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Recent content by Vince

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    tegus and expos?

    I've been seeing an upward trend in them being carried at Repticon. Spring of '11 when I was first in the market for one, there were only a couple or three Columbians for sale. Last fall I saw 3 or 4 Argentines. This past Spring there were a good dozen or more with various vendors, bot b/w...
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    Humidifier in Tegu enclosure,

    I use EcoEarth as my substrate and had a heck of a time keeping it from drying out (even with 60 - 70% humidity). I ended up getting a brand new big plastic sprayer from Lowes like you'd use for an herbicide or insecticide and spray water with that. Works great for misting everything. The...
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    RIP Bacardi

    I'm very sorry for your loss Chelvis. We recently had to put down our yearling AA due to lesions in her colon, and it is a difficult thing to do. We found some comfort knowing that in the end we did what was best for her. The vet assured us we did the humane and kind thing in her case. He...
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    flourescent lighting

    I'd put UVB on both sides. That's how mine is set up so she's getting some even when she's roaming around on the cool side.
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    info on roaches?

    If you ever get a whiff of 2 or 3 hundred adult crickets, you'll immediately know why people go with roaches.
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    Lighting/enclosure questions

    I agree with James. I use a dual fixture on the fluorecents and the Reptisun 10 from Zoo Med. Petmountain online sells them at a decent price.
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    info on roaches?

    I can be convinced on this (you've won me over before on things), but I've never understood this argument on roaches. I feed mine dry cat food for the protein and whatever veggies and fruits my beardie doesn't eat during the day. Along with fruits that might be on their way out from the...
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    New enclosure Dracaena guianensis (Cayman tegus)

    Jeez... watching that makes me feel like I'm abusing our animals with their humble abodes!
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    Feeding options?

    75% plant or 25% plant?
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    Treadmill vibrations

    From my experience, any sort of noise bothers them when they're babies. They tend to outgrow it and get used to it when they are exposed to it a lot. Our last one used to always burrow when the wife went into the closet in her room and rustled the clothes hangers. Eventually the gu got to...
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    Zilla still has bad shed, HELP

    Out of curiousity, what are you using for substrate?
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    Do I leave him be??? Need opinions please...

    I leave them be when they're burrowed. I had to take my last tegu to the vet, and had to dig her up out of her burrow once in order to get her to the appointmnet on time. She was a very unhappy lizard. Pretty much had to start the taming process over from scratch after that. My new vet has...
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    frozen rodent cost at expo?

    I'd check around on the online sellers to get an idea of the cost. What kills you buying online is the shipping. One thing to keep in mind with a big bunch, a regular frost free freezer won't keep them as long as a deep freeze. A friend bought a bunch and didn't have a deep freezer, and they...
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    Lighting is confusing...

    That kind of funny because I recently tried both recently too, and ended up going back to the tubes. Before I go any further, I want to state clearly that I'm not advocating one over the other. Setups are different and for some reason I don't think my enclosure has a good design for MVB's...
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    Hatchling Enclosure

    Doesn't cost anything to look :-) [hr] Good idea! Feeling *derp* for not thinking of it, especially since I've seen it done before.
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