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    Reptar on the loose

    If you want a free roaming Tegu, you need to set the room up with hides, hot spot, light and make it Tegu safe. Tegus can and will climb on shelves, push out window screens, and leave their waste around. You might be better off with a good sized enclosure. 4'x4'x6' is a good size for a tegu home.
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    My tegu hates me

    Give her time to calm down, get comfortable and learn to trust you. I would also get her checked out by a vet. If she has been living wild, she probably has parasites. Be careful about being bit. My tegu, Little Buddy, will grab at anything (my hands,toes,pants leg... ) thinking it is something...
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    Help (Tongue sticking out)

    He needs to go see a good reptile vet. You can find out what's going on with the tongue and its a good idea to get new animals a checkup, maybe even have him chipped.
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    Help (Tongue sticking out)

    Is he eating and drinking water?
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    Dead tail

    I doubt it would be $2000 at the vet. You don't stitch a dropped tail. A vet visit to make sure there is no infection and to figure out why the tail dropped could be a good idea. I took my big tegu to the vet yesterday. The bill was $130 including medications.
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    Questions on a breeder and tail dropping.

    My tegu Tonks has a regrown tail. Never affected her. Tegus have the ability to drop their tails, like a fence lizard. It's part of their natural defence.
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    How important are veggies?

    Try reptilinks. You can order them with fruit, veg, bugs,roaches, quail eggs. All of my reptiles love them.
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    New Tegu Owner (Help requested)

    https://reptifiles.com/colombian-argentine-tegu-care/ You'll get there. Lots of useful information at reptifiles( link above ) but don't let the shopping list freak you out, you don't need high end, name brand for everything. I do recommend the Arcadia UVB lights .Get a temperature gun...
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    New Tegu Owner (Help requested)

    Hi, what are your warm end, cool end and basking temperatures? Are you dusting his food with vitamins and calcium? UVB lighting? Sounds like you're doing a great job socializing him. It would be good idea to find a good exotic vet in your area, maybe touch bases with him/her in case you ever...
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    Is my Juvenile/Sub-adult Tegu Obese? Checkup

    I was told that as long as their bellies don't drag the ground as they walk around, they are fine.
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    Do You Own a Temp Gun?

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    Update on Killua (Bad vendor experience)

    Little Buddy also has a rusty red color on his underside. Vendors like to call them "Florida Fire Bellies" but it actually occurres in B&W tegus from all over.
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    Help (new tegu won't eat)

    Take your tegu to be checked at a good reptile vet. Tegus love to eat, even wild caught ,like Little Buddy, eat well soon after being brought home.
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    Update on Killua (Bad vendor experience)

    A lot of the Tegus that come from Florida are wild caught. That could explain him being beat up, also a good idea to have him checked for parasites. My Little Buddy was wild caught in Florida and he is a wonderful little dude.
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    Tegu bites anything and everything I hold or pick up!

    LoL, Little Buddy will leap out of his enclosure at me when I open the door. Target train your Tegu so he knows there will be no food in he doesn't see the target. "Clint's Reptiles" recently put out a video about target training a big Tegu.
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