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The crawling around on the belly unless they are in shed, is not normal. Tegus will lose strength in their back legs due to lack of calcium. Their rear legs become too weak to support their weight. It can also be the beginning stages of mbd.
Don't freak out! You can fix it if it is. Try this...
Forgot to mention, i dust his food with reptical w/o d3 twice a week. He eats a menu of fuzzies,ground turkey, chicken liver, chicken hearts, and chicken gizzards. as well as the occasional meal of superworms and scrambled eggs. He's aproxx 28 inches long and was born in late june. I got him...
Bowser seems to be slowing down a bit for hibernation. He still eats like a horse though like every other day. But on the off days he just picks. here's my issue. I've noticed he likes to crawl alot on his belly. Sometimes he stands up and walks normal. but his front legs seem to wobble when he...
Okay, update time.
It's been three weeks on the green moss and all is great! Although, it does have a "river bank" type odor. Bowser loves it though. I will be switching to eco earth in a few weeks now that I have heard people using it with good results. The moss dries out about every other day...
Thanks for the replies! I'm going to leave the moss in for right now, and see how he takes to it. right now, he's completely buried himself in it! I can't even find his tail. It was a real big scare for me today when I saw him "choking" on that big piece of cyprus. It sucks too because I went...
My little guy "Bowser" has been eating his cyprus! Today I had to "rescue' him. He had a huge chunk stuck in his mouth and was jumping all around! I have always fed outside his enclosure in a seperate tub. I think he gets some food juice on his feet and when he goes back in his tank, he can...
Bobby,
Those look Awesome!!! I can't wait to get mine! I was wondering when they would finally hatch. The whole family is so excited about him getting here!! The cage is ready, and so are we!! I'm assuming that these are the high white contrast like I ordered, based on some of the other...