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It is possible to get a higher white. I would definitely try for a male if you're wanting size. I haven't seen any posts of people having long term aggression issues with varnyard tegus. They all seem to be fairly even tempered but it also takes some work to keep them that way. From the sound of it you would like to spend quite a bit of time with it anyway.

I think tegus (over all) are pretty mellow, there are always exceptions and some do take more work than others. Temper can also be effected by things other than genetics. A hungry tegu will be more of a poop than a well fed tegu. A tegu crammed in an aquarium will be more grumpy than one with a proper sized enclosure. I would like to think these things are common sense but I know better.. :dodgy:

That is crazy, 62 lbs of turtle lol. Do those ever mellow out or are they pretty hands off?

<blockquote data-quote="Rhetoric" data-source="post: 95820" data-attributes="member: 2215">It is possible to get a higher white. I would definitely try for a male if you're wanting size. I haven't seen any posts of people having long term aggression issues with varnyard tegus. They all seem to be fairly even tempered but it also takes some work to keep them that way. From the sound of it you would like to spend quite a bit of time with it anyway.I think tegus (over all) are pretty mellow, there are always exceptions and some do take more work than others. Temper can also be effected by things other than genetics. A hungry tegu will be more of a poop than a well fed tegu. A tegu crammed in an aquarium will be more grumpy than one with a proper sized enclosure. I would like to think these things are common sense but I know better.. :dodgy:That is crazy, 62 lbs of turtle lol. Do those ever mellow out or are they pretty hands off?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhetoric, post: 95820, member: 2215"] It is possible to get a higher white. I would definitely try for a male if you're wanting size. I haven't seen any posts of people having long term aggression issues with varnyard tegus. They all seem to be fairly even tempered but it also takes some work to keep them that way. From the sound of it you would like to spend quite a bit of time with it anyway. I think tegus (over all) are pretty mellow, there are always exceptions and some do take more work than others. Temper can also be effected by things other than genetics. A hungry tegu will be more of a poop than a well fed tegu. A tegu crammed in an aquarium will be more grumpy than one with a proper sized enclosure. I would like to think these things are common sense but I know better.. :dodgy: That is crazy, 62 lbs of turtle lol. Do those ever mellow out or are they pretty hands off? [/QUOTE]

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