FoxyPapaSmurf
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Hello everyone. My name is Mason. I live in Mesa, AZ with my beautiful wife. I'm a web developer by day and a reptile enthusiast by night. I've owned various reptiles and amphibians over the last 10 years or so including Fire Belly Toads, Leopard Frogs, Newts, Beareded Dragons, and last year my wife and I got our first pet together; a Ball Python we named Petunia. Well after lots of research we decided that we wanted something a little more challenging but a lot more rewarding. We both have very severe allergies so large reptiles suddenly seemed like a fairly practical idea. When our local family-owned reptile store got hatchling Chacoan Tegus, we couldn't turn it down! We've had Marvin for a couple days now and it's been so cool to watch him explore and interact with him. Apart from a small mishap resulting in the loss of an inch from the end of his little tail, it's been a fun and rewarding process thus far. After doing my research and seeing how fast they grow, I invested in a 55 gallon terrarium that can hopefully house him until we move into our house in March (at which point we'll construct a large permanent home for him, probably outside). Since we live in AZ there's pretty much no chance of him going into hibernation this winter, so he's going to get big pretty quick! I'm glad to be a part of the Tegu community and hope to have questions answered in the future from some of you more experienced Tegu owners. Thanks!
