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    Outdoor enclosure thoughts/tips?

    yeah,I'm working on roofing ideas,too. as far as digging,my backyard is mainly hard clay,the tortoises have a hard go at it.Anyway,it would be supervised,as in someone in the pen with it whenever it's outside. leashed @ first,but eventually allowed to free-roam the enclosure.
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    Outdoor enclosure thoughts/tips?

    I'm considering setting up an outdoor enclosure,so that the tegu can have some outside time on nice days,in spring-late fall (I'm just outside Charleston,SC). The tegu would never,under ANY circumstances, be unattended. We have pens set up for tortoise & bunny free-roam,but they would pose no...
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    any opinions on using large sterilite type containers as Colombian housing? Pros/Cons?

    there's only the one tegu in the cage,one was given to a friend for his bday. the one inhabitant does seem to like it,burying itself,rooting around for dubias,superworms,etc. good eater,too. It will be getting a larger,homebuilt enclosure soon enough...space is an issue right now with all the...
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    any opinions on using large sterilite type containers as Colombian housing? Pros/Cons?

    dude,I've done nothing but read freaking care sheets,but none of them touch on using plastic storage containers as temporary housing for juveniles. I'm well aware of what size enclosure an adult will eventually require,that's not what I was asking. Is there maybe someone who's helpful here?
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    any opinions on using large sterilite type containers as Colombian housing? Pros/Cons?

    the little food dish by the water tub has repashy cgd in it,to gutload the dubias that are in there. little protein-packed janitors,they help clean the cage and aren't too crunchy (disconcerting to the girlfriend when it finds and eats another one,she actually likes the dubias).
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    any opinions on using large sterilite type containers as Colombian housing? Pros/Cons?

    I've recently acquired my first tegu,a young Colombian B&W. The person I got it from had 2 of them in a 10 gal tank,I could plainly see that was WAY too small for 2 lizards in the 20" range (haven't measured for certain,can't find my tape measure @ the moment). Anyway, I cobbled together a...
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    what species of Colombian do I have?

    thanks,thats what I thought. I'm pleasantly suprised by it's general demeanor,I was under the assumption that Colombians had the same general attitude as a Nile monitor,but this lizard is as calm as my gargoyle geckos. It's pretty cool, I can just reach in and scoop it up. no tail...
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    what species of Colombian do I have?

    hey all. I'm new to tegus,but have almost 30 yrs herp experience, so I'm not a rookie or anything. I got 2 tegus in on a trade,and decided to keep one. I was told that they were Colombian B&Ws, but want a second opinion. the tegu in question is the one that's got the yellowish banding,instead...
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