KLB85":29jpne3s said:Thanks for the advice, it's good to hear that I should be starting slow and steady and it takes time to build their trust. Sometimes it's confusing because I see a lot of people holding tiny babies and it makes me wonder if that's normal or not and why I can't hold mine. I read a good article about getting your reptile to trust you and that it could take quite some time to hold them without forcing it. They suggested to go very slow, have your hands involved in feeding and just doing things in the viv in general to get them used to your hands. To slowly move your hands closer to them and just keep them there for a few minutes, until after a few weeks you may be able to touch them and have them crawl on your hand. I think it's good advice and sounds like a low stress way to approach the situation. Just a lot of patience! Here's a pic of her eyeing me up :lol:
KLB85":3kwjove7 said:Thanks for the advice Reptilelady, your beardie is so cute too! Awe thank youHe looks close to the size of mine in your picture. Were you able to hold him at that age? Mine will let my hang come near her, but if I try to touch her, she jumps and runs away. Is this normal? I'm not sure I should pursue her after she's scared. Some people say that if you back away that they will keep running away from you because they know it works, but then I've also heard that pursuing them when they're scared can be too forceful of a taming method. What do you think? Was your beardie jumpy and scared too at first?
Oh yeah, that makes things difficult, they tend to hate being picked up from above, I'd always try and go from below so they don't think you're a predator or something.KLB85":2d7mwopm said:Thanks for the advice, I saw this method of picking them up on youtube and have tried it. She just backs up instead! lol! Unfortunately I have her in a tank that i access from the top, so I don't think she likes me coming in from above. We will be building her a custom wood vivarium that we can access from the front, but that won't be done for a few months. How old was Obi when you started to handle him regularly? Did he try to run away at first? What did you do in that situation? Leave him alone or continue to try to handle him?
ImJoeWheeler":31wsgkxx said:Oh yeah, that makes things difficult, they tend to hate being picked up from above, I'd always try and go from below so they don't think you're a predator or something.KLB85":31wsgkxx said:Thanks for the advice, I saw this method of picking them up on youtube and have tried it. She just backs up instead! lol! Unfortunately I have her in a tank that i access from the top, so I don't think she likes me coming in from above. We will be building her a custom wood vivarium that we can access from the front, but that won't be done for a few months. How old was Obi when you started to handle him regularly? Did he try to run away at first? What did you do in that situation? Leave him alone or continue to try to handle him?
I don't exactly know how old Obi was when I got him, but he was roughly about 3-4 weeks old when we got him, and we let him get used to things in his vivarium for at least 1 and a half weeks before attempting to pick him up, but once we picked him up the first time, we had no difficulty picking him up again, he now comes out at least once (often many more times) a day.
I wouldn't say he tried to run away, but he did (and still does) move very quickly when he is scared or agitated, and seems to think he can fly too.. especially when high up over a wooden floor... (not good)
so I recommend keeping low down so she doesn't manage to hurt herself, although i've been told its less likely when they are young because they bounce.. but not sure how true that is!
luckily Obi has never really ran off before, the furthest he ever has got is my sisters room next door, I just scooped him up and put him back in his vivHe seems to move less the faster you move him, whereas if you try and walk really slowly with him on your hand for example, he will try and jump, but I imagine thats not the same for all dragons..
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