Aggressive Green Bottles?

[Frostbyte]

My Green Bottle molted last week , I was getting ready to feed her a cricket. She always sits ontop of the hide in her cage all webbed up. So I grabbed a pencil to coax her down a bit so I could make sure she didnt jump out for some reason. Then all of a sudden she nailed the pencil several times , it was so fast it freaked me out . I thought Green Bottles were skittish not aggressive. Am I wrong? Now she has me thinking shes not a T that can be trusted and I have to use alittle more common sense when dealing with her. I mean at about 1.5" she is getting alot of color and is really pretty . By the way also my Red Knee her abdomen went from bald ( she flicks hair EVERYTIME I get too close to her ) to a dark black. Is she getting ready to molt? Thanks Alot for any info or help ! !

 

[WYSIWYG]

Re: Aggressive Green Bottles

Your GBB may have just been hungry. At that size, they
can usually eat within a day or two of molting. Then again,
there is always the exception to the rule.

My biggest problem with GBB slings is that they love to take
every opportunity to make a run for it. I've had several
opportunities to play "chase" the GBB. The last time, while I was feeding one of mine, it escaped and ran into the bathroom cabinetry. That was about 3 months ago and I haven't seen it since.....

As to your Redknee.......yes, it's getting ready to molt. When it does, most likely it will turn itself upside-down (and appear to be "dead" while it is on its back) to do its thing. Be sure not to
disturb it as this is quite a stressful time for your T!

Hope that helps!!

Wysi, who is going back to bed now.

 

[Lostkat]

LOL my gbb sling legs it everytime I take the lid off the container too He got to within about 1" of the desk edge the other day.. and he was premoult too!!

He flicks a fair amount and has been known to tag the tweezers, but he has good days and bad days. Usually, he's quite handleable.