New Photos of my big guy

[Toothless]

Originally Posted by formica

haha great pics, not sure i'd want 3ft of monitor hanging off me by those claws tbh

It actually didn't hurt at all. The first time he gave me some scratches, but this time he dug his nails into my shirt, but relaxed them when they were on my skin (I'm assuming that was not done on purpose though, I just got lucky ).
I tried keeping him on my arm, but he decided he wanted to climb up to my head. Took a few minutes to slowly peel him off so he wouldn't get upset and lash out. After that he went back into the enclosure- I'm sure he would have stayed out longer, but I like to keep things brief until he is more trusting.
He doesn't like to be pet or touched, but doesn't seem to mind me holding him (only when HE aproves of it though ). I've learned that when he scratches on the enclosure doors, he's open to interaction but if he approaches me while I'm inside the enclosure he doesn't want to be touched and is just comming over to investigate.

[Toothless]

A few more photos .
He's a tad cranky today from the changes I've been making inside the enclosure, but today he went onto the new basking platform by himself for the first time so I think he's starting to settle down.

[formica]

Originally Posted by Toothless

hah he does look pretty grumpy there sumhow

[Toothless]

He is! lol
He was laying on his old basking shelf for about 3 hours today, and seemed quite cranky that he wasn't getting warm. He finally gave up and went to the new basking site in the afternoon. Silly guy is stuck in his ways!
He'll still let me work inside the enclosure, but lets me know he's not too happy with lots of puffing and the occasional head-bob. I think I'll give him a break tomorrow and just change out the basking lights .

[Pirarucu]

You've done a great job making sure he can use as much of that space as possible.

[Toothless]

I finally got the temperature right at the basking site .
I couldn't seem to find any 75 watt bulbs ANYWHERE, so I got three 90s instead. I only really need two to cover his snout to vent and maintain ambient temps, so the third light can be for nighttime heat (blue 75 watt halogen flood) as they finally fixed my heaters after 3 years so I don't need to leave my basking lights on anymore .

[Akuma223]

I wish my rudis claws were that short...

[Toothless]

Originally Posted by Akuma223

I wish my rudis claws were that short...

hehe . One of the things I like about these guys.
All the climbing he does keeps them nice and filled down as well. They are still sharp, but not enough that I have to worry about him shredding me to ribbons (unless he really wants to of course).



Nice hot basking spot of 160 now, and he's one happy camper! He's gotten used to the new basking site now, and no longer sits like a grumpy lump on a log trying to get warm.

[Toothless]

A few I took today of Toothless chasing some roaches around the enclosure .






And this is the sign that the tank is full...

[Toothless]

Toothless has been one cranky big guy lately. I've been neglecting him interaction wise the past month as I just started back to work and don't have a lot of free time. I decided to let him out to roam the other day since I felt bad, and ended up almost getting bit in the process. I was a touch distracted when I let him out, and his jaws almost clamped onto my hand- I actually felt his teeth graze me.
It was a fun time getting him back into the enclosure afterwards, but managed to get him to walk into a garbage can and lift that back into the enclosure- this involves a quick funny video of him attacking my broom. Needless to say we ditched the broom idea quick as he didn't like it...

I still havn't managed to get a weight, but plan to take him in for regular bloodwork and x-rays soon, so should be able to get a pretty accurate weight then. Should be fun if he happens to be in a bad mood that day.




We also re-did Zekrom's tank, and he seems to enjoy the gerbil-tunnel burrow.


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sorry the second video is so dark. I figured the dark would help him relax a bit.