Well about an hour or so ago Beefy (Tegu) found a way to get out of his tank. The only way I knew he was out is my three Shar-Pei's (dogs) went FLYING up the stairs to my room. Next thing I know i hear breaking glass thrashing, etc and went to see what was going on. Well before I even got to my room I knew what had happened. All I saw was the red tail of my Tegu and my dogs going crazy. So I get the dogs out of my room, and check on Beefy. Then my brother wakes up to see what was going on so I had him throw the dogs outside. Now I have never held Beefy since acuiring him on the 4th because he seems aggressive and I wanted to let him properly adjust. Well I had no choice today! He was in a corner in my room so I had my brother standing at the front of my room incase Beefy got past me somehow and made a break for it. First I talked to him to let him know I was there then I touched his tail to see if he was going to attack me. He seemed to realize it was me and didn't thrash, lunge, or bite. So I grabed him underneath his front and back feet to put him back in his tank. Well that scared the sh*t out of him so I put him back down and grabed him by the thickest part of his tail and held the smallest part as well so I wouldn't get tail whiped. To my surprise he preffered being picked up by the tail and went willingly ( he wanted nothing more than to be back in his tank) back into his tank.
I'll tell you this, I don't think I have ever been more nervous and I work with horses for petes sake!! I have the utmost respect for this animal and what he could possibly do to me. I have no idea how he got out of his tank. We have boulders (literally) sitting on top of the wood lid. The only reason I don't have a screen with locks for this tank is it's been a beast locating one for a 75g tank!!! Thank God I finally found a place today that has them with locks for $21. So his little "Houdini" days are over
I am just glad both dogs and "Houdini" are allright and none are worse for the wear. Well...I have had enough drama for the day!
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