Our Big Red

[DaveDragon]

Here's my wife holding our Red.

I don't have any other pictures that show scale. I need to take more.

 

[Repton]

Dave he is real nice, great looking tegu. :wink:

 

[DaveDragon]

Thanks! He's got a good personality to match. Not quite tame but he's getting better every week.

 

[Mike]

Nice pic. Was he the one to bite your ear?

 

[DaveDragon]

Nice pic. Was he the one to bite your ear?

No, our female Blue did. She seems to like my scent!

 

[DaveDragon]

Here's my wife holding our Red.

I weighed him tonight. He's up from 1800 grams (4.0 lbs) 7 weeks ago to 3255 grams (7.2 lbs)!!! He had just been treated for pinworms before we got him and it kicked the sh*t out of him.

Here's his first bath on 8/18.

And here he is today. It's hard to see because the scale is different.

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[Mike]

Are you sure it's a male? It looks kinda feminine to me.

 

[DaveDragon]

The first pick looks feminine because he had lost so much weigh because of the worms (no jowls). He definitely has spurs and I've seen him invert when he "goes". MAN, is he well hung!!!! No doubt there!!

I'm guessing we'll get him up to 10 lbs in the next couple of months depending if he slows down or not.

When I get the dining room table cleaned off I'll post a pick of the setup I used to weigh our Tegu's tonight. I brought home a shipping box from work that is about 6" square x 37" long. I put the Tegu's in without a problem. All I had to do was center the weight on the scale (36 lb postal scale).

 

[lizardboy101]

U got bit in the ear??????? WOW. Bet that hurt. lol. Sry for the interuption, but i just couldn't help myself...the ear?

 

[DaveDragon]

U got bit in the ear??????? WOW. Bet that hurt. lol. Sry for the interuption, but i just couldn't help myself...the ear?

She got up into the cartilage (about 3/4 in). Fortunately they aren't alot of nerves or blood vessels up there. At least in my case. She released after 5 seconds and gave me a "Who, Me?" look. At least she didn't "Tysonize" me!!! I keep her away from my head when I'm sweaty now.

 

[Mike]

U got bit in the ear??????? WOW. Bet that hurt. lol. Sry for the interuption, but i just couldn't help myself...the ear?

She got up into the cartilage (about 3/4 in). Fortunately they aren't alot of nerves or blood vessels up there. At least in my case. She released after 5 seconds and gave me a "Who, Me?" look. At least she didn't "Tysonize" me!!! I keep her away from my head when I'm sweaty now.

I've had a similar experience, though it didn't end with a bloody ear. My tegus flick their tongues at my feet like mad. There's a good amount of vessels and nerves down there, so I hope nothing bad happens. :lol:

 

[COWHER]

Another victim of the Tegu ear attacks lol nope just a rugby player

 

[Mike]

Another victim of the Tegu ear attacks lol nope just a rugby player

Haha. :lol: It wouldn't be too different if a pissed off adult got a hold of your ear. :wink:

 

[VARNYARD]

Dang man, at first I thought that picture was real. :shock:

 

[dorton]

Good job, very noticable difference before and after in those pics.

 

[DaveDragon]

Good job, very noticable difference before and after in those pics.

Thanks! We suspected he was a she when were first got him because of his size and lack of jowls. But he's got spurs and is hung like a horse! And he was free!! We got him from a local guy who does reptile rescue. His cancer had come out of remission and he needed reduce the amount of work for his wife to do to maintain the animals. We volunteered to help his wife but haven't been able to contact them.

 

[greentriple]

He looks awesome when fully rounded and his color is great. He'll be big and burly in no time.

 

[PuffDragon]

He's looking good. You can def. see the size difference with him in the bath. Good luck with him and watch your ears.

 

[playlboi]

that is a killer red male!

 

[DaveDragon]

that is a killer red male!

Thanks! He's not huge but he's alot bigger than our Blues, nearly double their weight.