Well I took him to the vet and he has a fracture in his right front leg and has mbd.
This is my opinion of what caused this. I know some of you may disagree so you are intitled to your opinions. I wondered how long his leg was hurt so I looked at some pictures I found on my phone from the first week I got him. I must of took them and never looked for I noticed he was standing on the side of his foot. I believe I never saw it because he always ran away really fast and from then on I gave him space to calm down. He must of either thrased himself in shipping or hurt himself going crazy when I first put him in his new cage. I believe possibly he didnt eat alot due to his injury and therefore did not receive enough calcium.
Also my herp vet said due to the type of food items tegus eat, organ meat and meat in general have a high phosphorus to calcium ratio and that calcium should be provided every day and vitamen supplement twice weekly. Also Im going to try to feed rodents more often each week since they have a high calcium to phosphorus ratio.
But in all I would like to thank you for your help and the vet said he should recover ok with me giving him liquid calcium daily.
This is my opinion of what caused this. I know some of you may disagree so you are intitled to your opinions. I wondered how long his leg was hurt so I looked at some pictures I found on my phone from the first week I got him. I must of took them and never looked for I noticed he was standing on the side of his foot. I believe I never saw it because he always ran away really fast and from then on I gave him space to calm down. He must of either thrased himself in shipping or hurt himself going crazy when I first put him in his new cage. I believe possibly he didnt eat alot due to his injury and therefore did not receive enough calcium.
Also my herp vet said due to the type of food items tegus eat, organ meat and meat in general have a high phosphorus to calcium ratio and that calcium should be provided every day and vitamen supplement twice weekly. Also Im going to try to feed rodents more often each week since they have a high calcium to phosphorus ratio.
But in all I would like to thank you for your help and the vet said he should recover ok with me giving him liquid calcium daily.