Housing Question

[Matthew Colella]

Would it be possible to keep a tegu and another monitor species together in one enclosure?

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

Possible, yes.
Recommended, no.

 

[Matthew Colella]

thanks. I was thinking of getting a nile or black throat.

 

[misterpc23]

Don't you think i'd be wise to wait until the current animal you have grows to its full size before you get another? When I first got my tegu I wanted to own so many other large lizards but as he grows I'm realizing how costly it would be and how much space they would take up.

 

[Matthew Colella]

well I am split between getting a argentine b&w from tgeu terra or a black throat monitor from reptile city

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

Please think things through without being tunnel visioned. No. they cannot be housed together. Different behaviors, different territorial displays, different diet, different temps, ones wc ones cb, they would NEVER come in contact with eachother in the wild or even know how to interact. If you cannot house each species separate then you are not ready for either species. & when getting a black throat you need to realize you will have a 5+ft dinosaur within the 1st year that means at LEAST a 10x8x6 with 3ft of sandy loam, cluster lighting, whole prey... Monitors are a completely different ball game than caring and housing a tegu.