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    panacur

    hello i have a young iguana who is exhibiting the signs of having internal parasites. not eating and losing weight. i have owned 2 adults in the past 1 that lived to 16 years so im fairly certain that i know the signs. i really dont need to take him to a vet to be told what i know but without...
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    temperature question

    the enclosure has been fitted with plexiglass panels over what was screen. its no airtight enclosure but it does hold in the heat. the enclosure is sitting on 2 large rubbermaid containers so its not directly on the floor. so judging from your advice she should be ok for a couple days like this...
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    temperature question

    due to a real a$$hole of a landlord i am in between homes till Friday my tegu is currently in her enclosure in someones garage i have her heat lamp on and her UV heat lamp on. the temps here in Kentucky are going into the mid 40s here at night mid 50s in the day. this is a closed garage so there...
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    to feed or not to feed

    Tegi has been on no food now for a couple months and the only time she has come out is to get water and then gone right back in her box. Now when she started hibernating she had a lot of old shed on her that was not coming off, last week she came out of the box and it looked like she had...
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    couple questions

    Tegi has never really been an active tegu always preferring to hide in her hide box only coming out to catch some rays and water and then back to hiding and sleeping, now with hibernation season she seems to not be coming out at all but she does move around in her hide box . she is active if i...
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    misting

    well i see there are a million ways to setup misting the enclosure, and i see alot of reviews on products yea and nay. i don't want a mickey mouse setup that is going to break or leak or give me trouble all the time.... i really like the looks of this system...
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    housing together

    how many have had luck with housing 2 females together? i have an opportunity to get another b&w for free and i wanted to know if they would fight .
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    How much to feed

    speaking for mine... she will gluten herself if i give it to her. the vet said shes way too fat and i suppose part of the problem was the size rats i was giving, and the frequency of feedings
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    tegis first vet visit

    she passed all the tests of the vet. at 4 feet long she weighs in at 15 pounds, a little on the obese size so shes going on a more stretched out feeding schedule, with a few tricks the vet gave me to get something other than just rats in her belly. im very happy with this exam and this vet so i...
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    hiding

    all my tegu wants to do is be in her hide box or hide somewhere else someplace dark. i take her outside and she seems to enjoy it for a little while. i give her a big fat rat she gets it down wanders for a bit then looks for a dark place she can hide. is this typical behavior? or should i be a...
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    Occupation thread??

    i work in a warehouse packing boxes all day. the pay isn't great but the job is simple =)
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    wild mice invasion

    thank you. Thats basically what I thought.
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    wild mice invasion

    i am being over run by field mice in my home and i have been wondering if it would be ok if my tegu caught them and ate them not knowing if they are diseased or have gotten into any poison anywhere. it seems like a bad idea but i would like other opinions before i set her to wander about and...
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    question about feeding

    shes about 2.5 years old as i was told, as long as its a rat or a quail she will readily take the food i just dangle the rat by the tail or the quail by the feet and wave it and she will grab it and pound it down. when i first got her she ate chicken liver and gizzards and hearts and such, but...
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    question about feeding

    she wont eat ground turkey or eggs either she only wants rodents for the most part, everything else she will ignore like its not food at all. personally i think shes spoiled......
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