age opinion

[Broncofan73]

Hello all I am very new to tegus and what i was wondering is I'd someone could possibly know how old my Tegu might be I got him or her from a friend of mine who later on realized that he would get to big for him to hsndle

 

[Walter1]

2 months?

 

[Broncofan73]

Thanks man now how could you tell? I'm sure you must have heard some of these questions from other members and must have answered them a million times lol but I'm using a 160 watt sun power uvb/uva all in one bulb is it better to use two seperate bulbs and one more thing should I use reptacal with or without D3 oh and i hope I'm not asking dumb questions

 

[Walter1]

No problem. They lose their green heads at 5-6 weeks. It put on a little size, so 2 or just over is right.


With D3 is preferred and two lights will be helpful as the little guy grows, takes up more space, but one light works.

 

[Broncofan73]

Ty because I asked the guy at the pet store and he told me to use reptacal w/o D3 but he also told me that a tegu only goes into hibernation when they are breeding lol and just about every post I read under the hibernation section on this site told me different lol

 

[Walter1]

Good homework on your part. Mine are working on their last poop for the next five months before fully under. Will rouse them from time to time for a sip of water.

 

[Broncofan73]

I'll be honest this hibernation thing has got me baffled lol my little guy is new and young so idk if he wants to hibernate or just hide cause he's in a new environment but I did wake him up out of his hide and he ate 6 crickets and a hard boiled egg just the yolk