Cheakie's done it to me again, got out of his tub while I was replacing his water and the absorbant paper lining I put under in the 1.5L tub the water dish sits in.
He's usually very good and just watches me while I'm doing this.
This time the little bugger leapt straight up onto the rim of the tub and then leapt onto the armrest of the lounge next to and from there leapt onto the floor next the lounge and was under the lounge before I could reach down and grab him.
A few minutes later he was in explorer mode on the kitchen floor but I've opted again not to chase him ( he'll only get scared and go to ground and I'll loose his trust if I do that ).
He's pretty well fed so he'll likely get thirsty before he feels hungry, and there are some rogue crickets hiding in the living area for my latest "great bug escape" last night when mr fumble fingers tipped over a cricket storage tub with about 40 crickets in it and 12 - 16 of them got away , recovered 14 last night as the started roaming about , but some elude my wife and me, so Cheakie will likely find last of the excapees in the next day or two .
(I was telling my wife " where's a house skink or house gecko when you need one ? to catch and eat the excaped crickets).
So I'm not holding out much hope of recatching him for a few days unless it's while he's drinking or he crawls into one of tubes I've put on the floor for him or he comes close enough from me pick him up.
Just hope he doesn't find the way back out again like last time.
Really have get cracking on the new DUAL CONVERTABLE 2 x 0.6m L x 0.596m W x 0.4m H water skink tank as a 27L tub (height 255mm) is too easy for Cheakie to leap out off now he's adult size.
Never had a hatchling bearded dragon , baby or juvenile bluetongue , or water skink escape from my 120L rearing tubs ( height 440mm ).
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He just visited the dragon tub and was sitting there for a new minutes doing the tail wriggling & quick head nods thing while Cleo was slow head nodding and arm waving back at him.
He's usually very good and just watches me while I'm doing this.
This time the little bugger leapt straight up onto the rim of the tub and then leapt onto the armrest of the lounge next to and from there leapt onto the floor next the lounge and was under the lounge before I could reach down and grab him.
A few minutes later he was in explorer mode on the kitchen floor but I've opted again not to chase him ( he'll only get scared and go to ground and I'll loose his trust if I do that ).
He's pretty well fed so he'll likely get thirsty before he feels hungry, and there are some rogue crickets hiding in the living area for my latest "great bug escape" last night when mr fumble fingers tipped over a cricket storage tub with about 40 crickets in it and 12 - 16 of them got away , recovered 14 last night as the started roaming about , but some elude my wife and me, so Cheakie will likely find last of the excapees in the next day or two .
(I was telling my wife " where's a house skink or house gecko when you need one ? to catch and eat the excaped crickets).
So I'm not holding out much hope of recatching him for a few days unless it's while he's drinking or he crawls into one of tubes I've put on the floor for him or he comes close enough from me pick him up.
Just hope he doesn't find the way back out again like last time.
Really have get cracking on the new DUAL CONVERTABLE 2 x 0.6m L x 0.596m W x 0.4m H water skink tank as a 27L tub (height 255mm) is too easy for Cheakie to leap out off now he's adult size.
Never had a hatchling bearded dragon , baby or juvenile bluetongue , or water skink escape from my 120L rearing tubs ( height 440mm ).
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He just visited the dragon tub and was sitting there for a new minutes doing the tail wriggling & quick head nods thing while Cleo was slow head nodding and arm waving back at him.