twicky
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Looking for different exercises for my "Cutie". Here's the one's I'm using so far.
I just changed the sand in his tank. I used about 35 pounds of sand and he is having a ball He had about 10 pounds before). He starts digging where he wants to sleep, then continues thru-out his tank, just digging to his heart's content. I love it. He's having so much fun. He needs more things like that to excite him.
When I take him out for his 5 hrs freedom, I clean up his tank and level off the mountains he so laborously created. I tried leaving them the first night and that was a mistake. He wanted to dig. It gives him something to do and I love watching him at work. They spend so much time basking that anything that keeps them at a high metabolism for a period of time, has to be good for mind & body.
(Yes I'm a exercise fanatic)
Also I'll put him in a large baking dish, fill it with 90-94* water and sometimes he just starts doing laps. Just has a ball. He'll stay in the water for 20 min or more. The he runs off to lay up by the window and bask under the light I hooked up for him there.
When he does his little mating dance to his reflection, he doing a lot of moving then. I had a big mirror on the floor and he found it and started doing the "dance". I would be that it must be some type of mating ritual. He was doing so much dancing against the mirror, he finally just fell asleep right there. 2 hours later, I put him to bed.
So if you can think of any other exercises to put my "Cutie" through, I sure would appreciate it.
best to all
I just changed the sand in his tank. I used about 35 pounds of sand and he is having a ball He had about 10 pounds before). He starts digging where he wants to sleep, then continues thru-out his tank, just digging to his heart's content. I love it. He's having so much fun. He needs more things like that to excite him.
When I take him out for his 5 hrs freedom, I clean up his tank and level off the mountains he so laborously created. I tried leaving them the first night and that was a mistake. He wanted to dig. It gives him something to do and I love watching him at work. They spend so much time basking that anything that keeps them at a high metabolism for a period of time, has to be good for mind & body.
(Yes I'm a exercise fanatic)
Also I'll put him in a large baking dish, fill it with 90-94* water and sometimes he just starts doing laps. Just has a ball. He'll stay in the water for 20 min or more. The he runs off to lay up by the window and bask under the light I hooked up for him there.
When he does his little mating dance to his reflection, he doing a lot of moving then. I had a big mirror on the floor and he found it and started doing the "dance". I would be that it must be some type of mating ritual. He was doing so much dancing against the mirror, he finally just fell asleep right there. 2 hours later, I put him to bed.
So if you can think of any other exercises to put my "Cutie" through, I sure would appreciate it.
best to all
