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A few Questions regarding my 3-legged BLUE TEGU...

AggressiveKitten Jul 08, 2003 09:28 AM

Even with 3 legs, she's still an escape artist, I have to secure everything!

The first time she got out, without ME letting her out--I freaked... I tore the place apart...

It's not funny, but she ended up on my sisters bed, sleeping with my sister--I told her to wake up so I could check her bed for Samara, and sure enough, she was right under the pillow next to her.
Hehe.
Okay, first question--Lately, she has gotten real jumpy when I get her out, she's always been like this, but not QUITE as bad, she'll thrash around when I pick her up, or when I move my hand towards her, she's jerk back, like i'm going to hit her. She has never tried to bite me though. I handle her as much as possible, at the very least she gets taken out 4 times a week for at least 10 minutes. Sometimes I don't have a problem at all, she's just an angel.

She freaks out when I take her outside also...

I would like to potty train her, both inside the cage, and outside the cage... I hear if you put them in water it works... But I get the feeling everytime she has to "go" she won't just hobble over to the water...? Is there another way?

I'd to get her to settle down a bit when she's out free-roaming. Sometimes she's fine, I can even at times, roll her on her back... She lets me pick off the shedding around her mouth and eyes whenever it's just hanging off without a problem, but sometimes she is jerky, and when she gets bigger, it's going to scare the piss out of me. She's about 2 ft now, she has a REALLY long tail, and it probably somewhere around a sub-adult, and recently she just SHOT up, she got huge within' a couple days...Talk about a growth spurt it was like the hulk!

Just posted to see if anyone wouldn't mind offering a little advice!

Thank you for your time!

Replies (3)

portillo Jul 08, 2003 09:32 AM

check out bluetegu.com. this is ron st pierr's site. he has been breeding blue's for some time. he can help you out.
P.

AggressiveKitten Jul 08, 2003 09:54 AM

np

beausblue Jul 09, 2003 02:59 PM

I have a 11 month old Blue that also went through a growth spurt a little while ago. She also gets jumpy every once in a while she will usually calm down after a few minutes but it seems like every time I get her out I have to re convince her I am ok. My children however have never had a problem getting her. At times she will run from me and then run right to them it is funny and frustrating at the same time. Good luck hope all works out.
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Beau W.

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