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I personally think he'll be fine on mice and rats. There have been studies done on stomach contents of wild tegus showing they eat more foliage as they reach maturity and at three feet I would consider yours an adult. I really think whole prey items are the healthiest way to go. Listen to your...
Genetics is not always just as simple as recessive and dominant traits. I was recently reading about how there are three different genes involved in blue eyes in humans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color. That is not exactly what my high school biology teacher taught me.
One thing...
Tegus Seem to have already established a colony in Florida according to this paper.
http://www.floridainvasives.org/Heartland/links/TeguBioprofileSep2006.pdf
It's not only about scaring people. It's about animals invasive species changing the ecosystem. I'm not backing the ban by any means...
Got 10 yeah I'm down for a blue too
Chelvis your Caiman looks Awesome! Good job. I've been reading about stomach contents of wild tegus and When mine wakes up I'm going to start feeding him/her snails and see how it goes.
Here a pic I snapped at the San Diego Zoo a little while ago...
Really cool blue. I looked all over and couldn't get a blue when I was shopping for a tegu. Technically the "normal black and whites", extreme giants and blues are all Tupinambis Marianae so basic husbandry should be similar. I personally don't like the term Argentine tegu because they are found...
Hey Chelvis I read something about captive bred green trees not being super green like the wild caughts. That picture you posted looks like what I read about.
What are u checking your temps with? Probes are good for ambient temps you need a temp gun for surface temps like the basking sight. Like James said you can just raise the basking sight if your ambient temps are ok. But it sounds like you need to invest in some quality thermometers.