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I have a red tegu and I'm trying to find out if it's ok to feed her basil. I can't find any food lists that mention it. My local grocery store sells organic, pesticide free basil plants and I was thinking of putting one in her enclosure once per week for her to munch on at her leisure.
But I'd...
Its getting worse. She used to only make lazy attempts to bite my hands or feet when they were a few inches away. But now she's charging at me from across the room.
I don't know how to get her to understand that the behavior is unacceptable and can only end badly for her.
I've had my tegu for a few years now and she's never tried to bite me. Recently she's become more aggressive. It seems to happen at random. The first time I was laying down next to her and she bit me on the face. Not aggressively, it was a very small bite and only caused a cut the size of a...
I have a tegu in an apartment. From a policy perspective it hasn't been a problem. Management is aware of it from entering my apartment and seeing the giant enclosure in the living room. They've only expressed curiosity the way anyone does when they see my tegu. However, I'm in Toronto and we...
We took her to the vet to get the implant on Friday (June 6). They drained the remaining fluid and put in the implant. He also gave us an anti-inflammatory which we're supposed to give her daily for two weeks with food. She's responded well to the fluid draining. She's passing feces every few...
I spoke to the vet again. I wanted to get a clearer idea of what threat the cysts represent. He said in this case they produce fluid, cause inflammation of the abdominal wall and can lead to bacterial infection. After weighing the options I decided to go with the medical treatment (drain...
I took my red tegu to the vet on Monday. I was taking her in for a check up. I didn't think anything was wrong with her except for being fat. My hope was to get some advice from the vet on bringing her weight down. Instead, what they found was that she isn't fat at all, she's full of fluid. So...