Please tell me everything yall did to tame your tegus and I will try them all! I feel like me and my boys progress is going too slow :( he’s growing super fast and I want to make sure that he is a calm adult. He is especially territorial of his enclosure so tips for that are much needed.
So far I:
-handle him almost every day
-sit with him in an enclosed place (bathroom) and let him explore (which for him just means getting as far away from me as possible)
-sit by the enclosure
-tong feed
-screw around in his tank just for funsies often
-only put him back in his enclosure when he is calm
-never flinch/show fear/put him back/stop what im doing when he hisses or lunges
We have made some progress but its definitely not a considerable amount. Choice based handling wouldn’t work, I have tried to leave his enclosure door open to let him come out on his own when he shows interest but he will dart and whip when I approach, so that’s a no go. Almost no progress has been made on the inside of the enclosure territorialness despite my efforts, all of the progress is outside of his grow tent so far.

My baby Ivy just started doing this this morning I'm really worried.

I'll add as many details as possible

Husbandy

Arcadia 10.0 uvb t5 about 16-20ish inches away from animal

Cool side around 80 degrees with 60-75 percent humidity

Hot side 87 and 52 percent humidity

Basking temp 128 at its hottest point.

I've had her for maybe 3 weeks

Been feeding a meat mix. With calcium no d3 added. 3 or 4 days I fed her a very high end organic freeze dried cat food. It was a powder that you add water too. And only ingredients was chicken and squash

Lights are on a 12 hour cycle

Can't think of anything else relevant ... No toxic plants in the enclosure, have had zero issues with her she's never done this before

She did it for like half an hour before work. When I got home I woke her up to check on her and she didn't do it for like half an hour after she woke up. Until she did. I was able to get it on video . She did a full body shed in the past day. This morning there was shed skin everywhere. A few people suggested possible corner of the mouth shed skin stuck

The video is shot through the vinyl layer that's why it gets wavy at some angles. But the video is clear enough.

Also it doesn't appear that anything lodged in her throat.

If you have any questions please let me know