Concerns abolutnie tegus’ helalth.

[Lizardman256]

Hello, 3 day ago i got mine half year old tegu female.She is really sweet, active and have been eating very well.But i have some concerns.She is not pooping, only the white stuff and very often like 3-4 times a day.

 

[livvsha]

You could try putting her in a warm bath with enough water so it covers her body but not her ears or nose. That makes my lizard poop. Usually 20-30 minutes I leave her in the tub for.

 

[Debita]

Agree with Livvsha warm baths work well.... If she's actually expelling clear liquid and urates, then she's got good water and the rest will most likely follow. They commonly take a few weeks to settle into their new home, so eating, pooping, and feeling secure takes time. Make sure your temps are good - too much overall heat or too much cold is dangerous, and they need a humidity of around 80%. (Basking temp should be about 105-110dg for a 6 month old - but in the next 6 months you'll be needing to increase that)

 

[Lizardman256]

Agree with Livvsha warm baths work well.... If she's actually expelling clear liquid and urates, then she's got good water and the rest will most likely follow. They commonly take a few weeks to settle into their new home, so eating, pooping, and feeling secure takes time. Make sure your temps are good - too much overall heat or too much cold is dangerous, and they need a humidity of around 80%. (Basking temp should be about 105-110dg for a 6 month old - but in the next 6 months you'll be needing to increase that)

Thank you.She pooped a 3 days ago, and is doing It every day.But i am still kind of worried about her so often urinating.She is doing It less frequent, but still pretty often.Overal she is a very sweet lizard, she now learned to climb up my arm when i open her enclosure.I have humidity and temperature right, but for some reason she is trying to escape her enclosure very badly, like destroing part of her fake rock background, the i takie her out, She is exploring and doing other stuff, whe she go back, she is calm for like 1 h and then evrything repeats itself.(Sorry for grammar, and spelling errors.I am not from english speaking country.)

 

[Debita]

(no worries about the english - you're doing pretty good!) Good news - I've had 2 Tegus, and they both had different "potty" routines. She's so young, I wouldn't worry, I don't think you'll ever hear someone say that urinating often is a scary thing! At 6 months, you could give her as much food as she'll take every other day now. As they become adults, I've seen mine go every other 2 days quite often.

They can throw a lot of energy around when they are very young - does she have a nice size enclosure? They really do need space, and at 6 months, I'm sure she's coming up on almost 2 ft long, right?

Don't forget you will be heading into Tegu puberty in the next 6 months or so - where they start to feel a whole different set of hormones and their growth is rapid . Plentiful food nad water is important during this time.

 

[Lizardman256]

(no worries about the english - you're doing pretty good!) Good news - I've had 2 Tegus, and they both had different "potty" routines. She's so young, I wouldn't worry, I don't think you'll ever hear someone say that urinating often is a scary thing! At 6 months, you could give her as much food as she'll take every other day now. As they become adults, I've seen mine go every other 2 days quite often.

They can throw a lot of energy around when they are very young - does she have a nice size enclosure? They really do need space, and at 6 months, I'm sure she's coming up on almost 2 ft long, right?

Don't forget you will be heading into Tegu puberty in the next 6 months or so - where they start to feel a whole different set of hormones and their growth is rapid . Plentiful food nad water is important during this time.

She’s close to that size, she is having, a smaler enclosure for now, mostly for easier taming(150x70x70)But i have a biger enclosure (240x85x85)Just need to ad a few things(lightning, glass, and waterproof it.I am going to add some photos of her.

 

[Debita]

Waaay cute - very bright eyed!

 

[Lizardman256]

Waaay cute - very bright eyed!

Tkank’s for that and all of your help.