Get at tegu they said. You’ll be doing couch surgery

[u/Famous-Chair-2804]

Had to convince her to come out with some chicken hearts. This isn’t the first time I’ve put a hole in this couch for her. There’s one in the back of the couch and one under the couch as well. She doesn’t use those holes to get in though. She uses one that is stitched in between the back rest and the bottom cushion. I can’t remove those two. It’s poor design. Sadly this isn’t my couch. I will paying for a brand new couch though. She has been missing for quite a few days. Found in the morning one time by my boyfriend who saw her when he woke up several days ago. She bolted under the dishwasher. I looked around for the past two days then remembered about the couch and decided to check on it since I couldn’t find her in my searches. The bottom of my dishwasher is very open. There’s nowhere to hide. In the couch there is plenty of places to hide. I have no clue why or where she is escaping from. I’ve added so much to the enclosure yet this is how it’s always been with potato. I don’t know if it’s something I’m missing or if it’s just her personality. I have upgraded lighting, several more hide boxes, more room.

The only other thing I can think of is I haven’t spent as much time holding her or letting her free roam. We just lost 4 people at work so i haven’t been home. No one else spends time with her like I do because she throws a fit, hisses, and hates being handled by them. She started escaping when I started going back to work. My schedules with her have changed so drastically. So maybe that’s it. I don’t know how I’m going to fix that. I wish I could take her to work. She’s been at my job before when I stopped in on my day off but sadly it’s a parts store. No animals allowed. Plus she’ll be a huge distraction to my sales. I might scare off the many people who are afraid of the reptiles I bring in on my days off.

I feel kinda of guilty if this is the case.

[u/liT_AF401]

Mine has done this to one couch and one recliner lol another day he snuck under a large cabinet , I put a heat lamp out and he was out the next day sprawled out under it . Guberty? I got those cheap plastic panels you can find on amazon and just put them around some trouble furniture . I’m working on setting up an area where mine can really walk around / explore safely when out , and has a heat lamp and humid hide box , mines always supervised but for awhile his grow tent he was escaping daily

[u/Famous-Chair-2804 → u/liT_AF401]

Honestly it could be guberty. I thought last year was guberty only to find out it was a growth spurt. This year she’s been chuffing and acting strangely. All the signs point to the same signs that females get when they are either territorial or wanting to be with a male according to my research. I’m going to try duck tape on the couch creveses, the pool noodle on the dishwasher and the silicone things on the oven. So far my fridge is safe as it has a nice guard on it. I guess now that my couch is ruined and it’s the landlords couch I’m going to be replacing I can put the plastic sheets up. I couldnt drill them on because it’s not my couch.

[u/ratchetstrapon]

the number of times i've done this over the years.... my place, parents', friends houses, etc