hey guys. I've been pretty busy since about christmas when i decided i wanted to own a tegu.
My friend and I went into a reptile specialty store in my home town Hamilton, Ontario and i fell in love with this badass looking red Tegu. So i went back the next day and bought him. I brought him home, baby proofed my bedroom and gave him free range for a few days while i built his enclosure.
His cage 62"Long x 25"Wide x 24"tall. Main structure is 5/8" particle board, front trim is 1"x3" pine, doors are 1"x1" cedar and plexiglass. I wired up 2 standard home lighting fixtures, light switch and I used a Husky tool replacement chord for power from the wall so its a plug and play set-up, not tapped into my home wiring. I caulked all the joints on the inside and sealed the wood with white malamine paint. exterior is just generic black paint from local hardware store. Im using a 50w infrared Zoo-Med heat lamp for his basking spot which is a steady 90F and a 13w Repti.Glo 10.0 compact for UVB. Theres four 1.5" ventillation holes equally spaced along the top, back board about 3" from the top Substrate is cypress mulch i believe the guy at the reptile store said, his pool is a (new) kitty litter box lol, and he even got a "Dog Whisperer" food bowl and a few pieces of cork bark.
Im happy to announce he finally ate for the 1st time today since i got him. hes been pretty stressed and angry, destroying his setup everyday, flipping the bark over, filling his food bowl with mulch, smashing his head of the glass and refusing to be held. I figured out it was because of the temperature, it was waaaay too hot for him with the 100w heat bulb, 120+F in his basking spot and about 80F on cool side. now its down to 90 and 75 and hes happy as a pig in ****. He ate 2 servings of lean ground turkey and a hard-boiled egg after refusing to even acknowledge food for about 2 weeks.
enough of all the reading right? heres some pics and feel free to comment and/or ask any questions about my tegu or setup
My friend and I went into a reptile specialty store in my home town Hamilton, Ontario and i fell in love with this badass looking red Tegu. So i went back the next day and bought him. I brought him home, baby proofed my bedroom and gave him free range for a few days while i built his enclosure.
His cage 62"Long x 25"Wide x 24"tall. Main structure is 5/8" particle board, front trim is 1"x3" pine, doors are 1"x1" cedar and plexiglass. I wired up 2 standard home lighting fixtures, light switch and I used a Husky tool replacement chord for power from the wall so its a plug and play set-up, not tapped into my home wiring. I caulked all the joints on the inside and sealed the wood with white malamine paint. exterior is just generic black paint from local hardware store. Im using a 50w infrared Zoo-Med heat lamp for his basking spot which is a steady 90F and a 13w Repti.Glo 10.0 compact for UVB. Theres four 1.5" ventillation holes equally spaced along the top, back board about 3" from the top Substrate is cypress mulch i believe the guy at the reptile store said, his pool is a (new) kitty litter box lol, and he even got a "Dog Whisperer" food bowl and a few pieces of cork bark.
Im happy to announce he finally ate for the 1st time today since i got him. hes been pretty stressed and angry, destroying his setup everyday, flipping the bark over, filling his food bowl with mulch, smashing his head of the glass and refusing to be held. I figured out it was because of the temperature, it was waaaay too hot for him with the 100w heat bulb, 120+F in his basking spot and about 80F on cool side. now its down to 90 and 75 and hes happy as a pig in ****. He ate 2 servings of lean ground turkey and a hard-boiled egg after refusing to even acknowledge food for about 2 weeks.
enough of all the reading right? heres some pics and feel free to comment and/or ask any questions about my tegu or setup
