amber n jesse longden
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yes only on his tail tho he has the lines horizontiacaly not verticaly
That is because he is indeed a colombian, not a cross and not an argentine. colombians do not have lines vertically. argentines do.yes only on his tail tho he has the lines horizontiacaly not verticaly
Well actually, I think you should probably buy 3 to 4 more tegus. If you keep them in a smaller environment, say 5 foot cage max as adults, they will form a pack-like mentality and teach each other how to eat and all other kinds of cool behaviors. They frequently hybridize with reds and argentines so yours is probably a hybrid! Also, they love baths so bathe them as much as possible. If you couldn't sense the sarcasm in this post then sorry. Please research before you buy an animal.
Well I can tell you right now that you have a colombian, not a cross. It has EVERY indicator of being colombian and for those of us, like myself who have worked with tegus for a decade now, it is very easy to tell a colombian and argentine apart.
As for the non-eating, if that were my tegu. I would A. either completely without the egg and offer other food items until he gets hungry enough. or B. drizzle with egg yolk, not whites on to other food items to slowly coax him into other foods. But I would not give in and just give it what it eats. Its not going to die from not eating for a few days or even a week. When its hungry it will eat, when nothing internal is going on, it will eat. So you should contact your vet again and ask what they did to determined that there was an impaction and then go from there. Ask about treatment, are you soaking? are you adminitering oil? are you doing tummy rubs? Typically when an animal is impacted, you need an xray to determine that. and you withhold food, and only offer water so your not making the problem worse.
ok i thought soIt's not a hybrid. I was joking.
that is very true the wife an i should have just gone with an b&w argintine we wanted a Cohan giantI agree with you SnakeCharmr..Those were pretty much my exact thoughts. If columbians are difficult to breed getting them to successfully cross breed would not be easy and theres no way people would keep that to themselves..