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My hubby wants one...
We are most likely looking to get a Red Tegu. We want to get a hatchling or young juvenile. What is the youngest age to get and still have the animal be established? Also, are there any good tegu books out there? And no, we don’t read German, so the one being sold on Agama International won’t work... tehehe... We were thinking about doing a large tub with a screen cutouts in the lid, with UV Lighting, heat (CHT) with a thermostat for the starter tank. What size would be appropriate for lasting through the first year or so? We do understand that the expected growth is to nearly 3ft at around 1 year of age, that is why we are asking anyone that has raised a young tegu what their suggestions would be. As they like to dig, how deep should the substrate be? We were thinking of using either a mixture of Peat Moss and Bark or Coco fiber, would either of these substrates be acceptable, and if so, which would be preferable? If anyone has a better suggestion for substrates? Any other suggestions would be appreciated. |
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| 04/10/08 05:40pm |
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Guido1090 View Profile |
Message To: S. In reference to Message Id: 1697874 My hubby wants one...
about the cage and setup i cant help ya because i dont have one :( i go to varnyard’s forum all the time tho and i know that the people there could help. there is also a chat room for instant replies. |
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| 04/10/08 05:56pm |
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S. View Profile |
Message To: Guido1090 In reference to Message Id: 1697894 My hubby wants one...
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| 04/10/08 09:27pm |
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Guido1090 View Profile |
Message To: S. In reference to Message Id: 1698217 My hubby wants one...
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| 04/10/08 10:36pm |
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RedTegu View Profile |
Message To: S. In reference to Message Id: 1697874 My hubby wants one...
I also strongly agree with getting a Red Tegu and a baby at that. The Red Tegus have a great temperament and seem to enjoy human interaction I have a full grown male and a baby female and neither one has EVER bit me or even tried to tail whip. Make sure before you purchase one that you have the time EVERYDAY to handle the Tegu and I feed EVERYDAY as well. To house the Tegu I would get a 20L to start as a baby and then go up as he/she grows if you put a tegu in a habitat to big at a young age they can get scared. I would go 2.5" deep on the bedding the UV light use a 5.0 that you buy from a pet store. With the red make sure you spray twice a day and keep the humidity up especially in there home but you also don’t want it to be soaked. Once your red grows bigger make sure you include fruit and LOTS of vitamin C as they need it to not bind up. I also feed in a separate box and put the food in there first then put the tegu in after so that it does not associate me with food once they associate you with food your done they tend to be very food aggressive. If you have any more questions I will be glad to help. |
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| 04/11/08 10:27am |
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S. View Profile |
Message To: RedTegu In reference to Message Id: 1698689 My hubby wants one...
How do you give the vit C??? I thought reptiles could not have citrus, is that not true of tegus? Also I have read and I don’t know how to take this but... "most tegus are strictly carnivorous as hatchings and after the first year you can add friut into there diets." Is that true or false? Whats your feeding like? Fruit one day then meat the next or a little of each, each day??? How old must they be before you can sex them? We kind of want a male over a female. Also can you have them fixed like you can with an iguana? We want to do a partial free roam once its old enough and big enough not to get into to much trouble. Only when we are home and only during the day. Any suggestions? ♥♥♥ |
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| 04/11/08 04:11pm |
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RedTegu View Profile |
Message To: S. In reference to Message Id: 1699135 My hubby wants one...
They are carnivorous in the first year usually eating mostly crickets and like 1 pinkie a week plus some ground turkey (raw) (start with large and do need feed in the enclosure always dust and only let him/her eat for a few minutes so the crickets don’t pick at the tegu) I have an adult male who eats mostly fruit and ground turkey (ground meat has to much fat content for there liver) and some frozen rats ( i don’t feed anything live to keep aggression down) Introduce apple to your tegu when it is small if it eats it great but most likely it wont ( I have a 4 month old that eats it and it just helps them to poop) I also usually feed crickets 1 day the next day some ground turkey the next day some apple skip a day and feed a pinkie then skip a day and feed some more crickets or worms they need a variety If you have someone really good they can probe a baby to see if it is male or female but it is definitely not recommended and I definitely wouldn’t try it but you can usually tell around the first year most likely your not going to know what you have if you get a hatch-ling. I have never seen a tegu get fixed but if they don’t go into hibernation they usually don’t lay eggs if it does go into hibernation kiss a few months goodbye. Partial roam is a great thing but make sure you remind it that your the boss and when its time to go back home its time to go back home also you have to keep a close on it because they go where they want and those nasty nails will rip up furniture claw into wood and they will also chew power cords at times. Tegus in general are definitely a hand full but well worth it. This should be enough info for you to swallow for a little while lol if you have any more questions just ask I will try and check the board often |
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| 04/11/08 05:48pm |
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Johelian View Profile |
Message To: S. In reference to Message Id: 1699135 My hubby wants one...
Also, you are correct in that citrus is not especially good for the diet of reptiles; it is high in fruit acid which can cause diahorrea, and also has a very poor phosphorus:calcium ratio. Papaya, mango, kiwi, guava and grapefruit are all high in vitamin C (kiwi is particularly high), without the issues caused by citrus - and the tegus I have had loved all of these! :) |
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| 04/12/08 10:03am |
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Luvlizards View Profile |
Message To: Johelian In reference to Message Id: 1700084 My hubby wants one...
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| 04/14/08 10:14am |
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Luvlizards View Profile |
Message To: Luvlizards In reference to Message Id: 1702662 My hubby wants one...
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| 04/14/08 10:15am |
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987654321 View Profile |
Message To: Luvlizards In reference to Message Id: 1702664
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| 04/22/08 07:01pm |
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My hubby wants one...