What Kind of Tegu is Diego?

[Rhetoric]

Wow great find! lol, I know I'm posting on old topics but crazy petco had tegus! I've seen some savys but no tegus at petco or petsmart. He sure is a pretty guy.

 

[laurarfl]

Now I'm joining you on the late posting! What a gorgeous tegu!

 

[carcharios]

Yeah, it was a fluke. The girl who works there said she got two of them in and that they usually never get them in. I've had reptiles all my life but had never seen a Tegu before I saw Diego there. I had to get him. At first, I didn't even know what kind he was since his loreal scale is not segmented in two like most black and whites. He was thin and first and hibernated for close to 11 months straight - right through the first summer. Last summer he finally woke up and I moved him outside and he tripled his size.

I just moved him (or her) outside again last week and am praying for the best. I lost my big black and white male, Kimo earlier this week and can't figure out what went wrong. No signs of trauma aside from a little tenderness on the nose from rubbing against his rubbermaid tub. He was plump and didn't seem malnourished. Anyway, I'm hoping that Diego never gets what Kimo did. At some point this summer I'd like to sex him and mate him with a Chocoan!

 

[Rhetoric]

He's gorgeous. I saw the thread about Kimo, I'm sorry about your loss. Hopefully your other tegus will have long healthy lives.

 

[reptastic]

Do you have an updated pics I would love to see how he is turning out

 

[carcharios]

Sure. He hasn't grown a whole lot though since he/she was dormant all winter. I'll try to snap some this weekend if he/she comes out of the den for some sun.

 

[carcharios]

Still haven't gotten around to taking some more pics of Diego. Frieda, my big female, is doing really well - even without her companion Kimo My new unnamed male is doing ok too - even though his ribcage is still flared from the MBD. I've been giving him chicken necks lately and full sun and have seen a big growth spurt and much improvement in his lower jaw. I'm hoping to get some new pics off in a week or so and when I do, I'll post them.

Also, I'm pretty sure Diego is a female. If anyone is interested in breeding their male - especially if it's a high white or blue, I'd be more than willing to breed her. I live in Southern MD. I initially wanted to breed her with Kimo this summer but Kimo died literally one week before he was to be released into his outdoor enclosure for the summer. Go figure...

 

[reptastic]

Man i would love to breed my high white rayne with her(if he is indeed a male lol)But he wontt be ready to breed for another year or 2, have you seen pics of bobbys female b/w magnolia Thats raynes mother she is super white

im really hoping to find a nice high white female to breed with in a few years, with the right female those would be some killer tegus lol