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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    We feed her two small rats every other day with a handful of blueberries in between. She can barely scarf them down so I know she’s eating plenty. Right after she eats, she’ll sit and bask and will let us put our hand in her enclosure and even let us touch her for a second before she starts...
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    I agree though that it may be her enclosure because it is much to small for her which is why we’re actively looking for a big one now that is in our price range :). It just sucks because she’s so angry right now we can’t ever do anything with her. After we feed her (two small rats every other...
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    We used to have a 250W bulb angled toward the back of her cage that she absolutely loved to bask in. However those bulbs kept burning out
  4. TeguTeep

    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    I hope it is. Also the 150W barely warms air next to the ground, she has a log that she regularly hops up and suns herself on. I see her sunning a lot and not just chilling in the cool end so I don’t think it’s heat. The bulb is almost 20” away from the ground. But yeah currently looking for two...
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    It’s a 55 gallon long, and it’s a 150W at the end pointed straight down. The cool side is pretty cool (70’s). Also even with her cool and in the morning she’s still extremely feisty. If we get her out it is ridiculously hard to get back in. She escaped once (before we put weights on the lid) and...
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    We turn her heat off whenever she isn’t basking, but it’s only a 150W bulb on the far end. I wish I could post a picture
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    Her Temp gradient is good because it’s a very long tank, but yeah for the most part we’ve seen a good portion of that info! And there lies my problem. She can’t be taken out of her enclosure. As soon as the lid opens, she’s bolting at the top and at our hands. Even with towels, gloves, etc. she...
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    We have an old T-shirt in there for her that I’ve worn and she seems to like it. We don’t have a hide in their currently because she loves to burrow under her substrate. She’s 30 inches long and she’s in a 55 gallon (yes, too small for her, but trying to find a reasonably priced large tank). And...
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    They’re frozen/thawed and tong fed. She has a killer food response and knows when she’s getting fed because as soon as she sees the hot water cup with the tongs in it she gets super excited
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    Tegu unnaturally aggressive?

    hey y’all, we have a ten month old female Argentine B/W Tegu who we’ve had for 3 months. Ever since we got her she’s been super aggressive towards us. Not even defensive, but going out of her way to get us to go away. If we put our hand up to the glass she launches herself at the glass and will...
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    Tegu Brumation/Future Breeding?

    Hello all, we have an Argentine B/W female who is supposedly 9 months old (had her for two) but we think she is wild caught from the Everglades (scars on body and yellow/orange belly). We want to breed her next season and we’re wondering if she would be okay to, considering those facts. I’m not...
  12. TeguTeep

    The attitude

    Just saw your response! But I have only fed her via snake tongs and she sounds just like his. She’s escaped and when we found her, she let us touch her tail and her sides, but as soon as we touched her back she puffed up. But yes she is very VERY excited about food. I’m not sure if I can send a...
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    HELP - Tegu escape!

    yes, this is another Tegu escape thread. She escaped once before and stayed put right where she got out on the counter. We decided to put heavy weights on the top of her enclosure as an intermediate bandaid until we could get her a bigger enclosure. However one of us I guess had a brain lapse...
  14. TeguTeep

    How To Approach This---New Tegu

    We had the same problem to a T. Got a new Argentine B/W Tegu and the first few days she was a sweetheart, then all of a sudden extreme aggression. Couldn’t even put our hand in her enclosure to feed/water her so we had to use C-Wire gloves! She bite my girlfriend once and was awful. We actually...
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    Tegu Escaped.. happy ending!

    Here are the pics!
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