I've finally had some positive interaction with Spyro. The last two days now I was able to pet him under his chin without him biting me. Yesterday he did still gape at me like he was going to bite but he never did. Today I started out by hand feeding him a superworm (would only eat one, I tried several though) and then cleaned his water and filled his food bowl, and then after I was done with that I decided to try petting him again. Unlike yesterday he didn't gape at me while I was feeding him the superworm or while I was petting him! I pet him the same way again, just under his chin for a few seconds. I didn't want to push my luck so I only did it for a couple seconds.
On another note, I have decided to build my own tank for sure, and will hopefully be starting it tonight after dinner. It will be 4'x2'x2' and have a side opening door on the front that covers about 2/3 of the front face, and will also have a screen top. It's going to be made out of wooden supports and then glass on the sides. I have yet to decide what the bottom of it will be, any suggestions? My thoughts are either plexiglass (I have a big sheet just laying around from an old project) or plywood that would either be painted or maybe tiled to make it fancier? The wood will be stained to make it look nicer as well as protect it if water or what have you gets onto it.
I still need to find a fixture for a t5 bulb, does anyone have any suggestions? I tried all the local pet stores and could not find anything. Should I just order everything else I need online or are there other places that will definitely have one? I live in southern Wisconsin if that helps at all. Other than that I need a different heat source at night that gives off no light and probably a better basking bulb, don't know what kind to get though.
On another note, I have decided to build my own tank for sure, and will hopefully be starting it tonight after dinner. It will be 4'x2'x2' and have a side opening door on the front that covers about 2/3 of the front face, and will also have a screen top. It's going to be made out of wooden supports and then glass on the sides. I have yet to decide what the bottom of it will be, any suggestions? My thoughts are either plexiglass (I have a big sheet just laying around from an old project) or plywood that would either be painted or maybe tiled to make it fancier? The wood will be stained to make it look nicer as well as protect it if water or what have you gets onto it.
I still need to find a fixture for a t5 bulb, does anyone have any suggestions? I tried all the local pet stores and could not find anything. Should I just order everything else I need online or are there other places that will definitely have one? I live in southern Wisconsin if that helps at all. Other than that I need a different heat source at night that gives off no light and probably a better basking bulb, don't know what kind to get though.
