Just curious, who's got the biggest gu

[Scott_k]

Tyson since his last vet visit. ( had a bad tail shed issue) in early dec 2012. He was 49 & 3/4 inches and 16 lbs.

 

[donkeybuff]

Tyson since his last vet visit. ( had a bad tail shed issue) in early dec 2012. He was 49 & 3/4 inches and 16 lbs.

Wow! Where did you get him?

 

[Scott_k]

I got him from lll reptile in dec 2010. Don't know the breeder though.

 

[Rhetoric]

Sorry off topic for this thread but I would love to see pictures of your pug mix. My mom had a bear coat shar pei and a pug when I was growing up and I often wondered what their babies would look like.

Anyway, 16 lbs?! Sarah has a massive extreme, I think it's Midgard. How old is your tegu? I see your sig says 2011 but you mentioned getting him in 2010. Guru has some good length but he's not big weight wise.

 

[bfb345]

yeah midgard is above 25 lbs i belive lol he is huge

 

[Scott_k]

I got him at the end 2010. Mid December, it's easier for me to round up to 2011.

 

[chriswizz]

my blue tegu is 54" & still growing, but hes not a heavy weight, hes quite slim for a gue.

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[Dubya]

Tommylee22 has a pretty big tegu for it's age.

 

[TegusRawsome80]

I personally like George's weight Chris, I think most of the large tegus I see are pretty overweight but he looks nice.

 

[reptastic]

Sarah and rose have the laregest tegus I have seen (and I got too hold roses male tonga) all I have is a puny lil 4'+ extreme lol compared to midgard and tonga
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[SnakeCharmr728]

I'll have to measure and weight Rex, hes a big boy!

 

[laurarfl]

Renske has a big blue, too.

 

[Dubya]

my blue tegu is 54" & still growing, but hes not a heavy weight, hes quite slim for a gue.

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A lot here are really fat. Gwangi is medium. I seriously doubt many wild tegus would be as fat as some here. Your guy looks great.

 

[Scott_k]

Dubya, you calling my baby fat. Jk. I totally understand what you are saying. Captive tegus have an unlimited amount of food it's not like in the wild where they have to take what they can get. I also want to note that I started the tread just to see how big different tegus can get. I thought my guy was big then heard about Midgard and was blown away. Anyways, in my pics Tyson just ate so he looks fat. His belly isn't normally that big. Keep the stats coming. I think it would be good for people prospecting to buy a gu and be able to know that an extreme will get bigger than a red. Or a blue might be longer than a black and white but not have the weight.

 

[Deac77]

Kirby's still a baby only 9 months but right at 3' and about 4-7lbs he gets tones of exercise so stays lean. I also think most captive tegus are over weight.

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[TegusRawsome80]

Extremes get no larger than reds, black and whites, or blues. All have the same size potential in my opinion.

 

[Deac77]

I thought reds where a larger species. The rest are the same species so I can see your point there but reds are actually different species

 

[TegusRawsome80]

I would say that I have not noticed an overall difference size wise by any of the separate "species", "divisions", whatever you want to call them. Most male reds I've seen are around 4 feet, as are most black and whites, blues, and extremes. I have seen exceptions up to 5 feet in all the "species" besides reds which I have not seen a documented case of one over 50 or so inches. Females are obviously smaller in all of the "species".

 

[Deac77]

Gotcha! Just what I had heard haha!

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

Ive seen some monster reds....