Every now and then the male does get a bit fussy but only puffs himself up when he is enjoying the sun but nothing bad. Before I built the outside enclosure I would take them out and let them enjoy the sun in the garden. When I put them in the garden for some time to enjoy the sun the male would get fussy and not want to be messed with. He would open his mouth and puff himself up and a few times even lunged. That was his way of telling me that he wasn’t done in the sun yet and didn’t want to go back inside. The female, I have never had any aggression issues but that may be because she has always been babied by me.
I agree that it’s strange to hear that the female is picky but I have tried so many different things over the years and it’s just how she is. I have heard of many eating anything and even rotting carcasses but my tegus don’t. I tried to give them an old rabbit that my snakes didn’t eat and they wanted nothing to do with it. I had to throw it away because they were just letting it rot and the smell got too bad to just let be. I was shocked, especially seeing that my male will try anything that’s meat. Now I just stick to a mix of meats and bananas, and give mice from time to time.
I have to say the reason, in my opinion, they are so calm is because they very rarely see me giving them food. I normally will put the food in their enclosure when they both are still in their hides, as I leave for work or after work before the sun sets. When they use to see me putting it into the inside enclosure they began to think me holding my hand out meant that I had food. Now they see me and will come up to me trying to climb on me or just acknowledge I am there. The female will, on the other hand, chase my toes if I climb into the enclosure with sandals on but I did that once and that was all it took. The moment my feet hit the ground she charged my feet mouth open.

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