Tegu Taming Timing

[mushman]

I am very anxious to start interacting with my tegu but my work schedule requires me to work during the only times he is out of hiding. He gets up around 11-11:30am like clockwork and is only out for a couple hours. Usually by then I am getting ready for work. I know I'm not supposed to disturb him while he's sleeping but I don't really know what to do. I know he won't let me handle him because he runs and hides when I get close to his cage. How can I feed his meat and bugs in a separate enclosure if I can't handle him? Yesterday i got home and fed him a fuzzy(f/t) and I know for a fact he saw me. The only answer I can think of is to feed him while he's sleeping but I'm afraid of the meat going bad. I know this is a ton of questions at once but I am pretty much going nuts at the moment

 

[VARNYARD]

I am very anxious to start interacting with my tegu but my work schedule requires me to work during the only times he is out of hiding. He gets up around 11-11:30am like clockwork and is only out for a couple hours. Usually by then I am getting ready for work. I know I'm not supposed to disturb him while he's sleeping but I don't really know what to do. I know he won't let me handle him because he runs and hides when I get close to his cage. How can I feed his meat and bugs in a separate enclosure if I can't handle him? Yesterday i got home and fed him a fuzzy(f/t) and I know for a fact he saw me. The only answer I can think of is to feed him while he's sleeping but I'm afraid of the meat going bad. I know this is a ton of questions at once but I am pretty much going nuts at the moment

You can change his time, set the time for when you are home, and just cover the cage during the day when you are working. Set the time for the lights to be on at 12 hours a day when you are home. You can let the lights be on from 11pm to 11am, this would make it to where he will be active when you are home.

 

[mushman]

Thanks for the advice Bobby. I have adjusted it so its a bit earlier but I will cover his cage too. He just doesn't seem to want to come out. I have been trying to feed him different stuff but so far all he has eaten are large crickets and a f/t fuzzy. He turned up his nose at scrambled eggs and raw ground turkey