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Hello everyone, we've had our female veiled for 4 weeks today. Although we've never handled her she doesn't seem too worried about our hands being close. She has hand fed a few times.
So tonight I thought I may try stroking her chin. Slowly I opened her door and gradually moved my hand toward her, leaving a few inches gap. Then i could gage her reaction. Now, I've seen lots of YouTube videos of people harassing their chams by sticking cameras in their face or grabbing at them - they all puff out, gape, put their hands together, display darker colours and hiss before snapping. Our Teal'c did none of this. After my hand had been there a couple of minutes she quickly and calmly leaned forward (we thought she was going to climb out) and snapped at my fingers.
It struck me that her actions seemed less like aggression and more like feeding. I did keep my fingers together to make them look less like 'worms'.
However, I took it as a 'leave me alone' gesture and promptly did so.
Any thoughts?
So tonight I thought I may try stroking her chin. Slowly I opened her door and gradually moved my hand toward her, leaving a few inches gap. Then i could gage her reaction. Now, I've seen lots of YouTube videos of people harassing their chams by sticking cameras in their face or grabbing at them - they all puff out, gape, put their hands together, display darker colours and hiss before snapping. Our Teal'c did none of this. After my hand had been there a couple of minutes she quickly and calmly leaned forward (we thought she was going to climb out) and snapped at my fingers.
It struck me that her actions seemed less like aggression and more like feeding. I did keep my fingers together to make them look less like 'worms'.
However, I took it as a 'leave me alone' gesture and promptly did so.
Any thoughts?