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How Old Is My Tegu?

dragonmetalhead

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He is an Argentine black and white and about two feet long. What age would you reckon he is? This is just for my own curiosity and so I can assign him a birthday (yeah, I'm the dorky pet parent who celebrates his reptiles' birthdays).
 

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It varies,.. since they grow and mature at different rates whether they hibernate or not. There's no way of telling exactly how old your tegu is unless you got it from a breeder.
 

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Ah Dont feel bad i do the same, i keep track of all hatchdatesi know of lol, and yes i celebrate them too (as much as i can anyway) but as Bubblz stated there is no sure way of knowing, northern hemisphere tegus hatch in June/july (our summers) and southern hemisphere tegus in January/febuary (imports, their summer)
 

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While I completely agree with the points made above (due to varying growth rates there is no sure way to tell)...

A Tegu born in June/July of last year (2010) should be around 2'...
 

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Toby_H said:
While I completely agree with the points made above (due to varying growth rates there is no sure way to tell)...

A Tegu born in June/July of last year (2010) should be around 2'...

I figured it was a yearling. I was making an educated guess based on how big they are as adults and what I read their average growth rate was.
 

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It varies, diet, hibernation, brumation, lighting, genetics can all effect a growth rate.
Gary and Rango were just over 2 ft when I got them a couple months ago but were pretty small for being 2 years old. Guru is from 2010 and he is a bit over 3.5 ft.
 

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Yay I am not the only dork!! All my animals have birthday parties! They get presents and I get vodka!! ( for being such a good mom of course)
 

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jumper123 said:
Yay I am not the only dork!! All my animals have birthday parties! They get presents and I get vodka!! ( for being such a good mom of course)

Lol i feel cheated i didnt get any vodka, they got pedicures, steaks and whatever else i got nothing lol
 

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jumper123 said:
Yay I am not the only dork!! All my animals have birthday parties! They get presents and I get vodka!! ( for being such a good mom of course)

Usually I assign their birthday as the day I got them, which I why my ball python, Mr. S, and I have the same birthday, which is also my toad Joe's birthday. You totally deserve vodka for being a good mom to your critters, lol. Cheers! :) I am such a HUGE dork; I talk to my reptiles like most people talk to their dogs and I like to cuddle with my python while I watch TV.
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jumper123 said:
Yay I am not the only dork!! All my animals have birthday parties! They get presents and I get vodka!! ( for being such a good mom of course)

Lol i feel cheated i didnt get any vodka, they got pedicures, steaks and whatever else i got nothing lol

Can you really give tegus steak? We to that for the dogs on special occasions.
 

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