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#2242814
Reptilerancher757
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Tegu troubles 
in my family iv got some monitors big and small a 3 foot Colombian tegu. some beardies alot of snakes boa pythons and others. i recently have gotten a 2.5 foot wild caught from Florida Argentine tegu. very skinny. first day i tong fed a few frozen thawed mice.. iv offered cockroaches a decent sized rat hard boiled eggs and has had no lucking getting her to eat again. 3rd day of having her a bowl of cockroaches kept in all day and over night..nthn touched same as eggs. tong fed mouse she gingerly grabbed and dropped to ground and picked up dropped picked up dropped and then left it alone .. I’m gona get her vet checked and de wormed. any ideas on what to do. I’m gona try chicken parts.neck gizzards and such
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11/02/11 11:12pm
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#2242851
Canadiangirl
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Message To: Reptilerancher757 In reference to Message Id: 2242814
Tegu troubles
I am guessing that she is stressed to the max. You need to leave her be for a good eek and go from there. Even CB tegus need time to adjust, a WC more so! Only go in the enclosure to offer fresh water and to spot clean. Offer atleast 2 hides one on the hot, one on the cool. Ensure you are offering her a good size enclosure, the poor girl just came from basking in the florida sun with endless space to a tank so the least you can do is offer LOTS of room and hides to feel safe.
Good luck
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11/03/11 04:49am
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#2243398
Reptilerancher757
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Message To: Canadiangirl In reference to Message Id: 2242851
Tegu troubles
oh yea shes got the perfect enclosure . shes eating well now basking and sleeping.. my only question i got about tegus is about slowing down for winter. what do i gota do for that. or how do i know if she is .. shes out basking and out exploring so i doubt she is at the time... but at some point shall i lower the heat a bit or slow down on feeding ?
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11/07/11 04:29pm
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Canadiangirl
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Message To: Reptilerancher757 In reference to Message Id: 2243398
Tegu troubles
with my tegu I don’t initiate hibernation. I will slowly cut the daylight hours down, from 12-10, if he responds well to that then I reduce further. My tegu has yet to hibernate but I have heard people say they continue to reduce the basking time down by two hours every couple weeks, with the light/heat reduction, food is also limited. If you start to notice your tegu not coming out for more then an hour or so a day I would stop feeding all together and continue to reduce the lights by two hours. If she is going to hibernate then this is when she should disappear for winter. Monitor temps to make sure they don’t dip too low but as for basking lights they are no longer needed. I use a ceramic heat light in the winter months for added warmth. Continue to offer fresh water, atleast until you don’t see her come our for a good week or so. Now my experience with trying to encourage hibernation was a very grumpy, hungry tegu so if she is resistant then don’t push her. Also if you notice her come out mid way through the hibernating season you can turn her basking lights on for a bit but don’t feed her. If and when she starts coming our to bask on a daily basis then I would feed after the 3-4 day.
Hope that helps some
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11/07/11 07:57pm
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