Jess1723
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Hey guys! So I have a question about my crested's (Flea) recent behavior. I have had him since he was a baby and he is about 7 months old now. I fell in love with him because he was always so calm. He would just sit on my hand when I took him out and chill on his little plant while I cleaned his tank out. Unfortunately, about 2 months ago while I was changing his food I accidentally got the tippy tip of his tail caught in the door. :sad: I have the Exo Terra Tall, Small tank. I didn't close the door fast or hard but is was enough for him to let out a little scream. ( I literally died inside) His tail wasn't badly hurt the very tip turned white and shed but he seemed okay after. HOWEVER, lately his personality has completely changed. Every time I go near his tank he flys up to the front to stare at me. It's really quite funny. He has become a real creeper. Every time I look over my shoulder there he is... staring. Lol He has also become extremely difficult to handle. When I go to pick him up out of his tank he runs for his life! Then there is other times I open the tank and he jumps out on to me and hops all over the place. He will never sit still on my hand anymore. He even waved his tail at me recently when I tried to pick him up so I just let him be. I feel like he hates me ever since I hurt his tail and I think he might be plotting my death! Haha. But seriously his behavior is concerning me. Idk if he is just becoming mature or if he is stressed. His tank is plenty big enough and I mist him 1-2 times a day. He eats Pangea mix and crickets a few times a week. The temperatures in his tank are about 85 in one corner and 73 in the rest of the tank. I do have a heat lamp on him currently because it has been a brutally cold winter here and my room hasn't gotten above 65. So the heat lamp is at the very top left corner, hanging about 6 inches above the screen. I have a few thermometers in the tank and the one directly under the lamp is about 85 all the other ones read in the low 70's he usually sits near the lamp but not directly under it. I know I am probably being a worried mom again but I just want to see if this is normal? Maybe he is just in the "I'm a teenager and I hate my mom" stage? Lol Thanks for your help! 
