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So my wife picked this little guy up, and I have no experience with lizards so here I am.
Habitat is fine from all I've read and the info I got from a respectable reptile shop, but this thing is perplexing me with its feeding/handling behavior.
She spends all her time in the "trees" which is not surprising, but I can't really tell if she's eating. Using the Repashy food, tried different food to water mixes since I hear they have preferences. But strangely, while she refuses to be handled, she WILL let me hand feed her. A friend told me not to do that as it will make her dependent on me (not sure if that's true, but it is for other animals). I tried spreading a little Repashy on the leaves of a couple fixtures, to see if she'd come across it and eat. As of this morning, hasn't happened as far as I can tell.
Also haven't seen a single turd anywhere.
So, do these things just eat so little I don't notice? Is she too afraid to leave the tree and not eating unless I feed her by hand?
Habitat is fine from all I've read and the info I got from a respectable reptile shop, but this thing is perplexing me with its feeding/handling behavior.
She spends all her time in the "trees" which is not surprising, but I can't really tell if she's eating. Using the Repashy food, tried different food to water mixes since I hear they have preferences. But strangely, while she refuses to be handled, she WILL let me hand feed her. A friend told me not to do that as it will make her dependent on me (not sure if that's true, but it is for other animals). I tried spreading a little Repashy on the leaves of a couple fixtures, to see if she'd come across it and eat. As of this morning, hasn't happened as far as I can tell.
Also haven't seen a single turd anywhere.
So, do these things just eat so little I don't notice? Is she too afraid to leave the tree and not eating unless I feed her by hand?