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I like unique names for my pets...my cat's name is Eugene and my dog is Allie (not that unique but better than Max or Lucky) so I named my tegu Barry. I don't name all my reptiles but since I plan on this guy being more like my dog or cat he needed a name. Oh and it's my dad's middle name so I thought that would be neat as well.
Anyways, this all started over a month ago when I emailed Johnny LaRocca inquiring about one of his yearling tegus. I've been wanting one for several years and finally decided to start doing some research and look into getting one. I kept in contact with Johnny, spending sometimes two hours talking to him on the phone until the deal was finally made. I really enjoyed talking to Johnny and hopefully we can keep in touch, he really is a nice guy.
I received my Chacoan on 7/26/13. When I got the box, I thought there was a mistake, it was HEAVY lol. The last thing I told Johnny before he shipped it was, "give me the biggest and whitest yearling you got". I was not about to be disappointed. I brought the box into the kitchen and got it opened up, then I opened the pillow case and out popped this big ol tegu head! I quickly closed the box because I really didn't know how he was going to react when I picked him up so I placed the pillow case into the enclosure and slowly opened it up. I was able to pull him out easily and he didn't give me any trouble but boy was he big! I was able to measure him and he ended up being 32".
I got him into his enclosure and went to get some food since Johnny said he would probably be hungry since he missed the feed day. I went and grabbed some dusted chicken hearts and placed them in his enclosure and left him alone. I came back an hour late and he had eaten them all.
I have been spending several minutes at a time messing with him throughout the day and he's starting to come around. I can pet his head and neck now and when I open the enclosure he will walk up and investigate. I am getting excited and I know that it won't be long until he really comes around.
Anyways, this all started over a month ago when I emailed Johnny LaRocca inquiring about one of his yearling tegus. I've been wanting one for several years and finally decided to start doing some research and look into getting one. I kept in contact with Johnny, spending sometimes two hours talking to him on the phone until the deal was finally made. I really enjoyed talking to Johnny and hopefully we can keep in touch, he really is a nice guy.
I received my Chacoan on 7/26/13. When I got the box, I thought there was a mistake, it was HEAVY lol. The last thing I told Johnny before he shipped it was, "give me the biggest and whitest yearling you got". I was not about to be disappointed. I brought the box into the kitchen and got it opened up, then I opened the pillow case and out popped this big ol tegu head! I quickly closed the box because I really didn't know how he was going to react when I picked him up so I placed the pillow case into the enclosure and slowly opened it up. I was able to pull him out easily and he didn't give me any trouble but boy was he big! I was able to measure him and he ended up being 32".
I got him into his enclosure and went to get some food since Johnny said he would probably be hungry since he missed the feed day. I went and grabbed some dusted chicken hearts and placed them in his enclosure and left him alone. I came back an hour late and he had eaten them all.
I have been spending several minutes at a time messing with him throughout the day and he's starting to come around. I can pet his head and neck now and when I open the enclosure he will walk up and investigate. I am getting excited and I know that it won't be long until he really comes around.
