New tegu owner

[Kingwolf26]

Hi people of Tegutalk! My name is Matt better known as Kingwolf26. I just acquired a supposed argentine black and white tegu, but she isn;t just black and white. She had a orange stomach, intense orange underneath and she has a black and white pattern with orange spot tinges in each white circle. I have seen red and black and white hybrids where they look like they have been dipped in rusty water, but here orange is specified to certain areas. She looks like a large timor monitor. She is just over or under 2 feet and had her for 3 days and right now she is sleeping on the back of my chair as I type this. I just seen the easy to attach photo thing so I will be sending a pick as soon as I get one of her. I do think you will love what you see. A guy in petsmart thought she was a gila monster, but remember not all of the white circles have orange in them

 

[Meg90]

She sounds like a tegu to me. My B&W has an orange belly too. Her attitude sounds very tegu-ish to me as well, but only a picture will tell for sure.

 

[rrcoolj]

Yes black and whites can have some orange. I believe my little buddy has a little bit of orange too especially under his throat but again a picture is needed to be sure.

Oh and by the way... WELCOME TO TEGU TALK!!!

 

[Kingwolf26]

yeah still haven't taken a pic yet but I will

 

[whoru]

welcome

 

[txrepgirl]

Hi Matt.Welcome to tegutalk and congrats on your new Tegu.She sounds like a sweet b/w tegu to me.It's normal for her to have that much orange on her.The color orange gets very bright in color in the winter time and will fade a bit after the winter is over.

 

[Kingwolf26]

let me try a pic here

 

[Meg90]

Looks like a nice Argentine to me!

 

[Dvdh1]

Pretty B&W. Welcome to tegutalk. Mine has a lot of orange on his belly too

 

[mikecrowder23]

Yep another great looking gu. Mine has an almost exclusively orange belly so this is nothing to far out of the ordinary. And again welcome.

 

[The captain]

I believe this is just staining from cypress mulch...

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

She looks good,..lots of white, got any better pics especially head shots. You never know,..she might be an extreme.

 

[bubbategu2]

Hi, Matt! Welcome- just an FYI-if that is dirt or sand you have your tegu on, you don't want to feed her on that cuz she could easily get impacted from ingesting it. She looks nice and healthy.

 

[Kingwolf26]

She is not on cypress much, Its eco earth and nope I dont feed her in that cage, I let her out alot and she eats her ground turkey on the kitchen counter. No stain. Let me give you a closer pic

 

[Kingwolf26]

heres another pic notice how the orange spots are individualized and right now from her shoulders to her hips is the length of my hand

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

More head shots,..is that a tear drop in the first pic? She may actually be a Blue tegu :shock: :lol: Gotta post better pics especially head shots.

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

Dude,...thats a Blue Tegu :shock: :lol: the more I look at it I see a Blue Tegu. Definitely not a normal B & W.

 

[Kingwolf26]

I will do more pics. The camera was dying but there will be more really good ones. Whats a tear drop? I bought her from the reptile store for 150 and she had a really horrible feeding response where she would lunge at you the minute you opened the door. I will get a pic of her stomach too, its super orange

 

[Kingwolf26]

here she is bubblz

 

[Kingwolf26]

She stays in my room now since I don't have a adequate tank for her yet. She sleeps on the bed under the pillow or under my arm like a snuggled teddy bear