Well it worked, yes it did. I knew it would when I saw that when I implemented the plan, there were never any backwards slides. Each day was either the same, or a slight improvement. My son also participated. A lot of holding, petting and time, and showing her who was boss in essence led to a comfortably tame lizard. I am so happy. Don't get me wrong. A tegu is gonna do what a tegu is gonna do. They are smart and willful. My particular lizard is still a Princess Pissy Pants for sure. But she's far more manageable now and she enjoys the attention. I'm very excited. We can sit with her for long periods of time, even up on a chair and can safely carry her from one room to the other without looking like Edward Scissorhands got a hole of us. I have three goals left now. One is to be able to comfortably carry her for longer periods of time. Room to room. I am most of the way there. The other is to take her outside without her freaking out and to enjoy it. The icing on the cake years down the road would be able to take car rides and go to parks. Most of all, I want her to be able to roam around the house each day. She can't as of now. All she wants to do is squeeze herself into the tightest cracks you can find. This massive lizard can squeeze herself between a cabinet and wall in the bathroom, under a dishwasher, inside a couch, and so on. She's not scared at all. She just loves cracks. And when she wedges herself into places, you cannot get her out. One day she got into somewhere that was impossible for me to reach. I waited 24 hours and she never came out. I had to move the massive piece of furniture to get her out. Bummer. Total bummer. Lately I figured out that she goes nuts, turns into a different animal when she smells whole prey. Thank gosh, because this will be a great tool to get her to come out of any place she hides in from now on. I won't yammer on and on, but instead will offer hard evidence of my success. Super cool.... we can even open her mouth |
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June 2015
AuthorRebecca Stout aka Wolfy Categories |