Quote Originally Posted by jfreels View Post
My suggestions would be to interact with them daily. Don't try and hold them or pick them up, but approach them, talk to them, hand feed them or tong feed them. They just need to learn that you're not a threat.

If they act like they are going to bite you, they are probably just hungry. I have one rescue male (once "wild") that would snap at me every time I put my hand into his enclosure. He'd lunge and jump to bite my hand. I didn't hold him for weeks after I got him, trust me, I have been bit by these guys enough to not want it to happen ever again.

Whenever I'd go into the reptile room, I'd pull out his tub and open it up. I'd interact with him after tending to each reptile in my collection. Eventually, he understood I was no threat.

I'm sure they have appropriate hiding spots in their tubs?
Thanks! I will interact with them daily.

I have both tubs set up the same. They have a humid hide, which I made from a plastic sandwich container. They also have two normal hides that I made from plastic plant containers, I cut these in half so they are like half log hides, but they are closed in the back. I've seen the male using the dry hides, but the females seem to favor the humid hide.