xintrovert
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hello everyone, today I attended the reptile expo in white plains and I adopted a 3-year-old male.
Everything was great the first two hours, he went right to his salad and ate half of the collard greens. After 3 ish hours of being in his new tank, we decided to feed him dubia roaches, to my surprise, he ate about 6! 30 minutes later he pooped and I was so happy!
After all of that, he went to his basking spot to chill and I noticed he started doing hissing sounds, i figured it could be his reflection so I put up cardboard pieces in his enclosure so he couldn't look at himself and that stopped the hissing.
But a couple of minutes later I tried to feed him again because I want him to at least eat 10 (or should I have not fed him anymore?) he ate about 7 more dubia roaches and then went to his spot and again he started hissing and his beard turned dark.
is this behavior normal? I'm guessing because he just ate he is agitated but I could be wrong. I'm also guessing it's his first day and I should give him time to settle. I just want him to be happy and enjoy his life so the thought of him being scared or not happy broke my heart.
also, if anyone has any tips on how to handle him the first few days I would greatly appreciate it!!! I'm thinking about giving him a bath tomorrow but I don't know if that's too soon. I've also taken him out and put him on my bed but he just closed his eyes and stayed still, is this also normal or should I slow my roll and take baby steps with him?
Everything was great the first two hours, he went right to his salad and ate half of the collard greens. After 3 ish hours of being in his new tank, we decided to feed him dubia roaches, to my surprise, he ate about 6! 30 minutes later he pooped and I was so happy!
After all of that, he went to his basking spot to chill and I noticed he started doing hissing sounds, i figured it could be his reflection so I put up cardboard pieces in his enclosure so he couldn't look at himself and that stopped the hissing.
But a couple of minutes later I tried to feed him again because I want him to at least eat 10 (or should I have not fed him anymore?) he ate about 7 more dubia roaches and then went to his spot and again he started hissing and his beard turned dark.
is this behavior normal? I'm guessing because he just ate he is agitated but I could be wrong. I'm also guessing it's his first day and I should give him time to settle. I just want him to be happy and enjoy his life so the thought of him being scared or not happy broke my heart.
also, if anyone has any tips on how to handle him the first few days I would greatly appreciate it!!! I'm thinking about giving him a bath tomorrow but I don't know if that's too soon. I've also taken him out and put him on my bed but he just closed his eyes and stayed still, is this also normal or should I slow my roll and take baby steps with him?