how many site members have succesfully bred tegus?

[tegulevi]

blue do hibernate, 68 degrees and you wont see them for months.
atleast mine do lol

 

[VARNYARD]

I tend to agree with Levi, seeing how there have been pictures of them taken in the wilds of central Argentina. The weather gets quite cold there, looks like they would hibenate just like the rest in that region.

 

[boygenius]

so should i turn my under tank heater off for it to get cold enough?

right now i have them in the basement and its a bit chilly down here so thats why i also got the undertank heater for at night time when the basking light and uv light is off..

 

[shiftylarry]

I would find a way to insulate the bottom without using a UTH. The tegus can't thermo-regulate as they would in the wild if they have heat coming from the ground. Lizards dig burrows not only for shelter, but to hydrate in the moist earth and also to cool down.


-Chris

 

[VARNYARD]

I would find a way to insulate the bottom without using a UTH. The tegus can't thermo-regulate as they would in the wild if they have heat coming from the ground. Lizards dig burrows not only for shelter, but to hydrate in the moist earth and also to cool down.


-Chris

I could not agree more, there is nothing warm or dry about a burrow in the wild.

 

[boygenius]

Oh ok, well i have cypress mulch as the substrate and i notice they burrow down in there to sleep.

I have turned the UTH off now.

 

[shiftylarry]

In most cases, it's not good to have undertank heating. There are a few exceptions. For example, if you live in an area, where the ground temps can exceed freezing and you have to house your large reptiles outside, then you definitely have to have some for of heating. Many people choose run heated water under the floors in order to do this. It's very expensive though and of course, not ideal. But you have to do what works.

I sure this type of scenario doesn't apply to you, but I thought I'd point it out.

-Chris

 

[boygenius]

Awesome man, great advice