NEW TEGU

[omar]

just got a new tegu for free
Was looking down craigslist and found this boy or girl not sure what it is yet
Has his tail alittle snippes from the end anyone knows what it meens?
The old owner didnt know how to care for it had him in sand with no water bowl nothing
Ill post some pics of him or her here in alittle bit

 

[Walter1]

Please do.

 

[omar]

So the tegu i got hasnt ate all day is there something wrong with it or is he not eating cuz of the move?

 

[beardeddragon111]

I'm assuming he's probably incredibly dehydrated. Makes sure he drinks something :/.

 

[omar]

I gave him a bath when i got him home and he was a water dish in there where he can put his hole body in he loves it in there but he wount eat which im not liking :/

 

[beardeddragon111]

He might not for a while. How old is he? I couldn't imagine one living longer than two months in the horrible conditions he was in :/. I would probably take him to the vet to see everything that may be wrong with him. He could even have parasites, you never know .

 

[omar]

He looks about 1ft and a half im not sure on age the old owner said he was 1week old which i dought he is tho
And yeah ima take him in tomorrow cuz no vets are open around me today i hope his good his such a beautiful animal ima post a pic now

 

[omar]

This is him or her still need to name him or her

 

[beardeddragon111]

Pinch the skin lightly, and it should fold back into place - that's from tegu terra - to see if they're dehydrated.

 

[omar]

Ok so i tryed it and it went back into place makes me happy that it did
Now to figure out when its not eating hope the vet can help me with that or hope its just cuz of the drive

 

[beardeddragon111]

there's a bunch of other things you can check for, check out the bottom of tegu terras care sheet.

 

[omar]

And this is where i keep him or her big jump from the 20gallon he was in building him a cage next weekend

 

[omar]

Here

 

[omar]

Finally ate for me he
He pooped alot all at once and started eating idk what was wrong all that matters is he ate

 

[Walter1]

Give him/her a hide box on the cool (mid-upper 70s F) side.

 

[omar]

Thats his set up now just built him/her the hide box today loving it so much feels safer now and starting to recognize me

 

[Walter1]

Very good. Will regard it as home.