Hey everyone! I've been in touch with a lady who needed to find a good home for an adult 4 year old tegu in rough shape. She gave him away 6 months ago, but the people returned him to her in even worse shape 
She didn't have the cage, money, food or time for him anymore... so I took him in! He arrived last night:
He's very skinny, sunken in stomach but his legs or tail arn't caving in so he hasn't been starving for too long hopefully... It's hard to see in pics how sunken in his tummy is, pattern kind of hides the folds. He is missing lots of toes on his front feet and walks pretty hard on them. I've been giving him feet massages, his feet are very stiff. It's hard to explain or show in pictures, you can tell they hurt him though He aslo has remains from a bad shed on his back toes and the tip of his tail. The skin is very thick, dry and constricting, it looks as though he has a few sheds that havn't come off and have built up. Hopefully a few baths & good humidity will help.
Other than that he is eating like a tegu! And his tempermant seems good so far, a little nervous to be held (does the whole tail swilring thing) but I can kiss him on the nose & he fell asleep on me in bed and curled right into my neck... but again, he could be still weak, broken and hasn't had a "real" territory yet. So we'll see how it goes Anyways, here are some pics... I'll get more once the little sleepy head wakes up. Apparently he has never hibernated before either (she didn't know they hibernated...)
more pictures & videos to come soon! Still have to think of a name for the lil guy can't wait till he's fat & healthy!
She didn't have the cage, money, food or time for him anymore... so I took him in! He arrived last night:
He's very skinny, sunken in stomach but his legs or tail arn't caving in so he hasn't been starving for too long hopefully... It's hard to see in pics how sunken in his tummy is, pattern kind of hides the folds. He is missing lots of toes on his front feet and walks pretty hard on them. I've been giving him feet massages, his feet are very stiff. It's hard to explain or show in pictures, you can tell they hurt him though
He aslo has remains from a bad shed on his back toes and the tip of his tail. The skin is very thick, dry and constricting, it looks as though he has a few sheds that havn't come off and have built up. Hopefully a few baths & good humidity will help.
Other than that he is eating like a tegu! And his tempermant seems good so far, a little nervous to be held (does the whole tail swilring thing) but I can kiss him on the nose & he fell asleep on me in bed and curled right into my neck... but again, he could be still weak, broken and hasn't had a "real" territory yet. So we'll see how it goes
Anyways, here are some pics... I'll get more once the little sleepy head wakes up. Apparently he has never hibernated before either (she didn't know they hibernated...)
more pictures & videos to come soon! Still have to think of a name for the lil guy
can't wait till he's fat & healthy!
