So about a year and a half i had a argentine B/W tegu. he was 4years old. i had him from the start. never had any problems with him. he was tame liked al kinds of good food, beautifull color, shedded wel,...
And then my house burned out totaly. everything was gone. also coockie (his name).
i realy miss him to much.
a while ago i had build an enclosure 200x80x80 and the plan was that i would wait until i found a hatchling. because here in belgium the most people start with hibernation now it was hard to find one.
But my girlfriend bought for suprise (whitout my knowing) a red tegu that is 2years they told her.
i now have him for 3 weeks. But i have no real experience with red ones. And i never had problems with my B/W.
now i would like some advice. the folowing things i think is strange:
-he/she never had hibernation: is this a problem?/and should i start doing it or not?
-he won't eat so much. in the 3 weeks i have him. he only ate a tiny bit turkey out of my hand and he ate 2 chickenheart and 1/8 of a boiled egg. all the rest he just leave on his plate. (i try to give him all the stuff i read in all the forums from insects/fruit/meat/fish/....) and leave him alone with it. but wont eat good.
-he has a strange color (i think?) for red tegu and he has some shed problems i think (photos). the skin is cracks and loose ends that wont come off. the temps and humidity now are perfect i think. 70-80% in day and now i take 100% at night for the shedding. but he is als afraid for water. he hate's water. never goes in his swimming pool, and only pufs and show some agression when i want to soak him in water gently. he can burrow in his substrate and holds humidity high. so i dont see where is the problem.
my B/W went pooping every day and took a swim every day.
-the good thing is, that he is pretty tame. i can take him, he walks around in living room and in the garden,... he is curious, sits on my lap,...
-now the last few days i leave him alone like i did the first week. and he comes out of his hiding spot every day to sun a little bit. but she never goes near her watertank and won't eat a thing.
the problem is that i dont know nothing about the history of this tegu. and i have some experience with a black and white tegu but she never had any problem at all. contacting the previous owners is not an option, i tried....
if there's anyone who wants give me some advice?
And then my house burned out totaly. everything was gone. also coockie (his name).
i realy miss him to much.
a while ago i had build an enclosure 200x80x80 and the plan was that i would wait until i found a hatchling. because here in belgium the most people start with hibernation now it was hard to find one.
But my girlfriend bought for suprise (whitout my knowing) a red tegu that is 2years they told her.
i now have him for 3 weeks. But i have no real experience with red ones. And i never had problems with my B/W.
now i would like some advice. the folowing things i think is strange:
-he/she never had hibernation: is this a problem?/and should i start doing it or not?
-he won't eat so much. in the 3 weeks i have him. he only ate a tiny bit turkey out of my hand and he ate 2 chickenheart and 1/8 of a boiled egg. all the rest he just leave on his plate. (i try to give him all the stuff i read in all the forums from insects/fruit/meat/fish/....) and leave him alone with it. but wont eat good.
-he has a strange color (i think?) for red tegu and he has some shed problems i think (photos). the skin is cracks and loose ends that wont come off. the temps and humidity now are perfect i think. 70-80% in day and now i take 100% at night for the shedding. but he is als afraid for water. he hate's water. never goes in his swimming pool, and only pufs and show some agression when i want to soak him in water gently. he can burrow in his substrate and holds humidity high. so i dont see where is the problem.
my B/W went pooping every day and took a swim every day.
-the good thing is, that he is pretty tame. i can take him, he walks around in living room and in the garden,... he is curious, sits on my lap,...
-now the last few days i leave him alone like i did the first week. and he comes out of his hiding spot every day to sun a little bit. but she never goes near her watertank and won't eat a thing.
the problem is that i dont know nothing about the history of this tegu. and i have some experience with a black and white tegu but she never had any problem at all. contacting the previous owners is not an option, i tried....
if there's anyone who wants give me some advice?
