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Hey guys! I have read that starting mid October it is best to stop feeding so there is no food in my tegu when she hibernates. But I feel like I am starving her...we haven't fed her for about a week but she still comes out and basks through the day and completely destroys her tank looking for...
Hahaha so true! I just use dollar store halogens for my basking lights! I guess the CHE is okay for me though because I could always use it if one of my bearded dragons get sick or something and need higher temps over night because the red light is not the greatest for them.
Are tegus known...
Enclosure update! We put in all new substrate so it's a little deeper everywhere now and we added two dracaena plants and a pothos! They'll probably be destroyed by Belle running over them eventually, but for now I think they look nice and they'll help keep the humidity up! Belle really seems to...
Here's Belle's tank! Just redecorated last night and Belle seems to love the plants in there. She won't stop exploring it's so cute
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Quick question, do those red lights not bother the tegus at night? I know not to use them with bearded dragons because they can still sense the light...
Okay so I moved those 2 tiles up onto the ledge and directed her basking light up there for now! I'm going to try to find a nice big flat rock for her though
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Yeah it is her basking area, the rock is a little farther back in the pic than what it normally is though (the light is normally aimed at the ground not at the rock). Belle seems to like to lay out flat right behind the rock when she basks, like she's hiding from us lol But I can definitely...
Okay so here's what we did so Belle can get closer to the UVB:
We are thinking of putting a second basking spot up on the ledge as well, but we need to get a weaker bulb or something.
What do you think??
Okay thanks for the advice! Turns out he actually has Columbian tegus so we are no longer interested. But we will still be looking for another Argentine tegu! Just going to be difficult because our girl is about 2 feet now and growing fast lol
We do have a separate tank (Belle's old one)...
Hey I will probably be picking up a male tegu tomorrow 12-14" long. He is apparently a captive bred Argentine black and white, but is it possible for him to be CB and be that young? The guy told us that it is impossible to get wild caught tegus because they are endangered :s :s Just wondering...
What a cutie :) It sucks when they're sleeping! lol I hope he's coming out too, it's about that time I think! Our tegu didn't hibernate all that long, not sure why. She's growing like crazy now though, we're going to have to get a new scale because our current one only goes up to 500g and she...
Yeah good point! We're probably going to lower the UVB light a bit, take the shield off if we can and make Belle a basking platform, and that should make it a lot better! Thanks for the suggestion!
Here are some pictures of Belle from today:
Hello! I wanted to start a thread where I can document information or ask questions about my (probable) female black and white Argentine tegu, and any future tegus I may have! I'll post some pics and all Belle's info so far.
What kind of tegu do you have? Argentine black and white tegu...