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I have worked with several older tegus. My first tegu was 4yo and tame but very cage aggressive. She is much better in that regard and is my primary tegu for educational shows. Then I purchased a yearling red from Bobby Hill that had been purchased as a hatchling and returned. He had some handling and was very easy to work with. Next was Charlie, a 3yo (I think) red male that had a rough background from TegusAreAwesome. TAA had rescued him and was working with Charlie, but he was not exactly a super tame tegu. Charlie is friendly and will hang out with me outside, but doesn't like to be petted or carried. You can tell he still has that little bit of mistrust waaaayyyy back there. I can hand feed him, but I can't touch him, lol. And now I have a yearling coming tomorrow that apparently has a bit of attitude.

So, it is not too hard to work with yearling tegus. They are young enough to make a good impression. I'm sure Johnny has treated them well. I heard from someone who bought one recently and they had good things to say.

The enclosure settings look good. I've never set up a closet enclosure, so can't comment too much on that. I would be sure to have a reliable temp gun or digital thermometer so you can get a good reading and set the height of the lamps at a proper distance.

<blockquote data-quote="laurarfl" data-source="post: 134755" data-attributes="member: 401">I have worked with several older tegus. My first tegu was 4yo and tame but very cage aggressive. She is much better in that regard and is my primary tegu for educational shows. Then I purchased a yearling red from Bobby Hill that had been purchased as a hatchling and returned. He had some handling and was very easy to work with. Next was Charlie, a 3yo (I think) red male that had a rough background from TegusAreAwesome. TAA had rescued him and was working with Charlie, but he was not exactly a super tame tegu. Charlie is friendly and will hang out with me outside, but doesn't like to be petted or carried. You can tell he still has that little bit of mistrust waaaayyyy back there. I can hand feed him, but I can't touch him, lol. And now I have a yearling coming tomorrow that apparently has a bit of attitude.So, it is not too hard to work with yearling tegus. They are young enough to make a good impression. I'm sure Johnny has treated them well. I heard from someone who bought one recently and they had good things to say.The enclosure settings look good. I've never set up a closet enclosure, so can't comment too much on that. I would be sure to have a reliable temp gun or digital thermometer so you can get a good reading and set the height of the lamps at a proper distance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="laurarfl, post: 134755, member: 401"] I have worked with several older tegus. My first tegu was 4yo and tame but very cage aggressive. She is much better in that regard and is my primary tegu for educational shows. Then I purchased a yearling red from Bobby Hill that had been purchased as a hatchling and returned. He had some handling and was very easy to work with. Next was Charlie, a 3yo (I think) red male that had a rough background from TegusAreAwesome. TAA had rescued him and was working with Charlie, but he was not exactly a super tame tegu. Charlie is friendly and will hang out with me outside, but doesn't like to be petted or carried. You can tell he still has that little bit of mistrust waaaayyyy back there. I can hand feed him, but I can't touch him, lol. And now I have a yearling coming tomorrow that apparently has a bit of attitude. So, it is not too hard to work with yearling tegus. They are young enough to make a good impression. I'm sure Johnny has treated them well. I heard from someone who bought one recently and they had good things to say. The enclosure settings look good. I've never set up a closet enclosure, so can't comment too much on that. I would be sure to have a reliable temp gun or digital thermometer so you can get a good reading and set the height of the lamps at a proper distance. [/QUOTE]

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