update on Eli

[kellen.watkins]

Hey all,
Been awhile since I posted or anything really not much tegu action goin on nikkitine and vanilla are both in hibernation but eli is awake I've been ignoring him a lot and its kinda working (for those who don't know eli has been a tempermental nightmare since day 2) he tolerates my presence in his cage and for the last week I've been around his cage more but have straight ignored him for like a month. He's a little over 4 months old now is well over 2 feet. I've also learned he loves being misted and will at times follow the mist or where its spraying I wanna get a video of it he reminds me of a kid in a sprinkler lol here are some pics I took this morning after his misting

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

He's looking good I see some hints of red coming in.

 

[kellen.watkins]

The picture does no justice he has a pinkish tone from the top of his head to his back legs which from there to the tip of his tail is a greenish tone lol

 

[Sirhc401]

He looks awesome. That is a good looking tegu. I can see some of the red in there. Having that red might make him get a bit bigger than an average blue as well. You think?

 

[HPIZZLE]

interesting looking tegu. i like it more than other blue/red hybrids ive seen(im pretty sure thats what he is lol)

 

[kellen.watkins]

Yeah his parents are a blue and a 50/50 blue red hybrid. And he might get bigger but only time will tell.

 

[kellen.watkins]

Hey y'all just throwing out another update on eli, no pics cause he really has not grown much he only eats once so not much change in size. I took a different approach on taming but wanted to share I started forcefully handling him and would hold him for an hour on the days he was out give him baths for a week or so he would huff and puff open mouth ect. Last 5 or 6 times I have taken him out to hold him no huffing no aggression no spuirming nothing. So now there is no more force handling I gently pick him up let him walk around and pet him. He doesn't seem 100 % comfortable when I take him out but that's just a vibe I get he doesn't dart or close one eye or anything. I'm not embracing force holding tegus just sharing as eli was a tempermental nightmare for at least 4 months and wanted to share his progress

 

[jumper123]

Beautiful gu you have!!

 

[kellen.watkins]

Thank you