Hey all. A few months back, I purchased a young black and white Tegu from Agama. In the last couple weeks it has slowly awoken from hibernation and has taken a few bites of turkey. In that time, I gave it space to get used to the new surroundings.
Today I tried interacting with him/her as I’d like to be able to take it out of the cages for feeding (I have a colony of hissing roaches I’d like it to start feeding on). At first contact it thrashed and tail whipped and eventually started jumping and snapping.
Any pointers on the approach I should take for the first handling sessions with a little tegu? Should I give it time to get used to seeing me around the cage…or should I just go right in and grab him?
Also, the way the little one thrashes, I'm worried it will hurt itself more than me. Would a towel or shirt be helpful in picking it up (to wrap it in)?
