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    Crazy Tegu!!

    Hi guys, i have an adult male argentine black and white tegu. He's kept in a 8x4x4 enclosure and lately has been crazy the past day or two. unfourtantely he was without heat and lighting the past week as the bulbs popped and i needed to order new ones and he's doing fine now. Whenever i go to...
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    Cost of feeding a tegu?

    i mean if you're looking for big hardy animals like monitors/tegus they're all not very cheap to feed... As for smaller lizards i have great experience with crested geckos. They're extremely easy to care for and are excellent for handling. Maybe iguanas? I haven't had much experience with...
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    Walking Tegu

    Hi everyone just curious on everyone's thoughts .. I was thinking of buying one of the reptile harnesses marketed at the pet store and taking my tegu on occasional walks up and down the block. Her nails are extremely sharp and I'm sure this will wear them down a bit and she could always use good...
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    Cost of feeding a tegu?

    Awesome enclosure Derek sounds cool! My enclosure is 8x4x4 and i use 2 150 wat repti halogen for the basking area and on the basking area i also keep a 160 watt mercury vapor bulb. For feeding i basically buy the food for it that ill end up eating as well... Fruits, Ground meats, eggs. etc...
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    Cypress Mulch on Long Island New York!

    I still have PLENTY but unfortunately I'm out in nassau county so getting to white plains with the amount of mulch i have won't be possible :-/
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    Ways to raise the heat?

    brooder lamp work well as well
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    Albino Blue Tegu Baby.

    those are like the purple tiger tegus from underground reptiles
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    I need everyone's stories!

    Take your time with taming! I've started the process of taming my tegu about 3 weeks ago and i can already tell its going to be a long journey! Get welder gloves they help a lot!
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    Ways to raise the heat?

    i got mine from http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/light-heat-and-uvb/heat-bulbs.html they've got all the bulbs you would need for great prices plus cheap shipping.
  10. Matt Lesh

    Ways to raise the heat?

    yea for my enclosure i do a halogen next to a 160watt mercury vapor bulb
  11. Matt Lesh

    Cleaning House

    maybe merge the reptile vendor reviews and product reviews in the same sub forum
  12. Matt Lesh

    New Ideas for Tegu enclosured

    yea Chris gives me awesome access to clean the cage and take the tegu out once in awhile
  13. Matt Lesh

    Why is she trying to bite me?

    Could be she's nesting... They get EXTREMLY aggressive trying to guard their eggs
  14. Matt Lesh

    Ways to raise the heat?

    and if you have a hot day it can get to an easy 120 degrees these bulbs burn HOT
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    Ways to raise the heat?

    i use a 150 wat repti halogen bulb and that gets 2 feet away from the bulb to an easy 110 degree basking spot
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