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    What is this skin spot?

    Thanks for the replies. I’m still clueless on this one. I’d say birth defect is possible, the discoloration seems to follow the white pattern inside the black. Endless searches and pictures and opinions, nobody seems to know what it is. I guess I’d have to ask a vet if I want an answer.
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    What is this skin spot?

  3. Smith95

    What is this skin spot?

    Recently acquired a <4 month old argentine b&w tegu, and he has this strange skin variation under his armpit. Is this a genetic trait or is this something I should worry about? I’ve had this tegu for 2 days so I don’t have too much info on it, except that it seems healthy and happy and tame...
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    Progress.

    the day I got my tegu, and today, only 6 weeks later. She doesn't even look the same tegu anymore. I realize now how impressive the growth rate is for tegus. Its pretty cool.
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    today was the first day she actually woke up on her own! I have been having to wake her up around 2pm to feed her and get her in the sun cause otherwise she will sleep all day. Today she was out of her hide by 10:30 and ready to eat! so happy to be seeing results with her health. Thanks again...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    So you think she is really younger? I asked him why she was small and he said "by no means does that indicate she is unhealthy" and he was very assuring she was good to go. I also didn't consider the possibility of wild caught? The seller was actually a craigslist add, so that's why this...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    Oh wow, she needs to grow asap. She was supposedly brumated from November till march, I'm not sure if he lied about the age, I think she may just be that under fed. She is eating more and more everyday tho and having a bowel movement everyday. She wants to bask a lot, and when I first got her...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    She is supposed to be 14 months, small right?
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    good to hear you had success with the similar situation. I am also glad that she is eating tho! if she wasn't eating I would have been very concerned and to the vet already. and yea i also noticed from pictures i took the day i got her (2 days ago) compared to now she is thicker already after...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    I have been looking up videos of various reptiles with MBD and it does look like she could have a very mild case, all of her limbs move full range tho and there is no noticeable bones that have formed with deformation, she just is a little stiff it seems. I noticed she also smells like a dirty...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    that was my initial thought. I'm going to give it a few days and see how she comes along before i jump to the vet. As of now I am noticing minimal improvements in her behavior and activity. she is soaking up some toasty natural sun right now, so that should help giver her some energy and...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    update: think she had some blockage, her stool was what i would think is abnormally large. Nearly a solid 6 inches with more to go that she couldnt get out. it was shocking to see that come out of a rather small lizard. soaked her immediately after that and she seemed to like it. possibly...
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    New Tegu, possibly malnourished?

    Howdy, first time poster here. Just received an argentine black and white tegu. "She" is about 12 inches head to tail, the person I got "her" from claimed she is 14 months old and I immediately noticed she was small for her age, I think. This is my first Tegu but I have kept reptiles for quite...
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