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    Would a black and white Argentine tegu would make a good classroom pet?

    I would advise you not to get a tegu for your classroom! My guy is 4 yrs old and so loveable and sweet, but recently as I was going to pet him he lunged at my hand and wouldn't let go and I ended up minus my finger to the knuckle. I still haven't figured out why, as he is still my sweet guy...
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    Dietary help needed

    Individual tastes I'm sure. My tegu wouldn't eat it until I put in the agave. He also doesn't like ground meat mixed with it. He eats that separately.
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    Dietary help needed

    I put fruit (banana, strawberry, mango, raspberry, orange, papaya, and apple) fresh or frozen in a food processor and add kale, collard, turnip, and mustard green, and a beet. Then I add amber agave to make it sweet. Then I pour into ice cube trays and freeze. To feed I thaw out a cube or...
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    Can a Tegu eat a cat?

    First of all I am assuming you will getting a youngster. At that point I would worry about the cats eating the tegu. You would need to keep it in an enclosure with the right environment while it is young and then as it grows the enclosure might need to grow also. During this time, when you...
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    Shedding issues

    I have a tegu that has also had shedding problems and i tried all your method. I finally put him in a tub with really damp sphagnum moss for about a week and it worked.
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    Brumation question

    That is so helpful! I have a blue who is about 4 yrs. and he has never burmated. It has always worried me. I also have red and this her second winter. She has started burmating. I am worried about her as she was going into a shed right before she started burmating. she's always had a hard...
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    Red or B&W Argentine Tegu

    I own a blue and a red. The red has given me fits with shedding. Unless the red will have a lot of humidity, I would go with the Argentine.
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    Still bad shedding from my red tegu male

    My red had the same problem, Be careful of his feet as I didn't get the shed off quick enough and he lost some toes. I ended up tweezering off the shed on his body as he had a couple layers. He was a juvenile about 10 mo. at the time. I was doing everything you are doing with the same...
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    How to get your child to eat their veggies?

    My tegu was 2 yrs before I realized he needed fruit and veg. Now he eats everything. I started by scrambling a raw egg on a plate. He loves eggs. Then I slowly added thawed fruit from a mix berry blend. He would eat this with the egg. Then I added ground collard greens . When he was...
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    The Act of Feeding

    My tegu does this when the side of the dish is too high. Feed him from a plate with a low lip and he will not have such a hard time getting to the food. Sometimes I think they see the plate as part of the food. but if there isn't so much of it they can see their food better.
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    Shedding Problem or Scale Rot?

    I have a red also who came to me with shed so bad it was like picking dandruff off of her. She is about 14 in. She is shedding fine now and the solution was a substrate of spagnum moss which I keep slightly moist and vitamin B complex. I grind the pill into powder and then roll a roach in the...
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    Aggressive

    My tegu becomes more aggressive if he is hungry. Is your tegu as aggressive after she has had something to eat?
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    Aggressive

    My tegu becomes more aggressive when he is hungry. How does she act after you have fed her.
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    Red Tegu shedding problems

    I have a female red tegu who has shedding problems. Her shed flakes off in tiny pieces or not at all. I have tried soaking her every day for about 2 hrs., and rubbing fish oil on her, but in the end i have to pick off her shed with tweezers. She is constantly shedding and I spend hours picking...
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