Introducing two male tegus

[herpgirl2510]

I ended up getting a black and white 2 1/2 foot black and white argentine tegu. I introduced bogart my red who is 3 feet to him today. This is how it went at first bogart was really flicking his tongue in and out so I was on alert he then proceeded to mount tonka and opened his mouth to grab the back of his throat. This all happened slowly because bogart really takes his time getting around . I figured I would try the tub in the tub bogart got on top of tonka so tonka was underwater. When Tonka would move bogart kind of floated along with him on top of him. Again no one was moving quickly. I took them out. Tonka my B&W barely paid any attention to bogart but bogart went up and was going to bite tonka's tail. It was kind of funny because bogart is so slow so he was not rushing at him or anything. I figured maybe if I keep trying they might at some point be able to roam together. Was this Bogart just showing his dominance he did not seem like he was in an attack mode but I have never had tegus so I don't know what he was doing meant. I planned ahead luckily and have a 7x3x3 enclosure already built for tonka so they won't be housed together any advice would be great .

 

[Rhetoric]

Tegus are weird. I'd keep an eye out to see if the grabbing/nipping/biting happens again. As far as the climbing on top of each other, I'm not entirely sure. I know for some animals, like beardies, the more dominant lizard will often times lay over the other when basking.
With my tegus, the female climbs over whoever she wants. When shes out with guru she climbs over him, sits on him, hes just a bump in the road to her. Guru doesn't seem to mind, he just lays there or walks off.
You can keep trying it and see how it goes, just be prepared to pick one of them up if something happens or throw a shirt or towel of their heads. I noticed that if one of my tegus is grumpy, I can throw something over its head and pick it right up, its weird.

 

[herpgirl2510]

Bogart is pretty grumpy in general he was huffing at him earlier . I think I will try a little each day.