Hey everyone,
My name is Ric, I'm 23 and have kept various herps on and off for 16 years.
Personally, I've kept Anoles, Leopard geckos, Horned toads, Tokay geckos, skinks, bearded dragons, an agama, as well as a cornsnake.
I've also worked with the reptiles of friends and family. I helped them with enclosures, care information, and mostly taming. I've gotten to work with everything from chameleons to caimans and crocs. I've worked with taming savannahs, iguanas, black throats, a nile monitor, and an argentinian tegu.
A good friend of mine is considering rehoming his female columbian tegu, and if he decides to part with her I'm looking forward to giving her a great home.
Should he decide to keep her I may look into either rescuing a tegu, or adopting a young one from a breeder. I've read wonderful things about varnyard, but have concerns about shipping an animal. I'm wondering if anyone has a breeder or reptile rescue in the Southern NH or Northern MA area. I'd prefer to be able to drive and pick it up rather than ship. If I have no other option I have my mind pretty well made up on a Chacoan from Varnyards.
While I do have a fair budget, I'd like to conserve money where possible on an enclosure. I've been considering converting an old bereau, entertainment center, hutch, or similar piece of furniture into an enclosure. I see plenty of them for free, or dirt cheap at garage and yard sales. I'm just in the process of finding something of a suitable size.
I'm also open to the idea of fully building it from scratch, but material costs have me leaning toward re-purposing old furniture.
I joined because everyone seems friendly and it'll be nice to have a resource of information about tegus as I've never personally owned one. I'm confident I have the herp experience to be able to care for one, and have always liked the larger herp species.
Any ideas, suggestions, or questions are welcomed. I look forward to getting to know everyone.
My name is Ric, I'm 23 and have kept various herps on and off for 16 years.
Personally, I've kept Anoles, Leopard geckos, Horned toads, Tokay geckos, skinks, bearded dragons, an agama, as well as a cornsnake.
I've also worked with the reptiles of friends and family. I helped them with enclosures, care information, and mostly taming. I've gotten to work with everything from chameleons to caimans and crocs. I've worked with taming savannahs, iguanas, black throats, a nile monitor, and an argentinian tegu.
A good friend of mine is considering rehoming his female columbian tegu, and if he decides to part with her I'm looking forward to giving her a great home.
Should he decide to keep her I may look into either rescuing a tegu, or adopting a young one from a breeder. I've read wonderful things about varnyard, but have concerns about shipping an animal. I'm wondering if anyone has a breeder or reptile rescue in the Southern NH or Northern MA area. I'd prefer to be able to drive and pick it up rather than ship. If I have no other option I have my mind pretty well made up on a Chacoan from Varnyards.
While I do have a fair budget, I'd like to conserve money where possible on an enclosure. I've been considering converting an old bereau, entertainment center, hutch, or similar piece of furniture into an enclosure. I see plenty of them for free, or dirt cheap at garage and yard sales. I'm just in the process of finding something of a suitable size.
I'm also open to the idea of fully building it from scratch, but material costs have me leaning toward re-purposing old furniture.
I joined because everyone seems friendly and it'll be nice to have a resource of information about tegus as I've never personally owned one. I'm confident I have the herp experience to be able to care for one, and have always liked the larger herp species.
Any ideas, suggestions, or questions are welcomed. I look forward to getting to know everyone.