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Hi Martin
I’m a long way from being experienced but can highlight from my own experience, I brought my tegu home and he (for arguments sake) refused to eat for weeks till I got to the stage of force feeding him with raw egg in a pipette, pinky’s etc. Trip to the vet, blood samples etc revealed...
Hi all, little bit of an update, trip to the vet, took bloods etc which thankfully came back fine, poop sample also suggested no parasites so still a little stumped. Decided however after vet suggested it should be fine to get another young tegu. Placed in yesterday and this morning they were...
Thanks guys, il do that tomorrow. One thought I did have is would getting another tegu help? I have been thinking about getting another one but with the problems I’ve been having have held off. Just wondering if a combination of seeing another one eating and the competition factor might help...
Thanks for your help guys,
Regarding leaving him this is what I do always, I place something in a bowl (I’ve literally tried everything) and leave it for the day. He never eats. Every other day I force the issue. As I’ve said he laps the egg up from the pipette but with solid food I have to...
Hi Debita, many thanks, I’ve not noticed him drinking either apart from when he gets hit by misting. Will try water. When I feed him raw egg he is actually quite keen, Laps it up etc from the pipette but he just won’t try on his own. As for poop not really seeing anything much either although he...
Hi guys
Well this isn’t really working either. I’ve got a couple of pinks down him but I have had to force them down which clearly is not ideal as causes stress etc. Each time I’ve waited till he is moving around in the morning, placed dusted/ egg soaked pinks in bowl in front of him then then...
Hi all, really hoping you can help.
I have recently (4weeks) bought home my first bw tegu having wanted one for some time. S/he is around 11 inches long and has shed circa 10 days after came home.
Viv is 4x2.5x2.5 timber as a start point.
Has around 6 inches bark/ moss to bury in, a couple live...