I don't get on here much other than to read occasional posts and check out cage ideas. However, seeing as I am a first time owner of an argi red I just want to go over everything and get some opinions and maybe some tips. I only assume I have a female because she is just shy of 3 feet tip of nose to tip of tail, and I would think the male jowels would have appeared by now, or no? I really have no idea on her age because I got her from a pet store in July of 2012 at which point she was only around a foot and a half. Any guesses on age? if that even helps at all. The store was only feeding her crickets mainly but a fuzzy here and there. When I brought her home she had a good sized bowl of berries and some ground turkey she tore into. She now eat three times the quantity of food she did then. Though she absolutely loves blueberries with a Passion she refuses to eat anything else other than mice, ground turkey, and MAYBE a small bite of chicken liver if I offer it. I put fish, strawberries, mango, kiwi, grapes, or any type of melon in front of her and she looks at me like what the hell is this?? Are there any ways to get them to eat a wider variety of foods? Or should I expect her to aquire a taste for different foods later on?
She just came out of her dormant funk about a month ago and is showing a new and truly incredible reptilian personality. She is growing at an alarming rate and is shedding consistently every month and a half. I had her adult cage built 3 months ago. It is an 8x3x3 instead of the 6x3x2 I have seen quite a few of. The bad news is that my doorway is only 2 feet 10 inches wide and my girl is currently residing in a 4.5x2x1.5 90gallon breeder tank. The good news is that she only sleeps and basks in there. She wakes up around the time I get home from work and I slide the lid open for her to free roam the whole basement until she becons me to put her back in the tank under the lamp (I need to jimmy rig a ramp). I was always worried I'd never be able to find her again if I let her roam around on her own but she has proven to be a very noisy traveler, especially with all the boxes and other junk down there she seems to love nothing more than to get into everything. She seems rather content in her behavior though and is FINALLY not such a violent beast when I handle her asside from routine. Any comments, suggestions, answers PLEASE. She has to be my most prized possession I want to do everything right. The larger enclosure is my priority for her at the moment even though she does not seem to mind her current conditions at all. Thanks for any responses. Wow this is a lot..
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