Vestathetegu
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hello, I am very new to the tegu world. I have an argentin black and white tegu named Vesta. I come here to read around to see if what my tegu is doing is normal. She have a very large handmade enclosure outside (in Florida) so it’s always nice and hot and humid for her. She is a Juvenial I believe. I got her from someone I met at a reptile show and she seems bigger than a hatchling. I held her the day I got her and everything was fine but now I’m having problems with getting her out of her hide box with me around. I know she is getting used to her enclosure and I see her coming out every once in a while to bask and look around. I sit in her enclosure and sing and talk to her but she won’t come out while I’m around. She’s eating regularly and pooping at least once a day so I know she is healthy. I have been told by the guy I bought him from to hold her every day and I have also read never to touch her while she is hiding, so I have just been sitting around her and letting her know I’m around. I have urges to try to hold her but I resist because I know it takes patience for her to get used to me. I am very dedicated to her and getting her comfortable with me, so any suggestions would be very helpful.