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  1. DougK

    Need help troubleshooting problem

    I had my tegu in a 20 gallon tank when he was a baby, but even then he was kind of too big for it and he spent all his time hiding. I'd guess that the small tank is stressing him out, and the lack of uva/b might be a problem as well. You also mentioned a complaint from parents about it...
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    Do You Own a Temp Gun?

    One thing to be aware of with infrared temp sensors is that reflective surfaces can read a lot lower than they actually are. I have one I use when cooking and it reads 100-200 degrees cooler than it actually is if I point it at stainless steel without any oil in it. I can't imagine a rock or...
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    Colombian Tegus: A Comprehensive Guide

    I've been meaning to post something like this since I joined here a while ago! 1) Feeding When he was younger, he was really picky so it was a combination of eggs, various meat, and frozen mice, but I'd have to really coax him to eat, and usually had to dip things in egg yolks for him to care...
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    Hello!

    The raw egg isn't the primary thing, it's mainly pinkies, so I haven't been TOO concerned about it yet because as long as he's accepting them he's still getting most of what he needs. He just used to eat them voraciously but now seems very shy about it, but I found that if he doesn't eat them...
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    my tegu dont let me handle him

    It can sometimes take a while for a tegu to get used to you and calm down, and it can depend heavily on what kind it is. Supposedly, columbian b/w are a lot more skittish than other kinds. It looks like there's a lot of threads on here about taming (seems there's entire sub-topic for it...
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    Hello!

    I've got a little Columbian black and white tegu, and have had him for under a year. He's still a bit of a knucklehead so I have to be careful when holding him or he'll try to run everywhere at once. I've read a lot of warnings about how feisty they can get, so I try to hold him often. He...
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    Hi I'm new here and have a Columbian tegu

    I've got a columbian as well, and his level of skittishness is usually directly related to how warm he is -- if he's been under the heat lamp all day, it can be like trying to hold a fish for how much he tries to flop around, but if he was hanging out in the cooler sections (or if I just put him...
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    Hi I'm new here and have a Columbian tegu

    From what I've learned, columbian tegus just are more predisposed to skittishness, especially when they're young and small. I can't really tell the scale here, but I'd estimate he's still under a year, as he seems smaller than mine and mine is still under a year (I'm guessing others here...
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