Monkey Girl
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Hi everyone,
We received our male yearling 3 days ago. He just came out of his first hibernation prior to being shipped to us. I managed a few pics and handled him a little prior to him going into "hiding." Right now he does not want to come out. He either burrows under his substrate or he stays in his hide box. Hopefully at some point he will come up to the surface and we can begin building a relationship with this little guy.
But what my actual question is, this guy seems a little larger then what I expected. I thought Chacoan yearlings measure anywhere from 11" - 19" in size? I measured our tegu at 28" I measured three times to be sure I was correct, and yes, he's 28". So, the only thing I can think of is perhaps I measured him wrong? I measured tip of nose to tip of tail, is this the correct way to measure?
Is my tegu within the correct growth size?
We received our male yearling 3 days ago. He just came out of his first hibernation prior to being shipped to us. I managed a few pics and handled him a little prior to him going into "hiding." Right now he does not want to come out. He either burrows under his substrate or he stays in his hide box. Hopefully at some point he will come up to the surface and we can begin building a relationship with this little guy.
But what my actual question is, this guy seems a little larger then what I expected. I thought Chacoan yearlings measure anywhere from 11" - 19" in size? I measured our tegu at 28" I measured three times to be sure I was correct, and yes, he's 28". So, the only thing I can think of is perhaps I measured him wrong? I measured tip of nose to tip of tail, is this the correct way to measure?
Is my tegu within the correct growth size?