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Orion keeps running away
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[QUOTE="Orion1002, post: 2007664, member: 116938"] So I’ve had my new baby, Orion, for a month and two days now and I absolutely love her. She’s 12 inches as of last week and has just finished her first shed at home (I’m thinking 4-6 months old from her length). I thought she’s been slowly getting used to me and calming down around me but after she finished shedding she’s been so skittish. Like I put my hand in and she would normally let me pet her on her head and down back and she’d close her eyes, but now I go to pet her on her head (approaching from front and side) and she runs away from me or puffs her beard out (it doesn’t get black just puffs up). I try to hold her at least once a day, maybe two but try not to do it too many times in one day. When I hold her she used to sit and stay on my chest or shoulder but now she has been scurrying off me as soon as she gets a chance. I gave her a bath last week about 5 days out of the week to help her finish her shed which is the only thing that’s changed, but usually she gets a bath 3 days a week and multiple spritzings during the day. I try to keep her basking spot around 110 (checked every day with a temp gun) and she has a T5 tube UVB bulb, then at night she has a ceramic bulb. She’s fed 40-50 BSFL twice a day as I can’t keep crickets or roaches, and veggies are always available during the day. I put calcium powder and a multivitamin with D3 in it on the veg every day. I’m just so down because I thought we were making progress and she was beginning to like me, but the last few days she has just been so skittish and irritable. She’s never tried to bite but I hate the thought that I stress her out so much she runs from me, and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. She still has some stress lines on her belly which is concerning to me as I thought they would have gone away by a month after coming home (although they definitely have faded a little bit). If someone could help me out with advice or tell me if I’m doing something wrong I’d be super grateful. I just want her to like me 😭 [/QUOTE]
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