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Originally Posted by Toothless
I would keep at it a bit (I'm glad I did). I was stunned by his sudden change in attitude as well. He would literally lunge at me with mouth open every time I opened the enclosure- I started wearing large oven mitts just to make myself feel better. Before this I could let him climb out of the enclosure and explore with no problem. I pretty much ignored him for a while (a few months), and one day I noticed he was sitting my the door. He started comming up to investigate every time I opened the enclosure and his demenor changed.
It would be nice to know if experienced keepers have noticed a change in attitiude around the 1 year mark?
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Hi, I think it may be due to the fact they are becoming adult (sexually mature), and showing they are dominant would be part of that process.
In my experience with a variety of species over 30+ years I`ve actually never had one become more defensive towards me the older they got (always less so) I guess I must be doing it all wrong, so what`s your secret!?
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