New Tegu and Enclosure pics!

[Retnoo]

So excited to get my first Tegu. been doing a lot of research, bought a book or two. I've been working all day on the enclosure, and I'm picking up the lizard tomorrow. It's about 9 months old I think. Isn't very big.
I've attached some pics of the new home.
Cut some cool branches and grabbed some leaves from outside, and baked them to removed organisms.
Plants are Hibiscus, Snake plant, Prickly pear, and Succulent. All edible I believe? or at least not blatantly harmful. washed them clean and removed them from their pots incase there was fertilizer or chemicals. . UVB Bulb is too powerful, but I ordered a 6% bulb that should arrive soon. Also ordered some more sphagnum and moss and a Reptifogger to help maintain humidity.
about 9 inches of substrate, 4 feet long, 2 feet wide. Hope you guys like it. Be free to leave suggestions.

 

[Retnoo]

Just picked him up today. Wow, taming him is going to be some work. bit me while we where still in the pet store. He is super beautiful though. They told me he was around 10 months old

 

[TheTeguNovice]

Just picked him up today. Wow, taming him is going to be some work. bit me while we where still in the pet store. He is super beautiful though. They told me he was around 10 months old

Wow congrats!!! That’s so awesome super happy for you! Looks like he’s a little younger than 10 months though! Also really nice enclosure!

 

[Carra]

Just picked him up today. Wow, taming him is going to be some work. bit me while we where still in the pet store. He is super beautiful though. They told me he was around 10 months old

Just picked him up today. Wow, taming him is going to be some work. bit me while we where still in the pet store. He is super beautiful though. They told me he was around 10 months old

Wow! Handsome red boy!! My female is about 5 years old. She was kind of a rescue situation (previous mom loved her but through the pandemic lost her job and couldn’t take care of etc) so luckily she was super tame already. Raised with cats and dogs. My cats and dogs are used to us bringing home interesting new siblings for them so she gets to free roam. (Attended of course) Tegu’s are one of the smartest, and actually dependent big lizards and it sounds like you definitely have the dedication so I’m sure he will be sitting in your lap eating his berries out of your hand in no time… but try tongs first lol. Good luck, and have fun

 

[Chipchip]

I will say, from my own personal experience, I didn't have any luck with live plants. My tegu would burrow so much that he kept digging them up. But I did get mine when he was a year and a half old, so he was a bit bigger, and didn't let the plants settle into their new substrate as long as I would have liked. But wish the best of luck to you. I know I've enjoyed having my tegu

 

[Dylan koch]

Ya plants get destroyed unless a ton of space

 

[Dylan koch]

only time I've seen work is full grow tent enclosures with its own ecosystem bugs n ect