Tegu tail shaking

[crimsonrazac]

Hey, I was letting my tegu free roam like I do everyday, he decided to crawl about half way under a blanket. Then all of a sudden it started shaking its tail, kind of like a rattle snake. I havn't seen him do it before.... Any one else have a similar experience?

 

[RehabRalphy]

Thats a sign of "back off"

 

[crimsonrazac]

Thats a sign of "back off"

I wasn't even close to it, let alone in its range of vison lol.... Are you sure?
+the fact that it walked over to me about 3 minutes later

 

[RehabRalphy]

Its like a warning. lol

 

[crimsonrazac]

I wonder who he was warning then :lol:

 

[omgtaylorg]

Mine has done it before when he was burring himself under the mulch and I was messing with the mulch above him, started to shake his tail like a rattle snake...assuming it means stop messing with me lol.

 

[crimsonrazac]

Mine has done it before when he was burring himself under the mulch and I was messing with the mulch above him, started to shake his tail like a rattle snake...assuming it means stop messing with me lol.

Or it could be something they do when they bury themselfs. Mine was going under a blanket.

 

[omgtaylorg]

I tested it out, i stopped messing with him, tail stopped shaking, touched the mulch right above him again, started to shake until i stopped...did that like 3 times, it deff had to do with me messing with him while he was burring, and this tegu is 100% tame so idk.

 

[crimsonrazac]

I was around 10 feet away from my tegu. Might have something to do with the pressure from you hand on top?