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  1. G

    How deep is too deep? Substrate questions.

    So to start, I have a very curious and active, 3.5 year old Argentine black and white. She never really seemed happy in her 6x4 I made for her (8 in deep substrate), always clawing and jumping at the sides, or at the sliding glass trying to get out, or just endlessly scratching at the bottom...
  2. J

    Tegu Husbandry

    Hi, Currently my Tegu’s enclosure is bare other than the substrate and his hide. I would like to put some plastic plants in his enclosure to make him feel more comfortable. I only hesitate because Tegu’s eat vegetables too and I don’t want him thinking I’m putting some leafy food in there and...
  3. Egd3x

    Young Tegu not eating, been home for a while

    I have my Icarus in an Exoterra large low (36x18x12 in) tank. He was captive bred but wholesale bought, so I’m not aware of who the breeder is. I’m pretty sure he was born early 2020, but not exactly sure. Temp and Humidity measures: 91° F on hot side, 80-84°F on cool side. 125-130° basking...
  4. Justin Bezanski

    Blue Tegu Growth and Eating

    I just got a blue tegu at a reptile show, his temps are 105* on basking spot, he has Repti sun UVB 10.0 bulbs, and the ambient temperature on the cool side of the enclosure is about 78-85*. The breeder I bought him from said he was 4 months old but the tegu is only 15” head to tail. He doesn’t...
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