u/RisingCitipati

When I was spritzing his cage, I noticed his colors were faded and not in the fired down way, so that means one thing, Mushu shed last night! I let him be and handled him 2 or so hours later, progress is slow, but he is still scared of my hand, but is great once out.

I have been a fan of theirs for years and the minute I found out they made their own CGD, I just HAD to snatch on off Chewy while I still can

2nd handling session just happened, the issue is getting him out of the cage, but once he's out, he's pretty good, just the right amount of jumpy, doesn't really bolt. And oddly a bit tricky to put him back once its time to put him back....

Admittedly, it didn't go the way i wanted initially, but hey, i managed to gently scoop Mushu up and he moved around on my hands and arms for like 5 minutes before I let them crawl back into his cage...

They weren't too thrilled on being woken up(I didn't take them out, they were already sleeping in the corner anyway so I figured if would just let them be and predictably they hid in the foliage), but i manage to put the cork pieces in bought in and finally gave them some sturdier horizontal climbing places.

Ok the Acclimatization weeks are over and I am currently going through the bonding process. She/He is scared of my hand still and won't climb on, but tonight, I was able to get him/her today eat CGD off my finger, so hey that's something. For however long it takes, I am aiming to get mushu desensitized to my hand and get him/her to come onto my hand willingly. I'm avoiding grabbing him/her because I don't wanna traumatize him in any way.... any advice would be greatly appreciated

It's been a little over a week and I have seen that mushu has gone from sleeping on the ground to sleep in a tent of foliage. And yesterday I saw that he ate his CGD. So far, I have done the "Put my hand in the enclosure for a few minutes" trick and he doesn't exactly panic when he sees me coming nor when I put my hand in the enclosure. Should I start going through the process of handling him now or wait another week before trying again?

He is so stinkin' cute and outgoing. I was literally less than a foot away and he came right up to the glass without fear or hesitation(hence the first two photos being blurry). I still intend on giving him time to adjust to his environment and what not, but damn it's taking every fiber of my being to not take him out and handle him

I have my baby Garg, Mushu in a 12x18 right now and I wanna give him/Her UVB. Most tube lighting(which i know are the superior UVB bulbs) fixtures tend to be a bit too long for the cage. So is this bulb worth it? if not, can I just use a Zoo-Med Nano UVB bulb for the time being? I have the fixture for it and used a Nano for my Crestie when he was a baby to relatively good success.

I bought him/her today from Reef-A-Palooza of all places. I saw how outgoing he/she was and fell in love with him. He/she is a red spotted reticulated morph and was born in July 31, 2025