iris123
Juvenile Dragon
- Messages
- 286
- Location
- appleton wi
i come from the side to pick him up he was around 5 inches when i got him i got him as a surprise present for christmus my foster parents got him from petco and i have been working with him since and he is still hissy and he would be around 10 or 11 months not a year yet but still i ask the store if they ever handled him or her and they said no that i should just keep trying to hold him and eventually he'll stop the hissing and running and about hand feeding is that he thinks my hand is the food so i don't try to hand feed himWow for a year old he is too old to be still doing the running and hissing and if hes licking the sand when in the tank is NOT a good thing -- that is why we tell people to not use the sand / clay or any loose substrate in the tank --- simply because of the licking --- have you been working w/ him since he was a baby? How old was he when you got him ? I have a 4 month old that is doing that now --- but he is still young - are you approaching him from the side when petting his head --- are you hand feeding him at all -- this will get him used to your hand as not threatening--- I would ditch the clay and get something else in there -- and get your hand in his tank as much as possible - even if you haft to wear gloves at this point--- like garden gloves or rubber gloves --- you need to start holding him more -- dragons are normally not aggressive ---
also i know my cusion has a bearded dragon about 15 years old and he has been housed on sand his entire life but i will get the money to get repti-carpet eventully