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Recent content by KayleeJ

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    Adding a level

    So I’ve been sitting on this for a while but I’ve decided I want to add another level to the my tegus vivarium. She’s housed in a 8ft long 3ft wide and 2.5ft tall viv. I want both end sides to have a level, the hot side so she can bask better but I’m making it so she won’t burn herself. And to...
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    Strip light size

    So I’m going to be getting a 8x2.5x3ft wide vivarium and I’m having a dilemma with the size of the strip light. I have a strip light that’s near 5ft (I think) and I’m not too sure if you can get a larger strip light size as I haven’t came across any. Do I need a bigger size strip light or is the...
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    Pricing my crested geckos

    I’m now starting to breed geckos and I’ve had 2 hatch on the 25th and on the 26th of this month and 2 more on the way. The first one to hatch is called Rogue (on the left) and the second one is Alpha (on the right). I’m going to be waiting about a year or so till I sell them and get them to...
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    Tegu will only eat insects

    I do understand they’re a good source. But the point I’m trying to get across if she’s getting enough food or if she’s still hungry. I tried salmon and the only way she ate it is if I had an insect with it so she could get a taste of the salmon, when I fed her the salmon without the she just...
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    Tegu will only eat insects

    I’m not sure if there’s anywhere near here that would do catfish and I can certainly try salmon and I did try my tegu with a raw egg and she absolutely loved it she even cracked it open. Even when I tried to take it away from her (cause there was nothing left) she kept snatching it off me. But...
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    Tegu will only eat insects

    Ooh okay thats not a bad idea. I’ll start with cutting out a 1 meal and see if that’ll maybe interest her back into prawns and I’ll try pigs heart maybe? I’ll try some fruit and veg too. I’ll see if maybe coating the insects in the egg will make it a big different for her. And if she doesn’t eat...
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    Tegu will only eat insects

    I have tried prawns they were the ONLY thing she’s ever tried. By that I mean she ate one and she turned her nose any other time it was introduced to her. I’ll try the cutting of the mice (I’ll feed her one tomorrow). I’ve tried different types of organs which yet still didn’t interest her. With...
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    Tegu will only eat insects

    I like the idea with the egg and I’ve not tried chicken hearts so I’ll try that on Saturday. What would you recommend the smoothie consist of? And I’m worried in the sense that maybe she’s still hungry after the insects, If one day she’ll grow bored of the food (which I doubt) and If she’s at an...
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    Tegu will only eat insects

    My tegu is around 1.5 years old, I’ve tried many times to feed her different types of meat, veg and fruit however I can never get her to eat any of it. I now feed fruit and veg to the insects so she at least gets gut loaded insects. She feeds on cockroaches, snails, fruit grub beetles, large...
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    What can I add?

    With her substrate there’s about 4-5 inches, she’s kicked around and she puts most of it in her hide and lays in there. I’m going to get fake plants due to her simply loving to tear everything apart so she would ruin real plants in her second. The humidity is at 83 currently (this was during the...
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    What can I add?

    Okay so today I changed my tegus bedding and it looks so much better but I was wondering if there is anything I could add to it, or even take out of the cage. I am only 17 so I don’t have great skills in building stuff (even though I would love to add in a platform). I’m not sure if what she has...
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    Best substrate

    I actually don’t mind the cleaning so that doesn’t matter to me. She absolutely loves to dig especially in her hide, she’ll take a bunch of the wood chips put them all in her hide and dig in. She’s currently near the end of her shedding (only the tail left to do) so i just wanted a bedding...
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    Best substrate

    I have a 5x2 currently but once she’s bigger I’m looking to upgrade to a 7x3. What type of top soil do you use? I want to find the right one for her.
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    Best substrate

    I’m currently using orchid bark (two bags) as the substrate. However I want something better for her to dig into and that holds humidity well. I did see that you could use “organic top soil” as a good substrate for tegus but I don’t know if it’s a good idea to use. What would you recommend? And...
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    Tegu Decor

    No, that’s a monkfield, I wouldn’t even put my snake in one of them. And do you use fake or real plants as she does like to dig and hide in so I wouldn’t want to risk real ones.
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