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    when and how much calcium and multivitamins

    i am feeding my tegu a very mixed diet, veggies, fruit, turkey and gut-loaded bugs that i feed to my other reptiles. i am adding about 1 med-large size pill worth of calcium or multivitamins to each feeding. i feed every 2 days cause she wont eat everyday. i only had her for about a month now...
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    i know have my tegu

    so far she loves ground turkey and i mixed it with some of that tegu fruit diet mix from store. since i keep all kinds of feeder bugs for my other reps i mixed them with turkey and she ate that too. i printed that tegu diet pdf i found here on this site. i printed almost everything i read here...
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    i know have my tegu

    i was told female and she is about a year and half old, got to pet her today during the time she was out. she does eat just fine
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    is this normal?

    is this normal: she wakes up between 9am and 11am and is buried no later then 4pm, sometimes by 2pm. she loves being misted and never seen that before with any of my other reptiles.
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    i know have my tegu

    thank you..... she is becoming one of my favorites. i got to pet her today and she didnt freak out or anything.
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    i know have my tegu

    had her for almost 2 weeks now and i am glad she is not the monster i thought she would be and read about.....she is not as aggressive as i thought she would be.... she loves her new home, its bigger then her last home and using that tank as the feeder tank... took a day to get used to seeing...
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    heating, lighting and misting

    I only seen her once and knew I had to help. She is adult size and in a small setup. I will post pics when I get her next month. Almost done wit bigger set up. Will use her current setup as a feeding cage. I think a bigger home n more correct set up will help wit taming. [hr] I think I will...
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    feeding a wild tegu

    I know I can handle the task ahead. Just trying to make this easy as possible for both of us. My iguana as a child got real big and very mean and had a hard time wit him but stuck wit it. Sold him and all reptiles when son was born. Son is now 15 n helps with all pets we have now. I am not...
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    heating, lighting and misting

    First thanks to all who help with this site and thank you for all the help. What about misting? I mist my chams 1 to 3 times a day. Should I do the same with tegu?
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    heating, lighting and misting

    i got a real nice controller and can lower the basking temp, which will help lower the rest of the cage, my temps will should come close to yours no problem. do you use under the tank heaters? i have some on my geckos with a small controller, in the winter i turn the under tank heaters up and...
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    feeding a wild tegu

    i will soon have a young adult female columbian tegu, she is very wild and is known to bite. she does not get the time and attention that is required to make her tame. i will change that once she is at my place. i got a feeding cage and plan on using it. i also plan on spending lots of time just...
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    heating, lighting and misting

    i am new this site and soon to have a 2 to 3 year old columbian tegu. i have a few questions. from what i have read here and else where, tegus require the same uvb and uva as chams, but hotter temps. 1. i can get a basking spot at 110 to 115 degrees no problem, do i need uvb and uva on the...
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    will have a tegu soon

    i am new to tegus but have had other reptiles my whole life. i will be getting a adult columbian tegu soon (10/15/12). the current owner breeds snakes and never gave the tegu much time or attention, she is not very friendly and is known to bite sometimes. i have a new home for her and also got a...
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