My Sweet Esmeralda

[Logie_Bear]

july 13th

A-Hah, so they are clutchmates after all. And growing at about the same rate.

 

[HeatherN]

thats comforting! i think biggin is also from that clutch and he is ridiculous. o.o

 

[Logie_Bear]

When I took Mizz Ezzy out today, I saw that she had somehow lost one of her front toe-nails. Not sure what she could have caught it on, and it doesn't seem to be causing her any discomfort. Only time will tell if it grows back in tho. On the subject of claws tho- how old /large do you wait for your tegu to be before you start to trim the tip of their nails? The more she grows the sharper those suckers are getting! People are going to start worrying about me from the number of little cuts on my arms... Lol!

 

[HeatherN]

ive been cutting tarots nails for weeks now, i just use nail clippers and hes fine with it mostly

 

[Logie_Bear]

Oh, good to know! I will have to try tomorrow then. I was ready to buy some high-grain sandpaper and see if i could get her to file them down for me, if nothing else.

 

[ReptileGuy]

So cute!

 

[chitodadon]

I don't clip Zeus nails yet but it's like he files them on the bricks and cinder block

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[KritterKeeper]

Im new here and dont have a tegu yet so i cant give any helpful advice but I just wanted to say i LOVE the pic with the gecko and the tegu!

 

[Logie_Bear]

Im new here and dont have a tegu yet so i cant give any helpful advice but I just wanted to say i LOVE the pic with the gecko and the tegu!

That's one of my favorite photos ever! Glad you like it. Are you planning to get a tegu soon?

 

[Logie_Bear]

I took some pics of the Princess this morning, so I thought I'd go ahead and post an update.

The past few days she has been eating like a PIG. Yesterday she ate a small plate of ground lamb and THREE baby quail. Her tummy was so big I was afraid she would pop. Today she ate a whole cup of dusted crickets and was so fat she barely dragged herself onto her basking spot.

Note in the last pic, you can still see the weird mark on the side of her lip (I posted a thread about it a few weeks back). I'm still unsure what has caused it, but it doesn't effect the way she acts and hasn't gotten any bigger so I'm not overly worried about it. I'm still open for advice tho if anyone has any ideas about it.

 

[chitodadon]

She is big how old now

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[Logie_Bear]

Born 6/13.
So, 4 months as of last Friday.

 

[Logie_Bear]

Decided to take a vid this morning of Ezzy eating one of her favorite foods- quail eggs!

On a side-note... I didnt realize I was talking so quietly until up uploaded the vid, so.... I'll be sure to try and amend that next time around!

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7aY3lgzHos&feature=plcp[/video]

 

[Logie_Bear]

I took Ezzy out this morning for an impromptu photoshoot. See the Picture contest thread for my 2 favorite shots. Here are a few others I took, that I still like, but just didn't find them to be up to snuff for the contest.

I have a huge soft spot for tongue shots.

 

[HeatherN]

shes starting to actually look DIFFERENT than her bro! awesome shots, and awesome gu. still.

 

[ReptileGuy]

Decided to take a vid this morning of Ezzy eating one of her favorite foods- quail eggs!

On a side-note... I didnt realize I was talking so quietly until up uploaded the vid, so.... I'll be sure to try and amend that next time around!

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7aY3lgzHos&feature=plcp[/video]

great video!!

 

[Logie_Bear]

So Ezzy shed yesterday, and while looking her over to make sure there was no shed still stuck anywhere I noticed she has some sort of cut in her tail. Its the very last bit, and it looks fairly deep. Like, I'm wondering if perhaps she did something like tail whip the glass and injure it? Is it doomed to fall off or can I do something like put on some gauze and home it heals back normally?

 

[Logie_Bear]

So Ezzy shed yesterday, and while looking her over to make sure there was no shed still stuck anywhere I noticed she has some sort of cut in her tail. Its the very last bit, and it looks fairly deep. Like, I'm wondering if perhaps she did something like tail whip the glass and injure it? Is it doomed to fall off or can I do something like put on some gauze and home it heals back normally?

Welp. The tip of her tail came off today. Ezzy is officially 1.5 in shorter. A little bummed, and feel like a bad mum atm.

 

[HeatherN]

aww im sorry! theres nothing you could have done though. tarot has a twisty scar down his nose from something he got into. only a matter of time til he does something like ezzy. unfortunately, i think a tail break as short as 1.5 inches wont warrant regrowth, but who knows

 

[Logie_Bear]

I figure it's about time for an update to Ezzy's Official Thread.

Lately her favorite food has been fish, mice, and eggs. Really big on the whole prey food items these days. She is definitely outgrowing her enclosure, and her adult caging is about half-way to completion. Yesterday she had a full shed, and is starting to show some really interesting orange coloration on her tummy and neck. Really neat how fast it just sprang up!

Lookit dat purty blushing!

Smelt fish from the local Asian Food Mart

Her new favorite place in the house is right in front of the screen door. She always wants outside!

Jumping for fish!

Sleeping on her princess pillow

On her t-rex leash, going for a car-ride

That's all for today, hope you enjoy! <3