So I am an idiot and bought a tegu at the local exotic pet store without thinking too much beforehand. I know I have the patience and capability to raise him but I need help if possible, I don't know how old my tegu is or how healthy it is. Length is approx 20inches, haven't gotten to measure. I have him in a 40gallon breeder now because the pet shop said it would be ok, and he has a few inches of reptichip substrate, deep enough to completely cover himself. I'm working on the design for an 8x5x3 enclosure, should have that done in a few weeks hopefully. He doesn't seem aggressive, but he is definitely scared and defensive at the moment, I haven't forced myself on him outside of just slowly showing my hands and softly petting his back when he isn't burrowed. I haven't seen him out of the burrow for 3 days but he has been moving around while I'm at work. So far he has only eaten some ground turkey and cantaloupe. I honestly have no idea what a good diet would look like, how much to feed him at once and how often to feed him. Any suggestions or references to a previous post would help a lot. I have done tons of research in the past few days so I'm not entirely clueless, but at this point I'm just trying to quickly adjust and get him into a life he's happy with. Doesn't seem aggressive, but when I took him out and let him free roam if I approached him without taking my take properly he did try to whip, but not bite. When I had to pick him up to get him back in the tank I made sure to sit in front of him for a bit first, slowly get him used to soft pets and then reached under his belly to pick him up, at which point there was no resistance and he didn't try to escape or move until i set his feet down in the tank. I know this post is a cluster of random things, but I'm just trying to know if I'm doing anything wrong other than buying unprepared at the moment!