New Giants! Post your 2010 giants here!

[kaa]

storm is bigger

 

[Guest]

My Beetlejuice is growing fast! Last Tuesday he was 41g. Today, he's 53g (that's before he ate and just after a poop).

He's already starting to lose his green! Kinda bummed about that, but he's turning into his nice cream color.

How about your guys' giants?

EDIT: his first pinkie

 

[DMBizeau]

doing well, I haven't measured them or weighed them but they keep wolfing down the crickets and gizzard pieces.

 

[Guest]

Same here. He goes crazy for mice, gizzards, roaches, and crickets. He's only showed interest in the turkey/liver mixture a couple times.

 

[Guest]

My new 2010 Extreme Giant

This is Dior my Blizzard x Sugar baby extreme giant.... :-D

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[reptastic]

looking good everyone, here are some new pics of storm my blizard x snow baby. he is really growing well and even lost almost all of his green.

 

[VARNYARD]

looking good everyone, here are some new pics of storm my blizard x snow baby. he is really growing well and even lost almost all of his green.

Blizard x Sugar baby, Snow and Blizard are both males.

 

[slideaboot]

Looking good! I'll post a pic or two of the BEAST that is "Aesop" later today. He's over 19 inches and pounding mice, ground turkey, and chicken hearts/gizzards with GUSTO!!! He's a Blizard/Sugar baby as well.

 

[JohnMatthew]

Here's an updated shot of Boon(blizard x sugar baby)

Here's Quasi, aka Mr. Paranoid(normal b&w). Whenever Boon is at the food Quasi won't eat there with him, he'll snag a piece and run to the other side of enclosure before wolfing it down. Boon just stares at him like he's crazy..

 

[slideaboot]

Wow! Boon's looking large!

 

[slideaboot]

Here's a picture of Aesop that was taken about 5 days ago. That's an 11 inch piece of paper for size-reference. He measured in at 18+ inches when the photo was taken. I'm SURE he's grown since then, considering how much he's eaten. His diet is mainly ground turkey, mice, and chicken hearts/gizzards. He's in the middle of his 5th ( I think, if I remember correctly) shed. It's really hard to believe it's only been 4 weeks since that tiny little guy came into our home.

Fortunately, he's really tame (he does still try to run when I go to remove him from his enclosure, but is a puppy after that).

I'm really happy I decided to take the plunge and go all the way with an extreme...best reptile decision I've ever made, hands down!

 

[reptastic]

looking good everyone, here are some new pics of storm my blizard x snow baby. he is really growing well and even lost almost all of his green.

Blizard x Sugar baby, Snow and Blizard are both males.

i know lol i dont know were i got snow from must have been thinking about snow and sleet or something!

 

[slideaboot]

Here are some pics of Aesop from last night. My fiancee managed to muster up the courage to get all nice and close with the "good" camera (ie: NOT my cell phone camera!). Aesop is from this year's Blizard/Sugar clutch and I've had him (Bobby chose what he thinks is a male) since the original ship day (4 weeks, 2 days).


Aes next to a 12in. ruler:

Kinda cool headshot:

Hanging out on his log/hide:

Just a B.A. tegu...:

Thanks for looking!

 

[JohnMatthew]

Ya'lls tegus are lookin great! Most will be sleeping soon so get pictures while you can. :-D

 

[reptastic]

that aesop is looking great and he is getting big, soon he we be towering over that hide.

 

[slideaboot]

Ya'lls tegus are lookin great! Most will be sleeping soon so get pictures while you can. :-D

Very true...

I really wish there was a way to manipulate the factors that cause them to hibernate so that they wouldn't. I'm guessing Mother Nature knows better than I do, though, when it comes to what these guys need to not just survive, but thrive.

It always piques my interest when I see someone post on here with a tegu that DIDN'T hibernate--but, it never seems like the keepers do anything special or significant that keeps their tegus from going down for the winter.

 

[reptastic]

Ya'lls tegus are lookin great! Most will be sleeping soon so get pictures while you can. :-D

Very true...

I really wish there was a way to manipulate the factors that cause them to hibernate so that they wouldn't. I'm guessing Mother Nature knows better than I do, though, when it comes to what these guys need to not just survive, but thrive.

It always piques my interest when I see someone post on here with a tegu that DIDN'T hibernate--but, it never seems like the keepers do anything special or significant that keeps their tegus from going down for the winter.

none of my tegus ever wanted to hibernate(not sure why) i live in chicago so i figured with the cold weather they would but they didnt and the crazy part is nero didnt even brumate and it was getting at least in the 40*'s at night i have no idea what makes a tegu not want to hibernate at least the others fake hibernated for a few weeks but not her.

 

[slideaboot]

See...that's what I'm talking about. There's gotta be some sort of trigger (or combination of triggers) that induce hibernation. Well, there doesn't necessarily "gotta be", but I really want to believe there is, ya know? Hah!

 

[slideaboot]

Alright, Party-People!!!

Let's see some updated pics of this year's extremes!!! I'll be taking some either tonight or tomorrow when my fiancee gets back from Oregon with the "good" camera.

I measured Aesop last night and he's up to around 23-24 inches and almost as big around as a soda can--NUTS!!! He's so freakin' tame too. I sure hope that lasts!

 

[reptastic]

i would bet money(not literally lol) that aesop is a male. he is getting huge, i remember last year it was the my tegu nero and 2 of her siblings that were growing like that i had a 4' tegu in about 8 mos. lol no kidding, wonder how many 4 footers will we have this year.