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    Hibernation

    It´s getting nearer to winter. It´s the first year I own a tegu and I got some questions about her hibernation. At the moment Im keeping a 110 baskingspot with an ambient temp of 80. She is eating enormous amonts everyday still. Should I just cut off feeding although she still is willing to...
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    Patience with the feeding bin?

    So I have tried for over a month now to get my red tegu to feed from her feeding bin instead of just in her enclosure. My routine have been: Get home from work, wake her up, let her bask for a good 30 min, slowly take her out and put her in a smaller bin with the food already there. I´ve tried...
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    Cant maintain humidity! Help..

    I got a serious problem.. The humidity wont go over 60% in my tegus cage. I live in Sweden so its really dry here, thats the main problem. But I also got a 160W Raptisun that removes most of the humidity probably. I take a big bottle of water and pour it in the substrate till its soaked! And it...
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    Food questions that need some answers!

    It´s best to feed them outside their tank to terminate the chance of them getting impacted
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    Food questions that need some answers!

    Great! Thanks! But now that they already have freezed into one big lump, can I defrost them and freeze them again? Or will that harm the livers and make them uneatable?
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    Food questions that need some answers!

    Hello! I got some questions about the tegu food! I feed her mostly chicken liver/heart, fruit, wet dogfood and rodents in moderation. My problem right now is that she eats soooo small amounts that a pack of chicken liver would last months! And I figured I should freeze these? Aswell with the...
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    Tegu´s behavior is getting worse.. Help!

    This is her! Here is another one. Dont have much more pictures as it is... Enclosure is 6x4x4. Just her baby cage. Well, she ate today from the feederbin, but only one bite of chickenheart..
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    Tegu´s behavior is getting worse.. Help!

    My 4 months old red tegu has been with me for 3 weeks now. First week I didnt´t even see her since she was burried all the time. After one week I started to see her up more often, I even made it routine for her to be waken up when I got home from work in the afternoon. She hissed at me but...
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    Always feeding dead prey

    Lots of people are saying that you should only feed dead prey as they tend to learn not to be aggresive by doing that. But.. Since Im going to feed my little one crickets and roaches in the beginning, should I kill them aswell? Or are insects an exception? I understand that feeding a dead mice...
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    Substrate.. im swedish.. need help.

    I want to know if it is any good as a substrate?
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    Substrate.. im swedish.. need help.

    Okey so what everyone is recommending for a substrate here is stuff that I cant relate to on the swedish market... I bought something that has been translated to english as "Peat".. Im not quite sure what it is actually, but I know they use it to nurse sick horses here in Sweden.. If anyone...
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    Difference between different tegus?

    I was into getting a black and white Tegu but they cost a fortune here in Sweden.. The "golden" Tegu was much cheaper. Whats the main difference between them and other tegus also? Im taking about behavior, size etc. Thanks!
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