Hand Feeding Baby Panther

[chillenword]

I picked up Riptide about 1 month ago at a reptile show (screameleons table). He no longer runs and hides when I open the cage to feed him. Recently I was trying to place a cricket on one of his leaves and he came over like he was going to eat him out of my hand. So i hesitated and took the cricket back and thought about it.. thne a few seconds later put the cricket in front of him, and he ate the cricket out of my hand. It was awesome!

I was wondering if most panthers do this? and if so.. is it recommended?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKJOVnVY664

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asvuuFK6Uy8

sorry for the poor quality took videos from my mobile phone.

 

[Miss Lily]

Hand feeding is a great way to interact with chams! Amy took food from me after I'd had her for only 3 days! It's the best feeling ever!

 

[codiwatkins]

congrats!! Very cool videos

 

[SRTtoZ]

My guy still runs when I have a cricket in hand...(Hes 3 months and only had him for a little over a week) but he did eat horn worm out of my hand the other day...

 

[ballin]

my panther does it to from right when I got him, great to see.

 

[ColorCham427]

I would remove the substrate you have in his cage.

 

[warpdrive]

hand feeding is the best way to build up trust with your cham, so keep doing it.

this is Laurie 1 day after she saw that big, bad, vet. clearly she still loves me...or that cricket.

Harry

 

[tkilgour]

Some of my chams do this as well. One of my nosy bes used to do it as a little guy, but has since grown out of it. I have an adult sambava that comes right to his door when he sees me w crickets and eats them one by one out of my hand.

 

[jojackson]

Cool vids chillenword, and nice shot Harry!