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    Semi-Brumation? Water?

    This is the second winter for my female B&W tegu. She is a rescue, found by a friend outside his house in summer 2020. Last year she didn't really brumate for a long time. She was in and out a lot. This year I moved her to a new room with a very large floor enclosure and two hide boxes. About...
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    Changed Eating Habit

    My 7 pound 3 ft long female rescue tegu, Teddy, has changed her eating pattern drastically from when I got her last year. She really didn't seem to brumate, but there was about 3-4 week period where she hardly came out of her hide box. Now she is out every day and very active. She comes over to...
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    Brumating or Not?

    My 3 foot long 7 pound Tegu Teddy (believe it's a female) has been sleeping a lot, in one stretch for about a week or so. I was thinking she was brumating, but over a couple of days she was out and about and even basking. This last couple of days she has seemed rather alert. I looked at a number...
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    Water monitor?

    I had a "borrowed" 4 foot Dumeril's monitor (Scalari) for about 6 months about 25 years ago. He had the run of my home office. He would follow me around. One day I was squatting down looking for a book in my bookcase and suddenly felt claws on my back. I waited, and here comes Scalari up my back...
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    New Tegu Owner

    I had monitors for many years, then went to just cats, but about two months ago a good friend found a three foot B&W Tegu on his front walk in West Chester, OH!! I took him(?) to care for him until we found the owner or someone who wanted him, but no owner found (or report of a missing tegu) and...
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