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  1. Dinomama

    New Tegu, Is this normal?

    Something that really helped when I brought my boy Draco home was to take an old shirt and sleep in it for a few nights and then put it in his hide to get him accused to my scent. Spend as much time as possible talking to him, trying to handle him, but give him time. It could take a few weeks...
  2. Dinomama

    New tegu owner, baby wont eat!!!!!

    He may still be getting settled in, something that may help calm him is to wear an old shirt for a couple of days and then place in his hide. Another food item that many tegus find irresistible is salmon.
  3. Dinomama

    Injury?

    Great, that reminds me that it's almost time to change the UVB light in my boy Draco's enclosure. Hard to believe it's been almost a year.
  4. Dinomama

    Injury?

    One thing that your tegu needs and I don't see mentioned is that in addition to the calcium, she needs a UVB light in her enclosure to be able to absorb the calcium. It needs to be a fixture that is 1/3 to1/2 the length of her enclosure and get the long tube fixture Not coil bulbs because those...
  5. Dinomama

    Please help!

    Sounds like guberty to me. The bad news is you will have to wait it out, the good news is he will outgrow this stage. Meanwhile, when you go in his enclosure and he charges you, stand your ground to show you are the dominant one. My boy Draco hasn't hit guberty yet but I have sleeves with steel...
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