Jango's been voraciuos the last few days. I think he's starting another growth spurt. He ate 3 large mice and at least 3 dozen supers today. I went downstairs about 2 hours later and he was destroying his cage so I put him back in his feed bin and gave him about a doz more supers. I think I'm going to have to start raising chickens.... or goats... :shock:
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For everyone who has a Jam x Whitey Baby hatched on June 29
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Bee has been eating like I never feed him. He flew at his feeding bin as if he was in some Kung Fu movie on wires. Lol! I like feeding him different things too to see what he likes. His new favorite is apples. It's pretty amazing how strong their jaws are when he bites a piec. Of apple and pieces just snap off on either side of his mouth and he actually chews the apple a little bit.
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its funny how they all act so similar since ive had nero he has not skipped one day of eating if i try i will see him flicking his toungue all around moving the mulch frantically digging all over but atleast alot of food isnt geeting wasted like when he was little and only eating tiny portions im going to start tryin adult mice soon or young rats he has gotten so wide i cantt even fit my hand around his body i need a scale to see how much he weighs cause he is heavy
it's gonna be amazing!!!
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me too and since all of our tegus seems to be skipping hibernation they should be huge by then i cant wait to see how they all turn out when they are a year
Cleo still gets up between 9 and 9:30 am. Her lights go on at 8:30--she stays up till at least 7:30. She burrows down (I think that its just to reshape her burrow) around 5:30, stays down for maybe 15 minutes, comes back up, and basks a little more, then hits it for the night.
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i think i see them on nero too but i dont feel anything its just two scales that are slightly larger than the rest hopefuly your pics can confirm if we are seeing the samething
Bees enclosure is outside and the temperature in it got down to 58 degrees last night. I put a ceramic heater in it thus morning and it has reached about 85 degrees. I didn't think I would see him today. However he never seems to dissappoint. He was out basking. So I went inside, got some turkey, chicken hearts and some apples. He inhaled it as if he hadn't eaten in weeks. Lol!
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hey tanman thats not zero its nero just jk lol him and nero do look identical maybe their twins how long is he now he looks good nice job
He hasnt grown any. Im waiting for a shed outta him soon lol hes gonna keep me waiting. But i beleive hes like 22' much smaller than his siblings. Hopefully with the massive quantities he ate today he will shed soon. But yea when i read jango's 30in i was like DANG! Lol he will catch up soon by the way he eats lol. Its like raising a childreptastic said:
Sorry to bring up an old post but i cant wait till Zero starts following me room to room. Right now he just wonders. Lol once something catches his eye hes investigating. I love my little gu though even though hes a jerk when i wake him up.Quijibo said:
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TanMan57 said:
yeah he will definately catch up just keep feeding him i wonder if any of the hatchlings from JamxWhitey started to hibernate yet because it seems like everyones gu on here is still up and eating like pigs
Spurs/Buttons.
Here is a post by "Tupinambis" on The Tegu.com.
"I just got my hands on an adult male and cut it up. The "buttons" are not glandular in any sense by gross inspection (maybe on a microscopic level, but certainly not as one would expect for a typical gland) so that eliminates a secretory/excretory function.
Their role appears to be as an anchoring point internally for ligaments. These ligaments attach on one end to the inside of the integument (where the buttons are), and at their other end to muscular sheaths that envelope the hemipenes. I would posit the muscular sheaths contract to evert the hemipenes, and the ligaments attach to the "buttons" in order to keep everything in place. "
This was my assumption, but without cutting up Jango, it was just that. Reptiles tend to have larger/thicker scales on areas of their bodies that are subject to abrasion, which would explain the large scales on the spurs. Jango has raised areas on either side of his cloaca, a little less than a centimeter back. They feel firmer than the surrounding tissue in this area of his tail, but not really hard, imo. Without having a confirmed female to compare it to, I'm still reluctant to say, for sure, he's a him. I wish I had several of them the same age of different sizes to study. You can look at pics all you want but nothing compares to hands on research.
Thankfully, Jango is so laid back I don't feel I'm stressing him any by squeezing/poking his tail. I've even checked him while he was eating, going so far as to lift his leg and sqeeze/poke. He never even flinched, just kept right on eating. I think he's pretty used to the routine.
"Here comes the man! Yay! It's eat/feel my ass time!"
Here is a post by "Tupinambis" on The Tegu.com.
"I just got my hands on an adult male and cut it up. The "buttons" are not glandular in any sense by gross inspection (maybe on a microscopic level, but certainly not as one would expect for a typical gland) so that eliminates a secretory/excretory function.
Their role appears to be as an anchoring point internally for ligaments. These ligaments attach on one end to the inside of the integument (where the buttons are), and at their other end to muscular sheaths that envelope the hemipenes. I would posit the muscular sheaths contract to evert the hemipenes, and the ligaments attach to the "buttons" in order to keep everything in place. "
This was my assumption, but without cutting up Jango, it was just that. Reptiles tend to have larger/thicker scales on areas of their bodies that are subject to abrasion, which would explain the large scales on the spurs. Jango has raised areas on either side of his cloaca, a little less than a centimeter back. They feel firmer than the surrounding tissue in this area of his tail, but not really hard, imo. Without having a confirmed female to compare it to, I'm still reluctant to say, for sure, he's a him. I wish I had several of them the same age of different sizes to study. You can look at pics all you want but nothing compares to hands on research.
Thankfully, Jango is so laid back I don't feel I'm stressing him any by squeezing/poking his tail. I've even checked him while he was eating, going so far as to lift his leg and sqeeze/poke. He never even flinched, just kept right on eating. I think he's pretty used to the routine.
"Here comes the man! Yay! It's eat/feel my ass time!"
