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So i have a tegu his name is midas he aprox a two yearling he was wild caught in the florida everglades . The guy i got him from said he went down into a light brumation from dec to first of march .now midas lives in memphis tn and he lives indoors and gets twice a day walks outside so i dont really know what to expect from him he changes so much . I got him in march of 2021 he was 20 inches and < 1lb he ate everyday like he was starving in august he has tripled in size to 35 inches and 5½ lbs he started eating half of what he wanted before and only wanted food every 2-3 days currently mid nov hes 7lbs and 40 inches long and hes slowing down slithers instead of strolling sleeps most of the day instead of climbing all over my room several times a day and hes turning down food 4-5 days at a time . I figure its that time of year this is my first reptile and my first tegu and brumation im trying to just be aware of his needs and keep him as active as he wants to be on sunny days but tips on what to expect to prepare me for brumation will be gladly excepted

<blockquote data-quote="Pruark" data-source="post: 179267" data-attributes="member: 12205"><p>So i have a tegu his name is midas he aprox a two yearling he was wild caught in the florida everglades . The guy i got him from said he went down into a light brumation from dec to first of march .now midas lives in memphis tn and he lives indoors and gets twice a day walks outside so i dont really know what to expect from him he changes so much . I got him in march of 2021 he was 20 inches and &lt; 1lb he ate everyday like he was starving in august he has tripled in size to 35 inches and 5½ lbs he started eating half of what he wanted before and only wanted food every 2-3 days currently mid nov hes 7lbs and 40 inches long and hes slowing down slithers instead of strolling sleeps most of the day instead of climbing all over my room several times a day and hes turning down food 4-5 days at a time . I figure its that time of year this is my first reptile and my first tegu and brumation im trying to just be aware of his needs and keep him as active as he wants to be on sunny days but tips on what to expect to prepare me for brumation will be gladly excepted</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Pruark, post: 179267, member: 12205"] So i have a tegu his name is midas he aprox a two yearling he was wild caught in the florida everglades . The guy i got him from said he went down into a light brumation from dec to first of march .now midas lives in memphis tn and he lives indoors and gets twice a day walks outside so i dont really know what to expect from him he changes so much . I got him in march of 2021 he was 20 inches and < 1lb he ate everyday like he was starving in august he has tripled in size to 35 inches and 5½ lbs he started eating half of what he wanted before and only wanted food every 2-3 days currently mid nov hes 7lbs and 40 inches long and hes slowing down slithers instead of strolling sleeps most of the day instead of climbing all over my room several times a day and hes turning down food 4-5 days at a time . I figure its that time of year this is my first reptile and my first tegu and brumation im trying to just be aware of his needs and keep him as active as he wants to be on sunny days but tips on what to expect to prepare me for brumation will be gladly excepted [/QUOTE]

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