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My main concern to you would be alot of people dont realize the cost associated with own a tegu let alone caring for them properly! Its expensive! Enclosures well prebuilt ones are very very expensive! If your handy you can build one. I literally build all mine for my 4 regus for free because my gfs dad is in construction and remodeling so I used recycled wood and shower doors and glass panels. But then their is the bulbs, heat, uvb plus the light fixtures, substrates, hides, water bowls or soak dish. Basking tile or rocks or ect. And also food which is very costly! Tegus need a varied diet and when yound eat daily even mostly insect for a young tegu gets pricey. Plus suplements and also of course the tegu! Which all that stuff could easily run 2000$ plus. And also what type of tegu would you prefer? I have four. 1 100% het pure blue female, 1 100% het blue ice male and 2 red tegus which were supposed to be 1 male and 1 female but thinking they are both males 1 forsure is 100% male. But my blues from day 1 of getting them were Angel's and super sociable as babies idk if they were just interacted with more from birth or what but blue are known for being alot calmer! And my reds were very very difficult and aggressive from the beginning but over time chilled out and are just like my blues puppy dogs. And also not only needing space but I have 12 acres but my backyard I let them get natural sunlight daily for a hour or so I take them out in either morning or Afternoon  and also night! It's very very Time consuming carrying for them but super rewarding! Also I never feed them in enclosures to avoid impactions and prolapse! But my tegus eat better than I do! I feed them every other day now insects that I breed to keep cost down, quail egg and chicken eggs everything always raw. Ground turkey, salmon or cod or ect, quail, chicken, chicken gizzards, hearts, liver, rats, mice, fruits occasionally and suplements forgetting some stuff I'm sure! But it's worth it but is very costly