Stacymarie
Member
Hi everyone!
We brought home our little guy Monday night - it’s now Thursday. They told us to leave him be for about a week before we tried holding him.
So we brought him home Monday night and pretty much went to bed shortly after
Tuesday he was really still most of the day, not moving much.
Wednesday he was much more active moving around his tank and even scratching on his glass - which I took to mean he was hungry and tried feeding him and he did actually eat!
Today (Thursday) he is even more alert and mobile, wandering all over his tank, getting comfy in different spots, and most importantly, it looks like he’s following us around the room! Whenever we get within what I assume is his eye sight he’ll perk up and follow us with his eyes. He tilts his head when we come close to his tank as well.
No black bearding or ‘stress spots’ or anything to indicate (to me at least) that he’s upset.
So it’s only been really 3 days, but based on his behavior I kind of want to get him out and hold him for a little bit. The LAST thing I want is an unsocialized dragon. Can anyone tell em if it would be ok to start handling him a bit even if it’s only been 3 days? Or is that still a bad idea?
We brought home our little guy Monday night - it’s now Thursday. They told us to leave him be for about a week before we tried holding him.
So we brought him home Monday night and pretty much went to bed shortly after
Tuesday he was really still most of the day, not moving much.
Wednesday he was much more active moving around his tank and even scratching on his glass - which I took to mean he was hungry and tried feeding him and he did actually eat!
Today (Thursday) he is even more alert and mobile, wandering all over his tank, getting comfy in different spots, and most importantly, it looks like he’s following us around the room! Whenever we get within what I assume is his eye sight he’ll perk up and follow us with his eyes. He tilts his head when we come close to his tank as well.
No black bearding or ‘stress spots’ or anything to indicate (to me at least) that he’s upset.
So it’s only been really 3 days, but based on his behavior I kind of want to get him out and hold him for a little bit. The LAST thing I want is an unsocialized dragon. Can anyone tell em if it would be ok to start handling him a bit even if it’s only been 3 days? Or is that still a bad idea?