FluffyGoo
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Hello,
I have a new hatchling tegu. Chacoan black and white. For the purposes of this message we'll just assume it's a "she".
She was shipped to me on Tuesday morning. I put her in her enclosure and went back to work.
Since then (it's now Thursday evening) I have only seen her once basking in the morning before I hastened off to work. She hasn't eaten or anything and I'm terribly worried.
The popular opinion is to never dig a tegu out of their hide but I'm starting to feel desperate.
Everything I read says they need time to acclimate but I haven't come across anything where a hatchling tegu is hiding all day and therefore I can't offer any food to her. I put in some crickets dusted with calcium one morning but none of them were eaten by the time I came home.
Basking spot of about 100, overall temp in the upper 80's, and humidity fluctuates between 70 - 80%.
She's dug herself a lovely little hide in the substrate (eco-earth) and I can't see how she's doing.
Any advice? Help?
This is my first tegu so I want to be careful.
I have a new hatchling tegu. Chacoan black and white. For the purposes of this message we'll just assume it's a "she".
She was shipped to me on Tuesday morning. I put her in her enclosure and went back to work.
Since then (it's now Thursday evening) I have only seen her once basking in the morning before I hastened off to work. She hasn't eaten or anything and I'm terribly worried.
The popular opinion is to never dig a tegu out of their hide but I'm starting to feel desperate.
Everything I read says they need time to acclimate but I haven't come across anything where a hatchling tegu is hiding all day and therefore I can't offer any food to her. I put in some crickets dusted with calcium one morning but none of them were eaten by the time I came home.
Basking spot of about 100, overall temp in the upper 80's, and humidity fluctuates between 70 - 80%.
She's dug herself a lovely little hide in the substrate (eco-earth) and I can't see how she's doing.
Any advice? Help?
This is my first tegu so I want to be careful.