Likely to be quite some time yet until I'm able to truly look into finding a tegu for myself - thus far have yet to encounter one of these fascinating creatures in person too.
Space and money however dictate that the waiting game must be played in the interrim.
This doesn't mean that I can't get questions raised in my head answered though.
Namely one about temperature.
Anyone who's done their homework will know the sort of temperature gradient that a tegu needs in their enclosure - however my query is, how long can they happily deal with a temperature at all below that without trouble? As it is, I'm a creature who likes the warm, as such my house will usually be in the mid 70s anyway, so I'd think that when roaming outside the enclosure, my tegu will not likely be seeing temperatures too far below the cool side of their enclosure anyway. ...Plus there's always in the summer going to be nice sunny areas by the windows to sprawl in - assuming the tegu gets to them before I do of course. Certainly no worries if I'm still here about things being too cold in the summer - in this crazy place where people don't believe in air conditioning...
On the same topic - how cold is TOO cold? I don't know about the folks down south - but up here, power cuts aren't unknown. If I'm in, that's no big problem really - I've always got non-electricity reliant heating devices around for that very reason, and could easily ensure that one was directed appropriately for the tegu. If however it were to go off when I was out - that's more of a worry.
Am I just being needlessly paranoid here? Or is this a valid question?
I'm one who tends to work on the basis that the only stupid question is one that you don't ask...
In the interrim however...I don't have space for a tegu...I do however also have a crested gecko obsession...
Space and money however dictate that the waiting game must be played in the interrim.
This doesn't mean that I can't get questions raised in my head answered though.
Namely one about temperature.
Anyone who's done their homework will know the sort of temperature gradient that a tegu needs in their enclosure - however my query is, how long can they happily deal with a temperature at all below that without trouble? As it is, I'm a creature who likes the warm, as such my house will usually be in the mid 70s anyway, so I'd think that when roaming outside the enclosure, my tegu will not likely be seeing temperatures too far below the cool side of their enclosure anyway. ...Plus there's always in the summer going to be nice sunny areas by the windows to sprawl in - assuming the tegu gets to them before I do of course. Certainly no worries if I'm still here about things being too cold in the summer - in this crazy place where people don't believe in air conditioning...
On the same topic - how cold is TOO cold? I don't know about the folks down south - but up here, power cuts aren't unknown. If I'm in, that's no big problem really - I've always got non-electricity reliant heating devices around for that very reason, and could easily ensure that one was directed appropriately for the tegu. If however it were to go off when I was out - that's more of a worry.
Am I just being needlessly paranoid here? Or is this a valid question?
I'm one who tends to work on the basis that the only stupid question is one that you don't ask...
In the interrim however...I don't have space for a tegu...I do however also have a crested gecko obsession...
