Murkve
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Hello everyone!
Please meet Sigourney (or Sigmund!), my new and first Tegu from Laura here on the boards. She's a hybrid B&W/Red, and as you can already see is showing it quite nicely. This happens to be about 2 weeks overdue now, but I didn't want to overdo (pun not intended) it when she was still new.
Anyway, over the last week or so she has been coming around bit by bit. She doesn't dart when I open the cage, nor when I put my hand in there and mess around, and regularly walks up to investigate my hand. I'm still working on gaining her trust enough to walk into my hand, but I'm sure we'll get there.
I felt confident enough today in her trust to lure her into a pillowcase, and take her into the bathroom for some quality food, pictures, and ignore-time. She ate some food, then I ignored her. However, I find it difficult to ignore a lizard crawling up my shorts. Next time I may have to wear only skintight UnderArmour clothing.
After a quick chase to scoop her up and into my hands, I took these pictures. I am not a photographer, so don't expect much, but please enjoy! For being a baby, she's got cahones - And I love her for it!
Also, I've included pictures of my enclosure. My setup is:
75 Gallon: 4' x 18" x 21"
UVB: 100 Watt PowerSun, placed over a hole in the mesh, about 13" above her body.
Hides: 2 Bonafide hides, one cool, one hot, and numerous others that she has created.
Substrate: About 3"-4" average of Soil/Sand. I plan on adding more this weekend. She likes to dig.
Food: Varied diet of Lean Turkey mixed with Raspberries, Blueberries, or Blackberries (whatever I have on hand), sprayed with Calcium Supplement. Pinkies and Superworms are offered sparingly. Turkey mixed with Cod Liver Oil and Liver about twice a week. Veggies will be mixed in with the Turkey soon. She has been tong fed in the enclosure, though I am trying to get her out to feed her as well. I value the socialization time.
Temps: Basking spot of 100? - 110?, Ambient temps of 79? - 93?.
Humidity: Average of 40%-60%, spikes at about 85% with 2x daily misting.
Thanks for looking, and Thank you Laura!
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Please meet Sigourney (or Sigmund!), my new and first Tegu from Laura here on the boards. She's a hybrid B&W/Red, and as you can already see is showing it quite nicely. This happens to be about 2 weeks overdue now, but I didn't want to overdo (pun not intended) it when she was still new.
Anyway, over the last week or so she has been coming around bit by bit. She doesn't dart when I open the cage, nor when I put my hand in there and mess around, and regularly walks up to investigate my hand. I'm still working on gaining her trust enough to walk into my hand, but I'm sure we'll get there.
I felt confident enough today in her trust to lure her into a pillowcase, and take her into the bathroom for some quality food, pictures, and ignore-time. She ate some food, then I ignored her. However, I find it difficult to ignore a lizard crawling up my shorts. Next time I may have to wear only skintight UnderArmour clothing.
After a quick chase to scoop her up and into my hands, I took these pictures. I am not a photographer, so don't expect much, but please enjoy! For being a baby, she's got cahones - And I love her for it!
Also, I've included pictures of my enclosure. My setup is:
75 Gallon: 4' x 18" x 21"
UVB: 100 Watt PowerSun, placed over a hole in the mesh, about 13" above her body.
Hides: 2 Bonafide hides, one cool, one hot, and numerous others that she has created.
Substrate: About 3"-4" average of Soil/Sand. I plan on adding more this weekend. She likes to dig.
Food: Varied diet of Lean Turkey mixed with Raspberries, Blueberries, or Blackberries (whatever I have on hand), sprayed with Calcium Supplement. Pinkies and Superworms are offered sparingly. Turkey mixed with Cod Liver Oil and Liver about twice a week. Veggies will be mixed in with the Turkey soon. She has been tong fed in the enclosure, though I am trying to get her out to feed her as well. I value the socialization time.
Temps: Basking spot of 100? - 110?, Ambient temps of 79? - 93?.
Humidity: Average of 40%-60%, spikes at about 85% with 2x daily misting.
Thanks for looking, and Thank you Laura!
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