SpencerChase
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Hi!
I've tried searching for an answer to this question and couldn't find anything, but it seems like a fairly common question so I apologize if it's been posted already!
So I've had my male Honduran Curly Hair for about a year now. He's about 4 inches and I love him and his ways of living to death. I know they're supposed to be "docile" in nature and I wouldn't be asking this about a species that's supposed to be more defensive... but he thinks everything that touches him - paintbrush, forceps, dirt, anything - is prey. Immediately, within a microsecond of something touching him, he turns around and strikes and sometimes starts climbing up whatever made contact with his body... as he's getting bigger it's concerning me a little more. And it doesn't matter whether he's eaten in a while, this has happened every time I've tried on various feeding density periods.
Although it would be nice I'm not too concerned about handling him, but more about moving him away from his water dish to clean it, changing enclosures, removing boluses etc.
Again, if this was a more defensive species of T I wouldn't really be asking this, but since it's a species known to be more docile I can't help but ask if there's a way to get him to stop doing this. Am I poking him wrong? Is there a specific way to do it that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!
I've tried searching for an answer to this question and couldn't find anything, but it seems like a fairly common question so I apologize if it's been posted already!
So I've had my male Honduran Curly Hair for about a year now. He's about 4 inches and I love him and his ways of living to death. I know they're supposed to be "docile" in nature and I wouldn't be asking this about a species that's supposed to be more defensive... but he thinks everything that touches him - paintbrush, forceps, dirt, anything - is prey. Immediately, within a microsecond of something touching him, he turns around and strikes and sometimes starts climbing up whatever made contact with his body... as he's getting bigger it's concerning me a little more. And it doesn't matter whether he's eaten in a while, this has happened every time I've tried on various feeding density periods.
Although it would be nice I'm not too concerned about handling him, but more about moving him away from his water dish to clean it, changing enclosures, removing boluses etc.
Again, if this was a more defensive species of T I wouldn't really be asking this, but since it's a species known to be more docile I can't help but ask if there's a way to get him to stop doing this. Am I poking him wrong? Is there a specific way to do it that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!