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    linking multiple lights

    yeah i have a uvb in there also seperate plug. and an advanced heating system, seperate plug. the lights are raising my temps in the enclosure.
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    linking multiple lights

    ok so i have wired my own lighting into my enclosure, can multiple lights be wired together ok? i.e. 3 lamp holders wired 1 to the other and the last one to a plug. is that ok? anyone else done there own wiring? i understand this would be a series circuit, but is it safe also why can a...
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    heating a large enclosure advice needed

    ok reduced the enclosure to 7ft long by 2.2ft high by 2.2ft wide fitted an AHS 500watt and 4 spot lights how can i keep the temps up at night????????? because obviously the lights need to go off and the AHS 500watt does not heat it up enough
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    heating a large enclosure advice needed

    ok so my enclosure is built and ready. it is in an outbuilding and i have tiled the walls and built a wooden top and front with plexi glass windows and a plexi glass/ wooden door. the floor is also tiled. it measures 7ft long x 5ft wide by 3.5ft high. because it is so cold where i live in...
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    my tegu had a prolapse, advice wanted!

    i have a humidity gauge that tells me the %, as a back up there is a heat pad under a rock and water tub, he cant burn himself on it, by the sounds of it i need to get a thermostat a good digital 1 that does the whole thing! i have his lights on a cycle and they go off and on, on there own, yes...
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    my tegu had a prolapse, advice wanted!

    its not often i see him drink, i just use thermometers to gage temperature, i have several dotted about the enclosure, hot end 105f cool end 80f, humidity 60-80% not invested in a thermostat yet, but if necessary will do so. how can i encourage drinking? i bathe him maybe once a month, he usualy...
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    my tegu had a prolapse, advice wanted!

    hi all my tegu had a pro lapse, noticed it and straight away put him in the bath. i managed to remove the blockage it was an undigested piece of meat and clumps of coco fibre (eco earth) substrate. he/she is about 9 months old about 18 inch long. after i bathed and removed blockage, it...
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    new enclosure project advice wanted

    i am maybe thinking a small tree in a large solid pot, hopefully that way it may not get damaged or knocked over by my tegu.
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    feeding

    cheers guys thats a real help, i would say my tegu has only recently in last 2 months built what i would say a strong appetite, if i was to put a pinkie in it would be gone straight away, i am trying to vary everything i give my tegu, if it is willing to eat everyday should i feed it everyday...
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    feeding

    ok i have got my tegu eating fairly well now, raw chicken, worms, locusts, pinkies, even cut up fuzzies as a treat, my tegu is 12 inches long and i guess about 7-8 months old. to explain i used to feed it out of enclosure in a tub fine, then it went off food for about 2 months, in the end i...
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    new enclosure project advice wanted

    yeah i know what you mean it is mean to put a few big beasts to live together without enough room for them, i suppose its hard to tell what 3.5ft will look like until it is fully grown, i have worked out i have had my tegu 6 months, and is now 12 inches long, it was about 7 inches when i got it...
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    new enclosure project advice wanted

    hi guys, well just moved house and decided i would use my brick outbuilding as an enclosure. CURRENT ENCLOSURE up to now my b and w tegu is in a 3ft enclosure ( needs replacing but ok ) i use a uvb bulb 14 hrs of day and a bask spot about 16 hrs of day, then at night both go off and my...
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    hooray tegu finaly eats!!!

    after about 3 weeks or longer my tegu finaly ate! i tried everything, i thought he was trying to hibernate?! he still could be! i was trying everyday 2 offer him diffrent foods and insects but nothing would work, then 2day i cleaned his tank, and tryd a new substrate. i think its eco earth/coco...
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    hibernation advice nedded!!!

    as he hasnt eaten for about 2 weeks now my insects are dying...crickets, meal worms etc...if he is in brumation what can i offer him food wise, as the insects will just die and thats such a waste of money they realy dont seem to interest him at all.. i spray the tank a few times a day and there...
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    hibernation advice nedded!!!

    i have had him about 7 weeks or so, used 2 eat fine. now doesnt bother. over here in the uk its our summer, he is in a wooden viv and always will be indoors
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