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Recent content by rasputin101

  1. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    hehehe, love it. But are you imagining me having a Hugh Grant style english accent or a cockney english? (americans usually assume it's one of the two) :)
  2. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    Yep, the vet gave me the number and I've sent off for a registraion pack. at least something good came out of his suspected injury! Thanks for the list too, I'mm bloat him on loads of chum!!
  3. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    ok cool, I'll gorge him up on meat... can anybody recommend what kind? I'vee seen that zoo med do cans of tegu food but I don't fancy the £4.00 a day bill that comes with them[hr] the vet didn;t mention his weight so can't be a problem but I don't like being hungry so I'm sure he won't too...
  4. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    ok... back form the vets... it was a microchip that the breeder put in and didn't register it OR tell the guy I bought it off. Useless people. I'll get a hydrometer and a temp gun sounds like fun, my friend uses one. You've got me worried about the low body fat now, how much do I need to be...
  5. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    Temperature measure with a simple thermometer sitting in the basking area but the humidity I kinda just guage by putting my hand in and feeling. It's a crude method I know but it's worked for every other animal I've kept (spiders, water dragons etc.) I'll get the temperature up and booked him...
  6. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    The temperature in the tank's 95 degrees in the basking area which is the rough temperature the guy I bought him off told me was best to keep him at. I don't have a thermometer in the cool end but there is a large tray of water to keep the humidity up. The only thing in the tank other than the...
  7. rasputin101

    lump in my tegu's body

    I've had my Tegu for a few months now and he's still quite small (10 inches maybe) and literally overnight he's developed a 15mm horizontal lump under his skin on the left hand side of his body (almost looks like an implant you'd use for birth control!). He does run around like an absolute...
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