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Well, reptastic has asked for photos, so I'll have to post some when Hook wakes up tomorrow. You know that I had some problems with that clutch, right?
Stevie was born blind and with some skull deformities. He was sent to live with a good friend and tegu owner up north who could spend the time hand feeding him. Stevie never grew beyond 9-10" I think, and passed last winter around hibernation time.
Jeremy was a healthy B/W with orange markings that I sold to a local acquiantance, but I haven't seen him. She told me that he is huge and in a full sized enclosure now. Monster looked like a big red baby, and was sold/shipped to CA (I believe). Again, no photos, but I hear he/she is doing great and growing well.
Hook is one that I kept because he/she just wasn't quite right. Her tongue kinda sticks out of the side and she has a hard time eating soft, ground foods. Like Stevie, she has not experienced a lot of growth and is hard to get to gain weight. She also seems to have an elongated torso. I wanted to let you know so that when you see the photos of this miniature tegu, it doesn't come across as weird as it seems.
It's sort of been a sensitive subject for me. Losing so many baby tegus was quite heartbreaking. I still don't know if it was something genetic or an error during incubation. Since the main issue seemed to be umbilical hernias and skull deformities, I'm thinking it was an incubation issue.
Stevie was born blind and with some skull deformities. He was sent to live with a good friend and tegu owner up north who could spend the time hand feeding him. Stevie never grew beyond 9-10" I think, and passed last winter around hibernation time.
Jeremy was a healthy B/W with orange markings that I sold to a local acquiantance, but I haven't seen him. She told me that he is huge and in a full sized enclosure now. Monster looked like a big red baby, and was sold/shipped to CA (I believe). Again, no photos, but I hear he/she is doing great and growing well.
Hook is one that I kept because he/she just wasn't quite right. Her tongue kinda sticks out of the side and she has a hard time eating soft, ground foods. Like Stevie, she has not experienced a lot of growth and is hard to get to gain weight. She also seems to have an elongated torso. I wanted to let you know so that when you see the photos of this miniature tegu, it doesn't come across as weird as it seems.
It's sort of been a sensitive subject for me. Losing so many baby tegus was quite heartbreaking. I still don't know if it was something genetic or an error during incubation. Since the main issue seemed to be umbilical hernias and skull deformities, I'm thinking it was an incubation issue.