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    Tegu bite

    I’ve had my red tegu for well over 3 years now he’s about 4 ft now, he’s very social and tame and alwayssss out of his tank whenever I’m home he’s with me. Yesterday, when I went to get him out of his tank was the first day he bit me since he was a few months old, I’m really not understanding...
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    Tegu substrate

    Just wondering what everyone uses for their tegus substrates ? I’ve tried coco fiber with organic top soil and this last time cypress mulch.. just want to see what people have had good luck with, I am not a huge fan of the cypress after this last time and my tegu is due for a substrate change...
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    Tegu shed issue

    I’ve had my red tegu for about 2 years, really no shed issues with him since I’ve had him but this past month he has been shedding horrible. the shed has been on for an entire month and is barely budging to come off.. and I notice the skin under that is beginning to shed too ?! Any suggestions...
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    Tegu poop is yellow

    For the past few months my tegus poop has been yellow .. it’s not the actual urates it is the poop. The urates are always white and the poop comes out yellow a lot for some reason ? I thought it could be eggs but he only eats eggs once a week, I stopped feeding them for a little because I...
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    Turkey gizzards

    Probally a stupid question but I like to make sure Tomorrow is thanksgiving and my gu loves chicken gizzards and hearts and also ground turkey.. Was going to save the turkey gizzards for him to eat cause I'm assuming he'd like it but I'm not sure if this is okay for him or not ? Just don't...
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    Prolapse

    my Tegu recently had a prolapse it was minor but I took him to the vet. They tried pushing it back in several times and it kept sliding back out. So the vet put in two sutras to hold it in. He got it taken out today and it looks like it is coming out again.. vet said it could just be swollen but...
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    Please help stuck shed and swollen vent :(

    Thanks guys i will pick up some oils tomorrow, he has an appointment to see the vet Thursday morning so I hope all will be good with that. He just shed his skin again.. literally his entire body it came off of his butt thankfully but there is still the skin on top of his tail that is still stuck...
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    Please help stuck shed and swollen vent :(

    So I have a red tegu he's about 10 months he has had a stuck shed around his butt and top area of his tail that will not come off ... the rest of his body came off no problem. His huimidity has been good at 85% drops down and then goes back up to that every two hours I have a humidifier for him...
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    Picky tegu

    I also tried this he picks out the turkey >.<
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    Picky tegu

    So I have a red tegu he is about 9 months now I have had him for about 3 months now.. everything is great with him so far I've been just having a hard time with feeding him he is beyond picky. I have tried everything from fish meats eggs fruits veggies everything I offer him a varied diet he...
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    Substrate issues

    Nope I only feed him outside of his tank so that couldn't have been it this is why this whole situation had me so confused lol. And hes not too big he's around 7-8 months
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    Substrate issues

    Thank you I just put eco earth in there I'm going to buy other stuff to mix it with tomorrow and hopefully that helps cause he seems confused about the change>.< he has been doing good though he pooped earlier so I'm sure he's not impacted and is acting normal just hopefully this doesn't happen...
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    Substrate issues

    I've had my red tegu for 2 months now really no issues except for today when I came home from work. He has cypress mulch as his substrate, temps good, humidity good he's been eating perfect for me too. When I came home in both corners of his mouth he had a decent amount of substrate inside of...
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    Tegu Wakes up Too Early

    I've had my tegu for about two months now and he's great really friendly and fun, the only problem is that I need to dig him up to be able to hang out with him, he wakes up at 3-4 am every morning and then goes and burrows back again around 7 am.. I am not awake then lol on days I have off I...
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    Baby tegu won't come out

    Okay I'm gunna try and un dig him then, any certain way I should do this? I tried once just pushing a layer of the substrate off of him and he started huffing at me
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