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#2244718 Tegudad View Profile	Growth rate and age question. I have a couple of questions I haven’t found answers to. The first is about growth rate. I have owned my Red, Bambi, for a month or a little more. What growth rate have you all experienced. Bambi seems to look as though she grows every day noticeably. When I got her/him she was a little over 16" and likely closer to 18". She is at least 20" now even though she is a picky eater. The second question is about age/growth. At what age do they stop growing and can be recognized as an adult? Thanks once again for your help! Dana
11/19/11  12:49pm
#2244846 Canadiangirl View Profile	Message To: Tegudad   In reference to Message Id: 2244718  Growth rate and age question. Hi, Tegus are so hard to predict when it comes to growth. I fed my tegu a daily feeding schedule for his first year as I was advised. I got him at a month old and he was 10" and by 12 months he was over 42" in length and sexually mature ( visible sperm plugs). I had a female that was about 2 months older then my male and they were about the same size when I got her and she hibernated so they were both about 16" at the same time and when she woke up from hibernation she was a little less then 17" and he was 36"! Needless to say I had to separate them and later re home her due to his aggression when he picked up her scent. It is crazy how fast they can grow, I thought I had a monster that had to be the fastest growing tegu ever to grow but it really isn’t that uncommon. As for age/growth, it is said that they will continue to grow for up to 5 years but the rate slows considerably once maturity is reached. If you have a male then they look more like the adults when they form the jowels and they are less lanky and more bulky through the midsection.
11/20/11  07:42pm

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