For everyone who has a Jam x Whitey Baby hatched on June 29

[reptastic]

He has about 1100 sf of room to roam, but i try to keep him in an area that's about 800 sf. Sometimes he's in one of these (without the chillen' of course):
I got it at Toys r Us or Wally World for about 40.00, It's nice for outside and works great with torts. It's called a Superyard XT gate play yard.

he can't climb out of that?

He hasn't yet. He walks around poking his nose at the holes for a few minutes when I first put him in it, like he's checking to see if he can get through them, then he alternates between basking, and crawling under/pushing around the blanket I put in with him. I've left him in it for hours and he has never even started to climb the sides. I'd never leave him in it outside unless I was out with him. I think once (if) he discovers he can climb out, I'll have to keep a closer eye on him. Hopefully, I got a big, dumb one. BTW, I measured him today and he's 37". Seems like he's holding steady at around an inch a week.

wow jango is big nero is only 34-35 " but he has been growing alot lately he has been eating well but i noticed that since his free roam has increased he has become more agressive , he did follow me around for a minute when i had a mouse in my hand he just shed a few days ago so im expecting him to be in the 40's soon his growth seems irregular 2" here a inch there but his girth has expanded tremendously i thin he got to be at least 3 pounds he is very heavy also i noticed after his last shed he is starting to get more creamy he looks kinda funny because his head is black his neck area is silvery with a purple tint and then he is creamy every were else lite a tri-color

 

[Zilch]

Attila has been gorging lately. I haven't seen that crease in his midsection in 4 days and he's showing no sign of slowing down. I've never seen him have such an appetite, I'm guessing there's going to be one huge growth spurt coming soon.

 

[Quijibo]

He's about to shed. Then he always gets a growth spurt after. I don't know what he weighs but he's getting heavy. I'm guessing about 1 1/2 - 2 lbs. Bee unfortunately is very smart. I have seen him stand up against a flat wall on his tail alone with his back feet about 5 inches off the ground and try to pogo up the wall. Lol! I don't think that will work with him, but that's a great idea

Jango is still shedding about evary 7-10 days. He is about 5" to 6" wide across his body at the widest point. Today he ate 3 adult mice, a whole egg and a few supers.. He didn't want to roam after dinner, he just curled up in my lap and slept. He also does the pogo thing. He jumps out of his feed box and the bathtub, he climbs all over the furniture and has even tried to climb the curtains. But, he still won't climb out of his pen. He seems pretty content in it.

 

[Meg90]

Cleo still thinks its funny to refuse food. The amount of cajoling it takes me to get her to eat a rat pup isn't even funny anymore. I had to egg dip the damn thing again.

It was the first meal she'd had in over 7 days. But still, she is up CONSISTENTLY before her lights go on, and all day long digs random holes, and fills her water dish with eco and does tegu back flips and front flips and pushes things around just like an active baby should.

SHE'S TRYING TO DRIVE ME CRAZY AND ITS WORKING.

On the plus side, she is still a doll temperament wise. I have never been hissed at, slapped, or bitten. I can pick her up one handed any time and move her. I can touch all over her head and body without adverse reaction...

She just does NOT want to eat. ARrrgh.

 

[mis jaksin]

I'll trade ya!! Brutus is a friggin pig, he'll eat anything! I just measured him today, and he is now 32" long. He's still a bit smaller than his brothers, but he's gaining on them!

 

[Zilch]

That's pretty strange. Though it is typical for a tegu preparing to hibernate to go without food in order to void their bowels before they go down... they aren't typically so feisty though, at least from what I've heard.

Attila is still active and destroying his cage on a daily basis... I was an hour late last night and he went to bed. I moved some of the eco around and he poked his head out... licked a couple times, and then covered his head up again. Guess he wasn't hungry

 

[reptastic]

nero is a bit inbetween he wont eat til night time then he wants to pig out about 2 hours before the timer shuts everything off

 

[Meg90]

Dude, I should film her. Its CRAZY. It wakes me up out of a dead sleep in the morning, and her lights coming on don't do that. She like, jumps off of things, and climbs in the plants and up the background...and I put her in her feed bin and she just wants OUT.

I tried feeding her while she was roaming, and in her cage and nothing else worked. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

 

[TanMan57]

Dude, I should film her. Its CRAZY. It wakes me up out of a dead sleep in the morning, and her lights coming on don't do that. She like, jumps off of things, and climbs in the plants and up the background...and I put her in her feed bin and she just wants OUT.

I tried feeding her while she was roaming, and in her cage and nothing else worked. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Zero's still up a little in the mornigs sometimes. When he is up climbing up the front of the cage and making the creepiest sound ever when he starts clawing the wire mesh on the front door. I alwayer think someone hitting my window when he does that and i shoot right up out of bed and then i notice him

 

[Quijibo]

On the plus side, she is still a doll temperament wise. I have never been hissed at, slapped, or bitten. I can pick her up one handed any time and move her. I can touch all over her head and body without adverse reaction...

