UPDATE ON "WAPO" THE BLUE TEGU!

[Lauraj10551]

Well, I think Sam wants to hibernate. He only comes out every 2 days and is barely eating. Crap. I've only had him 3 months and now He wants to sleep

 

[KSTAR]

@Lauraj10551 He probably is getting ready for hibernation Just keep a close eye on him and you'll know what's going on with your little one....Wapo is still getting up and eating like a beast! That little dinosaur ain't slowing down for nothing!

 

[bfb345]

wow Wapo is awesome and @Lauraj10551 try to increase the ambient heat in your cage, but if this will be Sams first time I think most people here would advise you to bruhmate him.

 

[dx2killa]

My Onix isn't eating as much either but he still comes out when I get home and basks. I have him in a 6ft cage already the one side gets pretty cool at night but I leave his basking bulb which is a red bulb on all the time. He is def still growing though he went from 273g last weekend to 330g yesterday lol!

 

[bfb345]

@dx2killa wow that is some growth haha 60 grams in a week is good

 

[Lauraj10551]

Well, today he ate a pinky (my first pinky adventure ever) and about 12 medium dubia. I keep a CHE on all night so his cage doesn't fall below 75. So, he might sleep more, but at least he is still eating. We try a fuzzy in a couple days (shudder) defrosting whole ground rabbit for tomorrow.

 

[Lauraj10551]

Ok, here's my updated pictures finally!

 

[ferociouscorpion]

Sam looks awesome @Lauraj10551 !

Here is some pictures I took today. Iris has been growing so fast I wish I took more pictures of it when it was small.

 

[bfb345]

Wow iris looks awesome ugh I can't wait for my blue

 

[Matthew Krzemienski]

What breeder was iris from? So much white!

Mayt

 

[Lauraj10551]

Yah, tons of white on her. She is absolutely beautiful! @ferociouscorpion when was Iris's hatch date? She looks so big.

 

[ferociouscorpion]

I got Iris from Ty Park. I believe the hate date is somewhere in mid-August. Yeah I'm pretty excited that the white is showing more now. Not sure on the weight but its a bit over 2ft now.

 

[Lauraj10551]

@ferociouscorpion I got Sam from Ty too. His hatch date is 7/28/13. Yours is definitely getting lots of white! And she definitely looks huge. What do you feed her? LOL

 

[dx2killa]

my onix is in shed right now. Wondering how hes going to turn out since hes grown so much.

 

[Matthew Krzemienski]

So can someone explain to me in as much detail as possible how blues change color from hatchling to adulthood?

Matt

 

[dx2killa]

Honestly Matt i think there all different. I've seen some get the white really early and i see some go from the dark hatchling to the tanish color on the head and back then white. Think should just enjoy watching yours grow and change and see how they compare to other blue when they are older

 

[bfb345]

Yeah the real tegu genetics are just so unknown haha hopefully they get cleaned up soon

 

[ferociouscorpion]

@Lauraj10551 I've been feeding ground turkey 3x a week, ground beef 2x, tilapia, chicken gizzards, and beef livers with calcium supplements. I was afraid she wouldn't get the right amount of nutrients because I'm not feeding her whole prey (don't like rodents), but shes been doing great on just that diet.

 

[KSTAR]

@Lauraj10551 @bfb345 @dx2killa @ferociouscorpion @Matthew Krzemienski Thank you all for your great comments on Wapo! And I'm happy to see that all of the blues in our blue family are doing great! And I can't wait till you get your blue Aswell @bfb345 and as for tegu genetics YES they're so unknown! Not all blues turn white...some stay dark like how they look as hatchlings but have great features like Nice big bands and Dark burnt noses while others have a nice powder blue tint to them with some white and others have a lot of white! I've had a few blues and between my two brothers and I we've had ALOT OF BLUES LOL...Here's pics I went into my old albums to show you guys...
Here's Wapo As Of Today

Here's A Picture Of My First Blue Tegu I Ever Got "Chomper"

Here's A Picture Of My 75% blue 25% Red Hybrid Tegu "Haze" Which Was Basically A Blue! She Changed So Much From A Hatchling To Adult! This Was Her As A Baby

And This Was Her As A Subadult When She Was A Yearling

And This Was Chomper And My Hybrid Haze Together...

This Was My Brother @EG6 Blue Tegu "pancho"

And This Was My Older Brother @BOOSTFEEN Blue Tegu Pair

 

[Lauraj10551]

they are all so awesome.. I want to get another one, but it will have to wait until Ty has some more next year. I think everyone is out for this season