Underground Reptiles Chacoan White headed Tegus Are they really giants?

[Rud3dog]

NOw that i think of it, blue tegus are not very white when they are younger are they? Maybe I will see some awsome white when he sheds a few more times

 

[Walter1]

Right, they're born green as well and not in high contrast after green fades.

 

[snibborsirk]

Rud3dog, I def see yours being a stunner as he ages. That pattern and white head will be killer. Anxious to see how mine colors up as he ages too. Just about to finish his first shed in the 3 weeks I've had him and he's also got some orange (wait I mean fire!) showing up on his underside now. Here's some pics of Jack...first two are from today, the second two are from ~ 3 weeks ago when I got him.

 

[Rud3dog]

Wow your is very pretty to. Yours has alot of white already

 

[Rud3dog]

So I am getting in touch with UnderGround to see if I can figure out who his parents are and the exact day he was born. The date I dont think is such a big deal since I got a very good idea since he was a hatch-ling when I got him. I some times feel a little loony thinking my tegu may become something special as his colors change. I honestly dont know, but if all that gray turns white he will be 40-50% white unlike other tegus I have personally seen. Maybe he is only special in my eyes because he is mine and there lies ridiculous nature of my thoughts. If I get any results on his parents from Austin the owners son I will post them.

If I could just say what bothers me:

1. Alot of tegus like the beautiful one in the post above already have white in them and they are smaller then mine.

2. I cant find any adults with a grey head or see ones with giant grey areas

So this is kinda contradicting to myself. Obviously the truth will come out sooner then later and I guess I just need to shutup and be patiant. Either way, him having a almost all grey head or white head will be awesome!

 

[sr3052]

Nice! No doubt underground produces some of the rarest and prettiest tegus out there. But will these aka extreme giants really get larger then a Argentine? I will have my doubts till some one shows me some more evidence. Regardless I love these lil guys and yours looks like ( guessing by the looks a male, its really early to tell by looks ) he is growing very fast for his age. I am hopeing for some very pretty white and black contrast from these guys. I wonder if we have the same fathers lol What did you name him? And btw, the fact they can sex them %100 as hatchlings sealed the deal as my breeder of choice.

 

[sr3052]

Purchased this chacoan from underground in july it's a male he's great couldn't be more happier.

 

[Michael Graham]

Looking good. They probably have larger Tegus due to the foods that they are feeding them. That would be my guess.

 

[sr3052]

I got him in august he was 4 weeks old he's great

 

[sr3052]

 

[sr3052]

Purchased from beeger boxes 6x3x28 pvc enclosure

 

[Michael Graham]

I love the enclosures on their site. How's his temper and eating habits?

 

[sr3052]

He is totally awesome eats great

I love the enclosures on their site. How's his temper and eating habits?

 

[Walter1]

Beautiful enclosure. Does he have a hide?

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[sr3052]

Beautiful enclosure. Does he have a hide?

I have 3 but I don't use them he loves hiding under mulch comes out in the morning about 7am and goes back under mulch around 5pm he loves it tank holds humidity very well he's very happy growing nice.www.undergroundreptiles.com has awesome tegus

 

[sr3052]

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They get much bigger than argentine he was born in july I got him in august he is growing so fast he is just a great tegu they produce some awesome tegus and we love our chacoan

 

[Walter1]

Interesting about time. I have a 1.2 Florida WCs from tegusonly. They're down for five mints of the year. When up, male is out at 0930 hrs followed by the females maybe 1/2 hr later. Out area hrs then down til tomorrow.

 

[sr3052]

This is a video of my chacoan from underground reptiles he is much bigger now.

 

[sr3052]

When he was a little guy and this is actually my son's tegu I'm with him more than he is lol lol

 

[Walter1]

I'd rather have a tegu as a kid's hand-me-down than many other kinds of pets!!!