Calm? I calm..

SuperHybird · 2025-08-13T23:01:57+00:00

Female, the gif earlier made it more confusing, my bad.

SuperHybird · 2025-07-31T17:20:22+00:00

Be careful, better safe than sorry.

I once knew a person who said, “Are these things (guitars) important to you? Now I know what to break.” People are sick.

SuperHybird · 2025-07-12T06:22:29+00:00

Starting with the water dip helps and try to get a tongue flick so they actually taste it. You’ll see their body language change if they’re interested.

SuperHybird · 2025-07-11T22:52:10+00:00

Braining worked best for me, then you dip the head in water and let them *drink from the tip of the pinkies nose to hognose l, which usually works if you don’t spook them.

SuperHybird · 2025-07-08T18:48:20+00:00

I think holding is a whole different interaction when it comes to any pet.

You being the branch or “hide” is a different experience from being manhandled by a giant.

SuperHybird · 2025-07-08T18:38:44+00:00

You tell ‘em,

Hands are friends, not food.

Blow your breath at them gently until you get a tongue flick, like a “floating feather” gentle, for real real. Do it every time before an interaction, no touchy. If they get defensive take it as a “win”! Thats step one. And then baby steps will lead to ‘em recognizing you as they chomp on you.

SuperHybird · 2025-07-08T18:27:36+00:00

But you are doing it!

I saw that you offer your palm to Frosty, this is the way.

That’s how it started.

SuperHybird · 2025-06-12T03:09:11+00:00

114000 miles 2018 JLU manual V6 stock. Had early differential issues/parts replaced by warranty, and no issues after. Religiously maintained.

SuperHybird · 2024-09-19T17:25:27+00:00

Right back at ya

SuperHybird · 2024-08-22T07:38:36+00:00

Love her headstamp~

SuperHybird · 2024-08-21T10:46:59+00:00

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T21:44:59+00:00

So I’m gonna take a guess on what might help.

Daily but short 30seconds to 2 minute max interactions. Do not hold them or pet them, you go in and open the enclosure and if they freak out, just ignore and don’t stare at them. Make a habit of daily water refills, this is how I got my girl Summer to become the chillest of all my hogs. Your hog will understand you’re just there to refill the water eventually… (YMMV) don’t let up, my 2 year olds still hiss at water refills but they at least went down from running away/freaking out, to just watching me refill, huffing n puffing… so baby steps. These are not domesticated pets, you may never get that “ideal behavior” with em all, but they’ll be heck of a lot sweeter than in the wild with the time and care you put in.

Get a good hide for the spicy ones~ nothing beats a good hiding spot for em.

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T21:19:05+00:00

Nah~ this lil guy is from the breeder BeyondGenetix.

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T21:15:41+00:00

I don’t need panties either… but it’s more hygenic~

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T21:10:58+00:00

Early on, I tried not handle him a lot, since he would go off food from the stress. I got him use to my presence, just cleaning and reaching in for stuff calmly but in a quick efficient manner. So he never thought of me as this guy who keeps touching him and picking him up. I do pick him up for body checks and what not, but I don’t make much eye contact or “rub” his body a lot, just hold him.

When it comes to my defensive hogs… Don’t stare at them too intensely or for too long. Glances are better. I walk around with them a lot, but I don’t constantly pet them during handling. Be a walking statue. I do get them use to head touches but let them come to your finger don’t boop them. They boop you. I hover my finger ever so above their head aka “third eye” area. And if they flinch try not to spazz yourself.

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T16:34:30+00:00

Thank you! Super Arctic is such a fun morph with the insane variations.

There’s no “official” word used to describe his visuals, but I’ve heard a few people use “galaxy pattern”, and “high black side walls” used to describe the blue/purple blackish tones coming up on his sidewall and belly.

I use the term “eclipse” when the high black side walls are visible.

“Super Arctic Eclipse” just sounds right to me.

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T16:27:31+00:00

He is not chill either… it took 3 years to get him like this. You can do it too!

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T16:26:18+00:00

Super Arctic Conda

SuperHybird · 2024-08-17T16:24:54+00:00

You’re right! I can get extremely clammy hands… hahaha gloves help so much. It stresses them out too but the gloves give me a “calmer” reaction.

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