Care Sheet for TegusAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.75 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 04/19/2005 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Tegus |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Hank17 |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Argentine Black and White Tegu |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Argentine Black and White Tegu |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males tend to become a little aggressive when it becomes mating season. Males have a bigger head than a female and have little lumps by his rear end, and males also have spurs on each side on the base of its tail. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Eco Earth
Jungle Mulch
Tree Bark
NOTE: Cook all of the soil in the oven on 400 degrees for about 30 minutes, it kills any living parasite. |
Lighting and UVB: | 1.5 - 2ft UV Tube (15W)
60W (Blue) UVB Bulb (Daytime) 12 Hours
40W (RED) UVB Bulb (Nighttime) 12 Hours
NOTE: For a 40 Gallon Tank |
Temperatures and Humidity: | The average temperature should be around 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The basking spot should be between 105-115 degrees Fahrenheit, and the cool spot should be between 70-75 degrees, but have been known to withstand 65 degrees.
NOTE: Keep the Hide Box Humid |
Heating and Equipment: | Heating pad
Heat Rock (Depends on what you decide)
Heat Lamp
Wood and artificial leaves.
Hide (Hiding spot) |
Caging Provided: | I have a 40 Gallon tank with a screen lid. I have tree bark as the substrate. I have a half log at the entrance of a hole in a box (Depends what size for your Tegu) which burrows under the substrate, water bowl, and I also have a few branches for him. |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Mice
Rats
Crickets
Meal Worms
Super Worms
Fruits
Vegetables |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Put Powdered Calcium on the Crickets. |
Maintenance: | Some people say it is a lot of work, but I am a 17, almost 18 years old with school and a job, and I say it is fairly easy, Just basically keep him/her fed, keep the cage clean, and keep the tank at the right temperature and humidity. |
Some Words on this Species: | The Argentine Black and White Tegu is the calmest Tegu of them all, I have a lizard leash for mine and I take it for walks.
NOTE: Indoor Tegu might become aggressive outside. |
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