New Baby Blue Tongue Question
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:55 am
Hey all,
I am new here, and new to BTS in general. Not new to reptiles (I have 2 BD's and 2 Jackson's Chameleons).
Anyways, I just purchased a Irian Jaya and it was shipped to me from California on tuesday. I'm assuming the little guy had a really bad trip, because he was NOT happy when I took him out of the box on tuesday. He essentially jumped out of the box and into his cage and ran over to his hide. He hissed at me when I went near him, so i decided to give him some space.
Within minutes he had completely burried himself in this aspen shavings substrate, and disapeared. I have been leaving him food and changing his water, but did not hear or see him until Thursday when he made a..slight appearance. I tried to place my hand near him and was met with lots of hissing and nipping (managed to get ahold of my finger at one point). So I decided to leave him alone again and let him re-bury himself.
I suppose my questions are, is it normal for him to be upset or in culture shock for 3+ days? And how long should I leave him alone before I can start trying to handle him.
I know I will be asked, so here is his current setup: He is in a 20g tank atm (too small for an adult I know, I usually have a spare 40g, but my gf just claimed it for her BD. I am currently building the BTS a 4x2x2 to stack on top of my BD setup, and it should be done within a few weeks). His temps range from ~90-95 on heated side to ~75-80 on cooler side with a hide on cooler. He is on Aspen Shavings, and is being offered food regularly. I havent checked humidity, but he has a fairly large/deep water dish in the cash that should be providing at least 25-30% humidity.
Any thoughts or "newbie care" from all you masters of the BTS?
I am new here, and new to BTS in general. Not new to reptiles (I have 2 BD's and 2 Jackson's Chameleons).
Anyways, I just purchased a Irian Jaya and it was shipped to me from California on tuesday. I'm assuming the little guy had a really bad trip, because he was NOT happy when I took him out of the box on tuesday. He essentially jumped out of the box and into his cage and ran over to his hide. He hissed at me when I went near him, so i decided to give him some space.
Within minutes he had completely burried himself in this aspen shavings substrate, and disapeared. I have been leaving him food and changing his water, but did not hear or see him until Thursday when he made a..slight appearance. I tried to place my hand near him and was met with lots of hissing and nipping (managed to get ahold of my finger at one point). So I decided to leave him alone again and let him re-bury himself.
I suppose my questions are, is it normal for him to be upset or in culture shock for 3+ days? And how long should I leave him alone before I can start trying to handle him.
I know I will be asked, so here is his current setup: He is in a 20g tank atm (too small for an adult I know, I usually have a spare 40g, but my gf just claimed it for her BD. I am currently building the BTS a 4x2x2 to stack on top of my BD setup, and it should be done within a few weeks). His temps range from ~90-95 on heated side to ~75-80 on cooler side with a hide on cooler. He is on Aspen Shavings, and is being offered food regularly. I havent checked humidity, but he has a fairly large/deep water dish in the cash that should be providing at least 25-30% humidity.
Any thoughts or "newbie care" from all you masters of the BTS?
