General advice

[batmanvtx]

I have a few questions about my new baby tegu. I was told by the pet shop to keep his infrared and his uvb light on 24 hours. However, he pretty much stays buried 22 hours a day. Is this because hes hot and wants to stay cool? Or is it because hes new and scared of me still? Hes never out when I am home from work so I am trying to figure out how to nudge him out in the evenings so i can begin handling him daily. I refuse to drag him out of his hide.

Second question.

They also told me to only feed him crickets as a juvenile. I read and researched and found that live food can cause food agression as it brings out their hunting instincts. Id prefer to make him some turkey balls with eggs. Any qualms with this?

Thanks for the help

 

[chitodadon]

Feed whole ground food with bones, and frozen mice, quail, rabbit ect he need heat and uvb 12 hiurs a day, also give him a week or two to get used to u

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[batmanvtx]

Feed whole ground food with bones, and frozen mice, quail, rabbit ect he need heat and uvb 12 hiurs a day, also give him a week or two to get used to u

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So instead of using ground turkey, I should buy some turkey on the bone and grind it up? I am using a calcium supp in his ground turkey now. In regards to the light, does it matter which 12 hours of the day hes getting the heat? Thanks for the reply.

 

[chitodadon]

Ground Turkey is not bad just not enough calcium unless u know how to supplement right and it doesn't matter which 12 hours of the day but I think 8am-8pm is best, also u can order your tegu food from haretoday.com

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[TeguBlake]

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[batmanvtx]

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Thanks for the help guys. I found a butcher shop about 10 minutes from my house that sells ground turkey with the bones. Theyre going to order me some rabbit too. Hare today has some good stuff but if I can avoid the shipping that would be better. More money to spend on Cinder's new cage. Right now hes in half of a 150 gallon aquarium (had to partition it off), but Im going to build him a 10 foot long by 4 foot high cage for when he gets full grown. Itll be his batcave.

 

[TeguBlake]

wow maybe et him a friend

 

[batmanvtx]

wow maybe et him a friend

I likely will at one point but two things stand in my way. My soon to be wife is already apprehensive about a 5 foot lizard roaming the house. I dont know what shed think about two.

THe second, and more important, is that I want to make sure I get his care down totally and learn to tame the first one before i dive into a second one. Id like to think im fairly responsible and I dont feel that a second one is the best idea right now.

Maybe once my woman falls in love with Cinder. The biggest thing is she hates the split tongue. Reminds her of snakes. HAHA

 

[BatGirl1]

The tongue is my favorite. once he kisses her she'll warm up... :heart:

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[james.w]

wow maybe et him a friend

I likely will at one point but two things stand in my way. My soon to be wife is already apprehensive about a 5 foot lizard roaming the house. I dont know what shed think about two.

THe second, and more important, is that I want to make sure I get his care down totally and learn to tame the first one before i dive into a second one. Id like to think im fairly responsible and I dont feel that a second one is the best idea right now.

Maybe once my woman falls in love with Cinder. The biggest thing is she hates the split tongue. Reminds her of snakes. HAHA

Tell her not to worry, your tegu won't get anywhere near 5'.

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wow maybe et him a friend

I likely will at one point but two things stand in my way. My soon to be wife is already apprehensive about a 5 foot lizard roaming the house. I dont know what shed think about two.

THe second, and more important, is that I want to make sure I get his care down totally and learn to tame the first one before i dive into a second one. Id like to think im fairly responsible and I dont feel that a second one is the best idea right now.

Maybe once my woman falls in love with Cinder. The biggest thing is she hates the split tongue. Reminds her of snakes. HAHA

Tell her not to worry, your tegu won't get anywhere near 5'.

 

[dragonmetalhead]

Colombians only get to be 3-3.5 feet or so. Still big for a lizard, but not too big, lol. Your wife will be fine.