Jango's an absolute peach also. When she's in the tub, she'll crawl over to my hands, lay her head on one and doze as I rub her on her head and cheeks. She'll let me turn her upside down to check her for leftover shed and make sure she's growing OK. Ever since she was a baby, I've picked her up from above and she's never even twitched. Does Cleo lift her body when you start to slide your hand under her? Jango does, like she's "helping" me pick her up.
The other day, she actually took a super that was lying in my open palm. She took it very gently and managed not to get the skin of my hand. Not the usual "grab a mouthful" like she usually does when she eats supers. I had a Savannah that would take food from between my fingers without getting skin. He was very careful just to get the food. Jango is so docile, I decided to see if she would do it also. Given Gu's rep for over the top feed response, I was a little aprehensive about trying it with Jango. Once again, her temperment proved solid.
She's an absolute sweetheart.

I just hope I can break her of trying to climb on my head soon. She's getting way too big for that. Even with her nails trimmed, she still leaves marks. :shock:

 

[Meg90]

Happy late Five months to all the siblings! Here are some recent pictures of Cleo. She's only eating once every three days or so now, but she's still a little chub, so I'm not worried. (ps, that green thing is her new basking platform)

 

[Dvdh1]

Haven't been on in a while, been crazy busy. Bee still eats everyday like a pig and he is one of the tegus with an over the top feed response. After food he is chill. I am working on a bigger enclosure for him which i think will make him more mellow cause he will have more roaming room for exercise. Will try to get some new pictures up

 

[Zilch]

Ah it's good to see this thread get bumped back up.

Attila is still feeding everyday and is over the 30" mark... I'm going to have to measure the beast again as it's been a couple weeks. I've moved him from a feeding bin into a feeding walk-in-closet =P He enjoys stuffing himself, basking, and then napping between two pillows or on my lap.

I'll have to snap some new pics when I get a chance to!

 

[reptastic]

hi all glad to hear everyone is doing well i have a lil update on nero im now pretty sure he is a she and the last measurement taken on last saturday came in a lil over 38" still eats like crazy today she ate half of a 1lb. pack of turkey also i finally found a way to get her to take super worms by placing them in her food bowls also she will run up to me now if she sees me pick up herfood bowl lol it was scary the first time she did it lol i thought she was gonna bite me lmao i just froze up but she just wanted to see what was going in the bowl lol just like a tegu smart and nosey lol

 

[Meg90]

We had a first for us: Cleo ate a whole prey item, plus MORE.

I am THRILLED. For the first time in weeks, she went straight to her food offering, a rat pup with egg on its head, and gobbled it up, with NO hesitation! Then she licked up the egg in a way that made me think she would like more food. So I grabbed some raw ground beef, and she ate about a golfball sized portion ontop of the rat pup. If I'd had another thawed, I'm sure she easily would have eaten two! :shock:

Silly girl. Finally deciding that she's hungry again. Here's pics of her after.

That platform is 12in long, by 6 inch wide too, as a reference. So, she's not as monstrous as some of her brothers, but she is growing.

 

[reptastic]

cleo is looking good she will catch up soon to her brothers(most likely sisters soon enough) btw there not monstorous there pleasantly plum lol

 

[mikecrowder23]

I'm pretty sure chewie ended up being a girl but she's a hefty one at just over 37". She eats grapes, rasberries, her turkey concoction and small or medium rats depending on what the pet store has. I had her out the other day and put some small pieces of hotdog that my son didn't finish in my palm and he gently took them not even touching the skin. She still doesn't like to leave his cage though but once out she's a little angel laying on or behind me for hours on end. Jam x whitey create some great little siblings.

 

[mikecrowder23]

I'm pretty sure chewie ended up being a girl but she's a hefty one at just over 37". She eats grapes, rasberries, her turkey concoction and small or medium rats depending on what the pet store has. I had her out the other day and put some small pieces of hotdog that my son didn't finish in my palm and he gently took them not even touching the skin. She still doesn't like to leave his cage though but once out she's a little angel laying on or behind me for hours on end. Jam x whitey create some great little siblings.

 

[Quijibo]

Jango's slowed a little feeding and growth. She's been at 38" for about 3 weeks now, she just seems to be getting wider, and she eats about 1/2 as much as she did a few weeks ago. She still wants to roam a little, but only for a few minutes, then she looks for a place to hide.
I wonder how many of us asked for a boy and will end up with a girl (and vice versa). I asked for a boy but I'm about 99% sure Jango's a girl. I've thought about selling her and trying again for a boy, but she's such a peach that I'm afraid I'd end up with a hostile male, or worse, a hostile female.

 

[reptastic]

Jango's slowed a little feeding and growth. She's been at 38" for about 3 weeks now, she just seems to be getting wider, and she eats about 1/2 as much as she did a few weeks ago. She still wants to roam a little, but only for a few minutes, then she looks for a place to hide.
I wonder how many of us asked for a boy and will end up with a girl (and vice versa). I asked for a boy but I'm about 99% sure Jango's a girl. I've thought about selling her and trying again for a boy, but she's such a peach that I'm afraid I'd end up with a hostile male, or worse, a hostile female.

im in pretty much a similar situation im 200% sure nero is a female although she has been a lil prissy lately i couldnt ask for a better pet so im going to wait to next season and try my luck with a red and its funny nero measured 38" like 1 1/2 week ago and hasnt grew a inch since but has been sleeping in for the last few days but will come out for food but dosnt eat as much her appetite picked up and then dropped it was so weird lol she has been trying to get this mouse that i have been keeping because i think she may be pregnant she gets all excited when i take the mouse out to check for babies and she see it :rant