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Recent content by nicks75

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    question on mercury bulb.

    I setup my tegus new enclosure from a walk in closet and bought a exo terra solor glo 160 watt mvb. It says in the instructions "The 160 watt solar glo is designed for very large terrariums with a minimum height of 120 cm (48 inches), room or walk-in enclosures and for veterinary use. The 125...
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    feeding the babies

    My guess is that they will readily eat when they grow some, just keep offering it and soon enough they should chow down soon enough. If they stay picky about only eating things that move you could try balling up some ground turkey onto a long piece of thread and using that to move the ball...
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    Has anyone ever trained their tegu to "come"

    Here's a vid I made today, he's a little feisty from being heated up from basking. Just a side note :) if anyone wants to critique the set up, I'm going shopping this weekend for more suitable equipment for having him roaming freely, namely the hiding box and a power sun basking light. I do...
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    Has anyone ever trained their tegu to "come"

    That's actually how I start out with it, I would tap right before showing food, right now my juvi only comes when I tap but as you said its only from expecting to see food, my last time I did it I held out my hand to show that It was not food and he just flicked his tongue, I just got him to...
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    Has anyone ever trained their tegu to "come"

    I currently have a juvi arg b/w tegu, he/she is about 12-14 inches long, I used to have one that I raised from a hatchling that grew into a monster size, unfortunately I had to give him away at the time for no longer being able to take care of him properly due to a breakup from my ex. One of...
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