holygouda
10-30-2005, 07:00 AM
Ive been working on building a custom cage for a little while now and Im just finally putting on the finishing touches.(hoping to have pictures soon) I was hoping to put the two tegus I have together in there. Unfortunately, I have a feeling they are both males.
Ive been trying to introduce them a little more lately since the cage is almost complete and am not sure what to make of the situation.
Of the two tegu's I have, the smaller one is ZZyzx and the larger one is Leroy.
When I put them face to face, Zzyzx seems to lick like he is interested but appears to not be harmful and Leroy will lick seldomly and try to back away. When I have them on the floor, Zzyzx will walk away like he is completely uninterested and Leroy will follow him. I keep my hand on Leroy's back and he will lick at Zzyzx's tail a few times and then open his mouth appearing to try to eat him, so I pin him and he can't get any closer This occurs pretty much every time I put them next to each other (which has only been a handful of times up to this point)
Im really worried about their interactions thus far and am looking for some advice as to what I should do. Leroy is super tame until it comes to him being hungry. Then all bets are off.
Should I just keep trying to introduce them and familiarize them with each other? Should I try to put them in the new cage with some sort of barrier in between them? Does anyone have any suggestions for ways I might go about trying to make a more civil interaction? Is all hope lost? And if so, does anyone want to trade tegu's? heh Thanks.
-Jeff
Ive been trying to introduce them a little more lately since the cage is almost complete and am not sure what to make of the situation.
Of the two tegu's I have, the smaller one is ZZyzx and the larger one is Leroy.
When I put them face to face, Zzyzx seems to lick like he is interested but appears to not be harmful and Leroy will lick seldomly and try to back away. When I have them on the floor, Zzyzx will walk away like he is completely uninterested and Leroy will follow him. I keep my hand on Leroy's back and he will lick at Zzyzx's tail a few times and then open his mouth appearing to try to eat him, so I pin him and he can't get any closer This occurs pretty much every time I put them next to each other (which has only been a handful of times up to this point)
Im really worried about their interactions thus far and am looking for some advice as to what I should do. Leroy is super tame until it comes to him being hungry. Then all bets are off.
Should I just keep trying to introduce them and familiarize them with each other? Should I try to put them in the new cage with some sort of barrier in between them? Does anyone have any suggestions for ways I might go about trying to make a more civil interaction? Is all hope lost? And if so, does anyone want to trade tegu's? heh Thanks.
-Jeff