How to determine age

[Jessicak]

Hey guys, so I'm trying to figure out how old my tegu is. I got her a month ago and he/she had no green and was 18 inches long. She looks about the size of a yearling I think, but I've seen bigger tegus that were supposedly only 6months old. How do I guess about how old he or she is?

 

[viejo]

It's a crap shoot. They all grow @ different rates.

 

[Jessicak]

Well poop.

 

[Walter1]

Assuming "normal", and there's lots of variability even to the extreme that Viejo says, 2-3 months is plausible, but again, different growth rates all things being equal AND different feeding regiments by breeders and subsequent retailers.

 

[DougY]

Well poop.

Poop is definitely a crap shoot.