No forked tongue yet...

[Luvmytegu]

At what age will my tegu get a forked tongue?

 

[PuffDragon]

They have a forked tongue at birth. The only thing I can think of is that one side of the fork got bitten off by a clutch mates. Can you take a picture please?

 

[Luvmytegu]

Oh No....will he be ok without a forked tongue? I will try to get a picture...

 

[Kharnifex]

i believe the fork is just to get a larger surface area for the jakobson organ. he'll be fine.

 

[PinkPunisher]

To add onto what Kharnifex said, the Jacobsons organ (spelling?) is I believe in the roof of there mouth. It acts almost like a nose and thats why their constently flicking there tongue around, It will tell them if something the flick is food and a bunch of other cool stuff that I can't remember the exact details on at the moment.

The tegu should be fine without it, there's plenty that are missing toes and even feet that are still alive so I can't see a piece of its tongue missing being a big deal.


Spencer

 

[olympus]

I think it will be ok, but doesn't it look hot when they have it.

 

[DZLife]

I think it will be ok, but doesn't it look hot when they have it.

mmmm *shudders*

That's pretty hot.