Hopping on the wagon and making my gu an official thread for pic/video/taming/life in general updates. 
I got my baby 4 days ago at a reptile shop in Tigard OR. I have a feeling he wasn't handled very well as he is skittish as hell to the point where the contact will be very minimal for a while until he acclimates and gets used to me. He hasn't been sexed yet (they didn't really even know his age but I'm guessing 8-ish weeks) but for ease I will refer to him as a he until I learn any better.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbinLQmuNMs&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Right now I am trying my best to give him space. Today I stuck my hand in the tank and left on the substrate for about 25 min. He was dozing off while I did it. Unfortunately he has now associated napkins with his food (he charged me when I tried to pick up his poop with a napkin) so now I've moved on to wearing gloves when I do anything with this food. Unfortunately he wakes up really early so I can't feed him before he sees me. I might wait until nighttime but I don't like the thought of leaving him unsupervised with his food as he's dragged it through substrate before. I'm hoping really soon I can bond enough to where he'll let me touch/hold him so I can begin bin feeding as I really do not like the risk of enclosure feeding.
He has been a little more curious the last couple of days. I like to sit in front of the tank and pretend to sleep. He's been coming up to the glass to try and lick at me. Seems like a little bit of progress.
Unfortunately I will be moving from OR back to Louisiana in about 2 and a half weeks. I will be upgrading his enclosure to a 40g (or larger) breeder while I work on his permanent enclosure. Does anyone have tips on shipping methods? I'm having my friend do it once I get settled in and have all of his stuff ready and the temp/humidity correct again. I really don't want to do this since it will probably cause a big taming setback, but there's no getting around it.
I got my baby 4 days ago at a reptile shop in Tigard OR. I have a feeling he wasn't handled very well as he is skittish as hell to the point where the contact will be very minimal for a while until he acclimates and gets used to me. He hasn't been sexed yet (they didn't really even know his age but I'm guessing 8-ish weeks) but for ease I will refer to him as a he until I learn any better.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbinLQmuNMs&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Right now I am trying my best to give him space. Today I stuck my hand in the tank and left on the substrate for about 25 min. He was dozing off while I did it. Unfortunately he has now associated napkins with his food (he charged me when I tried to pick up his poop with a napkin) so now I've moved on to wearing gloves when I do anything with this food. Unfortunately he wakes up really early so I can't feed him before he sees me. I might wait until nighttime but I don't like the thought of leaving him unsupervised with his food as he's dragged it through substrate before. I'm hoping really soon I can bond enough to where he'll let me touch/hold him so I can begin bin feeding as I really do not like the risk of enclosure feeding.
He has been a little more curious the last couple of days. I like to sit in front of the tank and pretend to sleep. He's been coming up to the glass to try and lick at me. Seems like a little bit of progress.
Unfortunately I will be moving from OR back to Louisiana in about 2 and a half weeks. I will be upgrading his enclosure to a 40g (or larger) breeder while I work on his permanent enclosure. Does anyone have tips on shipping methods? I'm having my friend do it once I get settled in and have all of his stuff ready and the temp/humidity correct again. I really don't want to do this since it will probably cause a big taming setback, but there's no getting around it.
