Intro to the family!

[daxx973]

So i posted some pics when i joined but we have had some new babies since and i thought i would share photos of my family of gu's!

From biggest to smallest we have
Ymir - 3yr male b&w arg
Skadi - 3yr female red arg
Odin - 2yr male b&w arg
Unnamed - 6month male gold
4 unnamed - peach(b&wxred hybrid) baby arg
4 unnamed - red baby arg

We have/had names for the babies but I think we are going to wait till next week so we know if they are males or females

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

so you have 12?

 

[daxx973]

Yeah. We are at 12. Each one with its own personality.
I know im crazy but i have the time and the desire to take care of all of them. i spend quality time with each one.

Hopefully one day ill be able to breed but untill that day im going to hand raise each one.

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

how are you planning on finding out if the babies are male or female next week?

 

[daxx973]

A friend of mine is going to probe them for me. I was leary at first but i know he has the expeierence and hes done it in front of me a few times so i am going to let him probe the other babies. he has already probed one (when i bought it).

Ive had a long conversation with a few people before deciding this. Im still willing to hear pros and cons on this though. There are a few people on this site that i have faith in thier expeirence and would love to hear thier opinion

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

I am not fond of probing, its not reliable and it can seriously damage them.

 

[Deac77]

^^ I second that probing is at best 50/50 on accuracy and quite dangerous. Also how do you plan on properly feeding, housing, and heating this many? I have 2 tegus and spend 100-200 a month on feeders alone not counting fruit and veggies.

 

[daxx973]

All of my tegus get fed 95% whole prey and my food bill for them is about 200 a month. I have deals with a couple reptile stores plus i look around. I have a quail farmer and a rabbit farmer i keep in good terms with.

 

[daxx973]

Actually my entire reptile food bill is about 200 with the other reptiles aswell. It use to be 400-500 though.

 

[Deac77]

I get free rabbit kits and most my whole prey and that's insane if it's that cheap. But then again I also don't feed ground meat

 

[daxx973]

No ground meat either. Most of my gus dont want fruits though so ive stoped buying bulk food for it to go to waste.
I have a deal with my regular supplier that i get 3k worms, 200 pinkies, 50 adult mice and 50 medium rats for 100$. Its a great deal but i have also spent so much money at his store in The last two years that i should be a partner.

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

feeding a bunch of baby tegus is much cheaper than feeding 12 adult tegus...

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

but know that not all those tegus will get along or be able to be housed together. can you fit multiple 8ft cages?

 

[daxx973]

Im aware of the feeding requirements for the adults. And yes i have the room for multiple 8footers. One of the reasons i am getting the babies probed is to be able to seperate them accordingly. We currently have 3 8footers and im working on a 12x5x5.