WaterRaven
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Hey guys 
I wrote a post a little while ago wondering if my black and white Argentine tegu, Tabucca, was going through some kind of a teenage phase, since then I am happy to report she's really turned around. She goes easily into the bath now and doesn't flail and death roll and while she does tend to shoulder ride on her way there, she's not panicking as I lower her.
After her bath she's very easy to hold, so here's where I am looking for opinions/advice: while I hold her on the way to the living room or to be fed, she allows me to pet her but once she's on the ground, if I attempt to pet her she shakes her head and even gurgles her disapproval sometimes. I have tried petting her neck area and under the jowls (this she REALLY disliked).
I've seen many pictures and videos of tegus enjoying being pet. I've tried small temporary pets here and there and stopped before the point of irritation but I'm wondering if I should persist with it since she doesn't like it. When she gets out, she only comes to me to burrow into my legs if she wants to be picked up and taken somewhere more interesting. So should I keep up with the pets while I hold her and the small pets while she's out or is this going to stress her and damage our trust?
She's got a big area to roam and is more interested in roaming than my husband and I. I used to put her on the couch but she would burrow between the cushions and nap--more recently she actually tore into the lining of my couch and got inside of it. I need to patch that before I let her back on but that'll be an option once I figure out some kind of tegu proofing for that (if you have advice for that, I am all ears as well!)
Thank you so much for reading
I wrote a post a little while ago wondering if my black and white Argentine tegu, Tabucca, was going through some kind of a teenage phase, since then I am happy to report she's really turned around. She goes easily into the bath now and doesn't flail and death roll and while she does tend to shoulder ride on her way there, she's not panicking as I lower her.
After her bath she's very easy to hold, so here's where I am looking for opinions/advice: while I hold her on the way to the living room or to be fed, she allows me to pet her but once she's on the ground, if I attempt to pet her she shakes her head and even gurgles her disapproval sometimes. I have tried petting her neck area and under the jowls (this she REALLY disliked).
I've seen many pictures and videos of tegus enjoying being pet. I've tried small temporary pets here and there and stopped before the point of irritation but I'm wondering if I should persist with it since she doesn't like it. When she gets out, she only comes to me to burrow into my legs if she wants to be picked up and taken somewhere more interesting. So should I keep up with the pets while I hold her and the small pets while she's out or is this going to stress her and damage our trust?
She's got a big area to roam and is more interested in roaming than my husband and I. I used to put her on the couch but she would burrow between the cushions and nap--more recently she actually tore into the lining of my couch and got inside of it. I need to patch that before I let her back on but that'll be an option once I figure out some kind of tegu proofing for that (if you have advice for that, I am all ears as well!)
Thank you so much for reading
