Hey, this is my fist post on the forums I just recently purchased a Red argentine tegu a few days ago he is a couple years old and is CB, which s pretty hard to find in Canada Alberta. He is very tame (I can pick him up and interact with him)But he tends to heavily breathe (huff and puff) is this because he is scared? I think i may have been picking him up wrong before i was using my left hand to let his stomach rest on it gently then the back hand to try to let the back elgs rest gently but he squirms alot. I recently watched this video earlier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiAxoM2znvM today and he says to support the back and front legs like showed, is this the proper way to hold him? And the last question is how often should I be feeding him ive started to feed him sort of a main course the first day such as some chicken hearts or some dead mice, and the second day letting him try fruit because the previous owner said he never really liked fruit that much but she didnt try a alot of different kinds(im using the food guide that someone posted on here that there allowed to eat) to see what he likes, is this a good way to feed him?
An help would be really appreciated thanks Eric
An help would be really appreciated thanks Eric
and congrats on the new Gu, I just responded to your other thread as well. That video shows the basics for handling most larger lizards but there are other ways to hold them. Each one's different and it takes some time and tweaking to find out what they like.
