Grumpy?

[Vindication10]

Hi, I created an account just to ask this question. I have almost a year old Northern Blue tongue and her name is Pandora. Today, I woke her up and she opened her mouth, no hissing and charged at me. Do skinks get cranky after being woken up? Should I be worried?

I don’t handle her as much as I should, I try to once a week and is normally pretty fine with me and eats out of my hand. A few minutes later I tried to pet her and she didn’t try to bite me. She’s never done this before.

[mb606587]

They'll get grumpy and do that from time to time. Nothing to be alarmed so long as it's not happening every time.

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[Suzle87]

Maybe she was in a deep sleep and just instinctively went into fight or flight mode not knowing necessarily it was you that woke her up and reacting as though she was being attacked? Just a thought. I know the other day Ventress pretty much jumped out of his skin when I made him jump by mistake when he was asleep - he jumped and twizzled in midair!
If she was fine with you after it sounds like she just did it out of instinct to protect herself.

[splashy07]

Mine get particularly grumpy if you wake them up, and if nearing a shed cycle. Are you sure that's a Northern? I see a missing toe there and that is usually indicative of low humidity which is quite common in Indonesian species.

[mb606587]

Ha no splashy that's my old IJ, not the OP's Northern. Yes she's missing a few toes. I've had her since I was a kid back when I didn't know anything about humidity or even that she was Irian Jaya.

[splashy07]

Hahah sorry thought I was looking at the OP's post. Getting too old to multi-task....maybe I should read these at home....