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It's more the part where he eats food that doesn't look like it fits in the available space, then does it again a couple of days later and so on and on and on - there doesn't seem to be the room for it all. He'll eat 4 chicken eggs quartered one day and 2 days later two salmon steaks so quick...
Colchester.
I'm tempted to try because he eats like food is going out of fashion - but won't touch fruit and seems to have a tardis colon - eats and eats and eats - sometimes poops quite quickly - sometimes glaciation moves faster. He quite enjoyed the shower today - scratching and generally...
I tried this and he absolutely loved it. Flopped out on the bottom of the bath and went to sleep, looked like he was enjoying a back massage. Does anyone know if tegu are supposed to have gastroliths? I was thinking fine smooth aquarium gravel might be worth trying.
I've got a free roaming adult male B&W. He's moderately tame and likes to wander around the flat, he's not so keen on his harness. I got him in 2014 so he's around 4 years old.
I've a couple of questions -
how hot are your tegu when they finish basking? With Priscus he seems happy to start...
Mine has the same colours as the black headed one, but with a milky tea colour forehead - oddly though his jaw and neck underneath are very pale. God alone knows his genetics.
I've seen some of the dark headed animals on those reprehensible YouTube videos. Are they from a certain area?
It's also...
I haven't managed to lose a Tegu yet but I came close. Had him out on the lead and put it down to tie shoes - cue a black and yellow streak. Only caught him because I let him stop under a car and could hook him out. They're faster than a human no problem. Glad he wandered back in, they do love...
If you only have your hands around her face when you are feeding her she might think you're automatically giving her dinner and have an exploratory nibble - you'd know if it was a feeding bite - they hurt and even a two year old will bite straight through a fingernail.
You do not want to be...
I have a 4 and something year old male B & W called Priscus. He's just over 11lbs, free roaming around the flat and quite friendly but until recently *hated* being picked up.
So I noticed a lump on the tip of one side of his tongue & took him to the vet who loves him to bits and we basically...
Well it's 4:30am and he's wandering around the place searching for something and looking accusingly at me when he can't find it. He's not wanting food, it's not a bath, he's climbing his heater like he tried as a baby (I gently dissuade him).
I've always wondered if he was on Argentine time...
Yeah, he was latched on and pulling like a puppy with a rope toy, claws rooted to the carpet - not much fun but he's so strong. I can see why people are scared of the wild ones - they can move fast and easily do a *lot* of damage if they want to.
But the oddest part of it, he's caught me 3...
The mystery is solved I think.
Toothache.
For the last couple of days he's been trying to take food then backing off which he never does. He's also been wandering about during the night..
As you can see from the pic he bit my leg this morning - no huffing, tail lashing - just bit me out of...
If the tail arches upwards and he stands up on his back legs, that's poop time. If you touch his tail and it arches up, that's an unhappy tegu.
A sinuous side to side motion of the entire tail and/or huffing is a mildly annoyed tegu. A Tegu standing as tall as possible and stamping is a very...
Hi,
I've a 4 year old male Tegu who's quite friendly but seems to have been on Argentine time until recently.
For those who don't know we had horribly hot weather for a while down here recently - and temperatures in the flat got above 32c even after midnight. So, I regularly gave Priscus a...
I have a young B & W Argentine Tegu that I got recently, he's currently 9" inches from nose to vent and sharp - total length of 23". Called him Priscus from the latin for 'ancient'.
This is my first lizard and I think I am going to need some help. He's eating mealworms/pupae, salmon pieces and...