Handfeeding

[AReptile]

I know that one of the most commonly used methods to get a cham to "tolerate" your presence is to handfeed. I have had butterworms and silkworms the last two weeks that I have been using to handfeed my male veiled Cosmo. He is a juvie about a foot long already and when I first got him he was ok with me. After he got settled in his cage he become aggressive and as nasty as my female who has been god awful attitude wise since I got her lmao. Today I put my hand in his cage and I noticed him looking at my hand like he was about to shoot his tongue out at my fingers because of the association with food. Has anyone ever experienced something similar with any of their chams targeting their hand?

 

[laurie]

About half of us have had that problem. If you hand feed your hand is where the food comes from. It is challenging to get them to learn the difference. He may shoot at your hand and the best way might be when he is eating slip the other hand under him so he learns to sit on your hand. Maybe put him in a tree for a few minutes free ranging in the room. Then he will learn to associate your hand with something good besides food. Good luck.