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Our female tegu is incredibly snuggly now. She hated us like a teenager for 5 years, and then just started getting more and more fun. Now I sit on the floor, she comes and crawls in my sweatshirt and hangs out for as long as I can give her. It took time and patience. Stuff like: we never went...
Well, I ordered 8 bags of this stuff from my local pet store. I like to help them whenever possible with my orders. After opening just three out of the eight bags so far, I've found:
- A string with a screw attached
- A bunch of styrofoam
- Here's the kicker: A full pine cone (picture...
Our Tegu has a thing with toes :) When he starts to fixate on them (exactly what you described with your hands), I tap (tap, not hit!!! No force, just a redirect) his nose. It first took a number of taps to get him to refocus on something else, but it worked.
I can't stress this enough: this...
Sorry for the newb question - what's wrong with Eucalyptus mulch as an alternative to Cypress? From what I've been reading, Cypress trees are culled from wetlands and chopping them down badly effects habitats for creatures that depend on them. Eucalyptus, on the other hand, is plentiful -...
Cool, thanks John - we're not party maniacs, more the occasional dish washing and fridge rummaging. I'm going to try keeping his light on later and see if it matters - though, on another forum, someone suggested that the photoperiod is controlled by outside (natural) lighting - and that despite...
Hi All,
I have a 5 week old B&W Argentine tegu named Nathan Explosion (we're sort of Metalocalypse fans :-)... He's doing really well, eating like a horse and growing at a frightening pace.
I've noticed a couple of things with which I could use some advice though... thanks for any wisdom...
Just a quick update, we did end up going to the Sac show. It was quite a bit bigger than San Jose and though there were many of the same vendors, there were also some that we'd never seen.
It's a bit of a mixed blessing going to these shows, in honesty. For one, there are some really...
Just out of curiosity, is it possible to *not* let them hibernate? I didn't know I had a choice, and figured if he was gonna do it, well, there it is... Is this a choice?
By the by: Bobby, the little Golden from my pet store was sent to Maria in PA - your advice helped to save her. Thanks...
My GF and I are driving to the Sac show from Mountain View - hoping to pickup a new tree for our beardie and some worms (super, silk etc...). That's it really - I went to the San Jose show, and it was OK - I hope this one is bigger and has more variety - but it's all in fun :)
-AD
Thanks Chris - will do. We microwaved (pretty much same as hard boiling) the quail egg in the above pictures, and that seemed to be ok. I was worried about salmonella etc.
He's still sleeping this morning, but should be up in about half an hour. Hopefully today will be a cuddly day.
-D
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Breakfast of eggs and worms this morning. It was voracious to watch - we can see the future in the way he tried to rip that thing to shreds!
As suspected, he dug in and has been under the EcoEarth since this morning. We gave him the day alone so he could...
It's a (boy?)
Ok, he's finally in his temporary viv until the Animal Plastics T25 shows up. What a great little guy - he was so good. He said hi to us, even though we woke him up - then he slept all the way home - investigated a little in his new surroundings and went right back to snoozing. I...
It's all good
Nuts - it's all good - we're going for our guy locally tomorrow :-) :-)
We'll post pictures tomorrow eve. Man, I'm so excited I won't sleep at all.
-D