A question for Tegu owners!

[AP27]

Really? That's very interesting.

 

[got10]

Thats sounds good But , Im not going to risk my animals being injured or dinner to another pet I own.

 

[RamblinRose]

I've read that dogs don't instinctively attack reptiles because it's not hard-wired in their DNA that they're prey. They get confused by the nonmammalian smell and either are intrigued enough to investigate or they get scared and keep away.

A dog will either run away to avoid a reptile "or" go after it to kill it.
Yes, they do not go out looking for them, but they DO have this instinct built in, it is a survival instinct.
Mine knows the Tegus mean no harm to me or her, it is built into her by me.

 

[Kashta]

Our Malamute is absolutely fascinated. Still, we're not ready to introduce them. We put the dogs outside before we let the tegu out.

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[monstruo-the-tegu]

well my tegu is scared of my dogs and my dogs are scared of him well except the doberman she seems to like him and the chihuahua is just freaked out the other dogs try to kill him maybe it will be diffrent when hes older

 

[AP27]

Mine seem absolutely fascinated with my tegu, perhaps too fascinated. I've yet to let them see each other other than through a sliding glass door. Odin doesn't care much about the dogs but they are very interested in him. I'm waiting until he's bigger to even attempt introducing them.

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

Okay,.. for the first 3 mins or so Natsuki didn't pay her any mind while she checked him out. As far as he was probably concerned it was just another one of those four legged fury animals that runs around here. Only this one keeps jerking and sniffing at him. I was taking pics and switched to record just in time because he obviously had enough of her interrupting his sun bathing.

Just click on it for the video.