eurybislin
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Hello everyone! Glad to be a part of this forum. 
I'm a 23 yr old chica outta the Lehigh Valley/Allentown area of Pennsylvania, and have been into herpetoculture for about 7 years now. Right now I'm keeping 2 leopard geckos, a western hognose snake, an albino cornsnake, a gopher snake, and lastly, my Colombian Tegu!
I've wanted to get an argentine since 2 to 3 years ago upon meeting my friend's free-roaming 'gu, which lived with her in her small studio apartment, and had basking spots in the bathroom. I fell in love with argentines, then, and vowed to get one of my own someday. In December, on the 21st (when the world was supposed to end!), a crazed customer called up Petco (which my friend is an assistant manager at) screaming that she hated hated hated the tegu she got her son and wanted it GONE. Was threatening to toss it out the window and such ridiculousness. So, I ended up taking the tegu in. I was VERY WARY because I know that Colombian gus are more likely to get aggressive without constant handling, and this woman said that it bit a lot and was generally the spawn of satan. Ok. So she leaves it at the pet store, I went to go check him out................. he's a SWEETIE. Totally docile. Was very underweight and malnourished though. (no UVB, low heat, v low humidity, was fed on a diet of mealworms and superworms... woman claimed she is a year and a half, but the gu is very tiny)
So now I have my Itza! Named after Chichen Itza, the name of the pre-Colombian city built by the Mayans (hence the ending of the mayan calendar of 2012). It was meant to be! Now I'm hooked, and definitely getting an Argentine Tegu this summer! (or a blue, not fully decided yet)
Anyways, so, hello! See you all around the forum; here's some pictures of my girl.
photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.528101113874556.122872.100000240178920&type=1&l=c580537d9b
vid: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=573001806051153&saved
I'm a 23 yr old chica outta the Lehigh Valley/Allentown area of Pennsylvania, and have been into herpetoculture for about 7 years now. Right now I'm keeping 2 leopard geckos, a western hognose snake, an albino cornsnake, a gopher snake, and lastly, my Colombian Tegu!
I've wanted to get an argentine since 2 to 3 years ago upon meeting my friend's free-roaming 'gu, which lived with her in her small studio apartment, and had basking spots in the bathroom. I fell in love with argentines, then, and vowed to get one of my own someday. In December, on the 21st (when the world was supposed to end!), a crazed customer called up Petco (which my friend is an assistant manager at) screaming that she hated hated hated the tegu she got her son and wanted it GONE. Was threatening to toss it out the window and such ridiculousness. So, I ended up taking the tegu in. I was VERY WARY because I know that Colombian gus are more likely to get aggressive without constant handling, and this woman said that it bit a lot and was generally the spawn of satan. Ok. So she leaves it at the pet store, I went to go check him out................. he's a SWEETIE. Totally docile. Was very underweight and malnourished though. (no UVB, low heat, v low humidity, was fed on a diet of mealworms and superworms... woman claimed she is a year and a half, but the gu is very tiny)
So now I have my Itza! Named after Chichen Itza, the name of the pre-Colombian city built by the Mayans (hence the ending of the mayan calendar of 2012). It was meant to be! Now I'm hooked, and definitely getting an Argentine Tegu this summer! (or a blue, not fully decided yet)
Anyways, so, hello! See you all around the forum; here's some pictures of my girl.
photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.528101113874556.122872.100000240178920&type=1&l=c580537d9b
vid: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=573001806051153&saved
