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    Arm Dislocation?? Please Help! :(

    Thank you so much, Walter1. I do have good news though, with the spare time I had a couple nights ago (since it is summer time, no school!) I did a bit of research and was able to construct a small makeshift cast/splint to hold his arm in place. He walks perfectly normal with the cast on when I...
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    Arm Dislocation?? Please Help! :(

    okay zyn and walter1, I will try to schedule an appointment.Thank you for your feedback.
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    Arm Dislocation?? Please Help! :(

    Hello, I'm fairly new to the tegu lizard species, but so far they are amazing, if my tegu were to represent all tegus :) I originally received Diesel (my tegu) untamed about 2-3 months ago, he is about 5 months old or so. He scampered about and hid in his cage, refusing to be handled. I used...
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    Advice with Interaction/Taming

    Thank you so much for your advice. I used the talking method, and whenever I seem to get close to his face and talk he seems to relax. As a matter of fact, he’s chilling in my hood on my back right now! I will try the hand in the tank method. I do have another question, diesel seems to be a very...
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    Advice with Interaction/Taming

    And VenusandSaturn I have read about them online not having the best reputation, but this was after I ordered my reptiles. I ordered my Uromastyx and my tegu from them, and they seem perfectly fine, no issues, and they looked even better than the animals in the pictures. I assume I just got very...
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    Advice with Interaction/Taming

    Thank you so much, Alpha. As far is the time/age gap goes, there will be no other side effects? He won’t remember possible issues he had with my sister? Are there any more tactics I can use to possibly speed up the process and calm diesel down, make him less squirmy?
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    Advice with Interaction/Taming

    Hello, I just bought a tegu from Backwater Reptiles about a month ago, and he/she (not quite sure the gender) is beautiful. Diesel is around roughly, I want to say, 5-6 months old, and about 1 1/2 -2 feet. When I had diesel for the first week, he was very flighty and scared, often hiding in his...
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