with no bowl he look at me a walk over the glass and lay down waiting to come out for the day. The biggest differance is when i open the door, if he sees the bowl his digging at the door wanting to charge the bowl which i normally leave on the floor while i open his cage that way if he lunges his going for the bowl and no where near my hand. When no bowl is in site i can open the door and he wait to see if i pick him up or just let him free roam, his in no rush.As for the diahrea as metion before adding rodents or chicken with bone will help bind that up a bit. Its the left over bone powder and the fur that helps bind their poop. I'm not a big fan of the gound meat diet but hey it works so im not going to knock it, but stay away from cat foods many reptiles die early from owners feeding cat foods, it mucks with thier livers. Tegus and dogs can be a funny mix... when supervised. My tegu got lose one day and where did i find him, curled up in the dog bed with my hound, lol. <img src="http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o307/Graylonewolf/Tegu021.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="chelvis, post: 67782, member: 49"] Are you feeding him by hand or by feeder tongs, if so alot of tegus will assume your hand with feeding time. Or if you leave a bowl or plate in the cage and then bring food in on different plates or bowls and pour it in they will also assume your hand is food becuase its the only constant at feeding time. I use a dog dish that i put in with food and i remove once he is done. So when he sees me walk into the room with his bowl he comes running up to the door, but if i walk in with no bowl he look at me a walk over the glass and lay down waiting to come out for the day. The biggest differance is when i open the door, if he sees the bowl his digging at the door wanting to charge the bowl which i normally leave on the floor while i open his cage that way if he lunges his going for the bowl and no where near my hand. When no bowl is in site i can open the door and he wait to see if i pick him up or just let him free roam, his in no rush. As for the diahrea as metion before adding rodents or chicken with bone will help bind that up a bit. Its the left over bone powder and the fur that helps bind their poop. I'm not a big fan of the gound meat diet but hey it works so im not going to knock it, but stay away from cat foods many reptiles die early from owners feeding cat foods, it mucks with thier livers. Tegus and dogs can be a funny mix... when supervised. My tegu got lose one day and where did i find him, curled up in the dog bed with my hound, lol. [img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o307/Graylonewolf/Tegu021.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]

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