MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
No…he was attacking my phone camera. He hates it!I’d call it a bite of affection .
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No…he was attacking my phone camera. He hates it!I’d call it a bite of affection .
How old is he now? (Sorry, with so many folks & chams, it's hard for me to keep them all straight all the time.) Grumpypants used to run away & hide. He had this maneuver when he was small... If he was perched on a dowel, he'd slide himself 1/4 of the way around to put the dowel between him and me—so I couldn't see him. After I'd leave, he's slide back up to the top of the dowel.My guy runs every time I get near him!
I’ve noticed hornworms have helped my older veiled get use to me. I haven’t gotten him to take from my hand, but he’s taken from tweezers and branches I put the worms on. He’ll let me watch him eat anything now (mere sight of me in his cage and he would hiss before!). Just don’t want to feed them too much hornworms.How old is he now? (Sorry, with so many folks & chams, it's hard for me to keep them all straight all the time.) Grumpypants used to run away & hide. He had this maneuver when he was small... If he was perched on a dowel, he'd slide himself 1/4 of the way around to put the dowel between him and me—so I couldn't see him. After I'd leave, he's slide back up to the top of the dowel.
He's too big for that now, so he just glowers at me and gapes. Today I gave it back to him, "Oh, big scary lizard! You think I'm scared of you?" and darned if he didn't shut his mouth and look a little sheepish. Sometimes he turns the gape into a yawn, like "I meant to do that." Silly lizard.
Have you tried offering Eustis a treat (superworm or something) from the flat of your palm?
Tweezers—I've read here—may not be the best idea—potential for tongue injury.I’ve noticed hornworms have helped my older veiled get use to me. I haven’t gotten him to take from my hand, but he’s taken from tweezers and branches I put the worms on. He’ll let me watch him eat anything now (mere sight of me in his cage and he would hiss before!). Just don’t want to feed them too much hornworms.
Tweezers—I've read here—may not be the best idea—potential for tongue injury.
I've done a super/giant mealie in my palm, and I gotta say it's a weird sensation getting hit with that tongue. You get a whole new appreciation for the power in that muscle.