hi,
I have a 4 and a half month old extreme giant (born in July)named Goliath, he is about 24 inches long right now. he has been nothing but a gentleman since I got him... until recently. I am a college student so I brought him home for thanksgiving for the week. He was fine there in a 125 gallon cage that was square (huge footprint) and then I brought him back to school and put him into his normal 125 gallon long (6x long but thinner). He went nuts! He dug everything up and started launching himself at the lights and trying to jump out of the cage endlessly. I changed the bedding (as there were more than a few crickets that had begun breeding in the substrate while i was gone) and even had to take his lights and the fake vines out because he was climbing them and pushing on his lid. So at this point he is in a bare cage with substrate, a water bowl and a hidebox. he is still launching himself towards the top of the cage and seems very uneasy. he is eating less but still eating. Its only been three days but I figured I should do what I can sooner rather than later, he's always been very easy to handle but I'm nervous that he might nip me and that would open up a new can of worms. any ideas on whats going on or what I could try to do to calm the beast?
I have a 4 and a half month old extreme giant (born in July)named Goliath, he is about 24 inches long right now. he has been nothing but a gentleman since I got him... until recently. I am a college student so I brought him home for thanksgiving for the week. He was fine there in a 125 gallon cage that was square (huge footprint) and then I brought him back to school and put him into his normal 125 gallon long (6x long but thinner). He went nuts! He dug everything up and started launching himself at the lights and trying to jump out of the cage endlessly. I changed the bedding (as there were more than a few crickets that had begun breeding in the substrate while i was gone) and even had to take his lights and the fake vines out because he was climbing them and pushing on his lid. So at this point he is in a bare cage with substrate, a water bowl and a hidebox. he is still launching himself towards the top of the cage and seems very uneasy. he is eating less but still eating. Its only been three days but I figured I should do what I can sooner rather than later, he's always been very easy to handle but I'm nervous that he might nip me and that would open up a new can of worms. any ideas on whats going on or what I could try to do to calm the beast?