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Oh this question is right down my alley. I've had lots of reps in my life too. And right now, I have a beardie and a new tegu. Omg I love BOTH. Why? Because the species are such opposites, so between them, I get my cake and eat too so to speak. Beardies are awesome to just hang out with, sleep with, watch tv with. Always available for the most part and great travel buddies. But ... they pet rocks to me. LOL. I wanted something big, BIG, and as wise but more interactive as my beardie. So I chose a tegu. So far, she has been a real handful. A bit more than most. Shes no the chill scaled puppy that some have. Shes very fast, doesnt like to be held too much, and way too wild to let out without a proofed room. Going out has been out of the question so far. The up? She is FUN. Lol. Interesting. And she is as smart as a parrot. She is taming down, (she is only a year and a half as far as I know), and its been getting better and better. Very exciting. Cost. Hmm. Sigh. Okay, the cost of the set up was way way more than what people said online. At least for me. But once set up, the food is really nothing if you ask me. It seems like it would be expensive because of how much they eat. But if you choose to offer mixed meats and fruits, you are really using a lot of innards, etc, and it lasts a long time when you make a mix and freeze it. If you use whole prey in addition or instead, you can find places that sell them in bulk. It might be expensive for an order. But it lasts a long time. I find it so much easier to feed them then the continual bugs and salads that I have to give my dragon. Typically they eat every day up to a year or so. Then its every day. Eventually its like 3x a week. If that. Everyone is different. right now, my girl is 3 foot long, just past yearling age and she eats every other day to 3x a week depending. Shes not as big an eater as some. She will eat one large mouse, or half of a baseball or so of a mixed meat concoction. I hope this helps you. If you want ... I just started a blog about owning a tegu. It starts the very day we bought her!! Goes over all the challenges to a newbie etc. www.wolfystegu.weebly.com (you start reading from the bottom)

<blockquote data-quote="Rebecca Stout" data-source="post: 148871" data-attributes="member: 5055"><p>Oh this question is right down my alley. I've had lots of reps in my life too.&nbsp; And right now, I have a beardie and a new tegu.&nbsp; Omg I love BOTH.&nbsp; Why? Because the species are such opposites, so between them, I get my cake and eat too so to speak.&nbsp; &nbsp; Beardies are awesome to just hang out with, sleep with, watch tv with. Always available for the most part and great travel buddies. But ... they pet rocks to me. LOL.&nbsp; I wanted something big, BIG, and as wise but more interactive as my beardie.&nbsp; So I chose a tegu.&nbsp; So far, she has been a real handful. A bit more than most.&nbsp; Shes no the chill scaled puppy that some have. Shes very fast, doesnt like to be held too much, and way too wild to let out without a proofed room.&nbsp; Going out has been out of the question so far.&nbsp; The up?&nbsp; She is FUN.&nbsp; Lol. Interesting.&nbsp; And she is as smart as a parrot.&nbsp; She is taming down, (she is only a year and a half as far as I know), and its been getting better and better.&nbsp; Very exciting.&nbsp; Cost. Hmm.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; Okay, the cost of the set up was way way more than what people said online.&nbsp; At least for me. But once set up, the food is really nothing if you ask me.&nbsp; It seems like it would be expensive because of how much they eat.&nbsp; But if you choose to offer mixed meats and fruits, you are really using a lot of innards, etc, and it lasts a long time when you make a mix and freeze it.&nbsp; If you use whole prey in addition or instead, you can find places that sell them in bulk.&nbsp; It might be expensive for an order. But it lasts a long time.&nbsp; I find it so much easier to feed them then the continual bugs and salads that I have to give my dragon.&nbsp; Typically they eat every day up to a year or so. Then its every day. Eventually its like 3x a week.&nbsp; If that.&nbsp; Everyone is different.&nbsp; right now, my girl is 3 foot long, just past yearling age and she eats every other day to 3x a week depending. Shes not as big an eater as some.&nbsp; She will eat one large mouse, or half of a baseball or so of a mixed meat concoction.&nbsp; I hope this helps you.&nbsp; If you want ... I just started a blog about owning a tegu.&nbsp; It starts the very day we bought her!!&nbsp; Goes over all the challenges to a newbie etc.&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.wolfystegu.weebly.com" target="_blank">www.wolfystegu.weebly.com</a> (you start reading from the bottom)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Rebecca Stout, post: 148871, member: 5055"] Oh this question is right down my alley. I've had lots of reps in my life too. And right now, I have a beardie and a new tegu. Omg I love BOTH. Why? Because the species are such opposites, so between them, I get my cake and eat too so to speak. Beardies are awesome to just hang out with, sleep with, watch tv with. Always available for the most part and great travel buddies. But ... they pet rocks to me. LOL. I wanted something big, BIG, and as wise but more interactive as my beardie. So I chose a tegu. So far, she has been a real handful. A bit more than most. Shes no the chill scaled puppy that some have. Shes very fast, doesnt like to be held too much, and way too wild to let out without a proofed room. Going out has been out of the question so far. The up? She is FUN. Lol. Interesting. And she is as smart as a parrot. She is taming down, (she is only a year and a half as far as I know), and its been getting better and better. Very exciting. Cost. Hmm. Sigh. Okay, the cost of the set up was way way more than what people said online. At least for me. But once set up, the food is really nothing if you ask me. It seems like it would be expensive because of how much they eat. But if you choose to offer mixed meats and fruits, you are really using a lot of innards, etc, and it lasts a long time when you make a mix and freeze it. If you use whole prey in addition or instead, you can find places that sell them in bulk. It might be expensive for an order. But it lasts a long time. I find it so much easier to feed them then the continual bugs and salads that I have to give my dragon. Typically they eat every day up to a year or so. Then its every day. Eventually its like 3x a week. If that. Everyone is different. right now, my girl is 3 foot long, just past yearling age and she eats every other day to 3x a week depending. Shes not as big an eater as some. She will eat one large mouse, or half of a baseball or so of a mixed meat concoction. I hope this helps you. If you want ... I just started a blog about owning a tegu. It starts the very day we bought her!! Goes over all the challenges to a newbie etc. [url="http://www.wolfystegu.weebly.com"]www.wolfystegu.weebly.com[/url] (you start reading from the bottom) [/QUOTE]

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