So today I took some pictures of Ammy, our wonder-lizard. She's about 4 months old, healthy as can be, ornery and contrary, and convinced she can fly.
Yesturday we bought a lizard leash, so hopefully soon, she'll get to explore more. We're in the process now of getting her a larger enclosure since she's convinced she can not only fly, but has learned how to scale glass walls. She's convinced that she's a lot bigger than she is.
A few days ago, she had a beautiful shed, literally came off in one whole piece like some sort of lizard suit. My husband tossed it before I could take pictures of it, it was that perfect a shade.
She's a beautiful fat beast. She ate her first peach fuzzy two days ago, and she's eating us out of house and home with her greed. She loves her ground turkey, her big juicy crickets, her tilapia fish, her mice...pretty much anything we put in front of her.
She's got the most atrocious manners, she actually sits there and wipes her face on us when she's got something stuck to the side of her mouth. She's gotten very picky about how she eats, so we don't even try to use the tongs anymore, we just let her eat her fill and let her learn for herself what happens when you try to take in huge bites of food. It's been funny watching her try to eat more than she can handle and sit there with it hanging out of her mouth until she figures out to let it go and try a smaller bite.
I took some good pictures of her today. Her belly is fat because she just finished eating quite a few crickets, so she's fat and happy and wants to run everywhere in these pics.
The crazy man holding the lizard would be my husband. Ammy is absolutely his baby, when she is outside of her cage, she's on his shoulder, or wrapped around his neck. She is convinced that his neck is her safety-zone. I can't have her on my neck, it tickles too much, lol.
And a few questions for people. how do you trim a tegu's claws? Do you get a vet to do it, or do you attempt to do it yourself?
Yesturday we bought a lizard leash, so hopefully soon, she'll get to explore more. We're in the process now of getting her a larger enclosure since she's convinced she can not only fly, but has learned how to scale glass walls. She's convinced that she's a lot bigger than she is.
A few days ago, she had a beautiful shed, literally came off in one whole piece like some sort of lizard suit. My husband tossed it before I could take pictures of it, it was that perfect a shade.
She's a beautiful fat beast. She ate her first peach fuzzy two days ago, and she's eating us out of house and home with her greed. She loves her ground turkey, her big juicy crickets, her tilapia fish, her mice...pretty much anything we put in front of her.
She's got the most atrocious manners, she actually sits there and wipes her face on us when she's got something stuck to the side of her mouth. She's gotten very picky about how she eats, so we don't even try to use the tongs anymore, we just let her eat her fill and let her learn for herself what happens when you try to take in huge bites of food. It's been funny watching her try to eat more than she can handle and sit there with it hanging out of her mouth until she figures out to let it go and try a smaller bite.
I took some good pictures of her today. Her belly is fat because she just finished eating quite a few crickets, so she's fat and happy and wants to run everywhere in these pics.
The crazy man holding the lizard would be my husband. Ammy is absolutely his baby, when she is outside of her cage, she's on his shoulder, or wrapped around his neck. She is convinced that his neck is her safety-zone. I can't have her on my neck, it tickles too much, lol.
And a few questions for people. how do you trim a tegu's claws? Do you get a vet to do it, or do you attempt to do it yourself?
