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Ordering a baby red tegu, Help urgent
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that's kinda what i thought, i have plexi glass so, i'll just replace that sometime this week before the tegu arrives this saturday, i actually had some guy put the doors up for me while i was away on school, only to find out that he put wires up insted of plexi glass i told him to use, completly not my fault, just didn't have the time to fix the cage
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How would you keep in the crickets?? I wanted to build a bigger cage for our Veiled but I couldn't find any screen with 1/8" spacing. 1/4" might be too wide for him to comfortably grip.nat said:
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the dimentions are around 5 1/2' long, and 2 1/2' wide, as for the height it's about 3' tall
but the way, if anyone is concerned about the enclosure, please do
I had a guy put it up for me while i was at school
I told the guy to put cover the top with plexi glass on one half, and wire on the other half because of the heat
and i told him to use plexi glass for the doors, but he used wires insted
it's like 25 degrees everytime anyways, so it's pretty warm everytime, i sometimes bring my blanket and my pillow to my reptile room to sleep there, because my bedroom is way too cold during the night
but the way, if anyone is concerned about the enclosure, please do
I had a guy put it up for me while i was at school
I told the guy to put cover the top with plexi glass on one half, and wire on the other half because of the heat
and i told him to use plexi glass for the doors, but he used wires insted
it's like 25 degrees everytime anyways, so it's pretty warm everytime, i sometimes bring my blanket and my pillow to my reptile room to sleep there, because my bedroom is way too cold during the night
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btw, if anyone is interested i have some pics of my monkey tail skink on the skink forum, so check him out, he's really cool
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Don't forget you have to provide a basking spot (75W or 90W halogen bulb suggested) and UVB. Unless you're using a MegaRay he's not going to get any UVB from that height.
For a little guy, 4" of mulch should be OK. It looks like you've got enough depth for that.
Definitely replace to chicken wire. He'll rip his face up the first day.
For a little guy, 4" of mulch should be OK. It looks like you've got enough depth for that.
Definitely replace to chicken wire. He'll rip his face up the first day.
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i am acutally building a hide that will be tall enough to reach the light, so the tegu will be able to bask and hide, but the hide will be tight also, i'll give you guys more pics of the fixed enclosure once it's done, when he arrives, he's going to stay in a huge rubber made container when he arrives anyway, when he gets about 2' he'll move into the enclosure and will be able to get the whole room to roam free around during the day
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I have seen similar enclosures where the feeder insects are placed in smooth sided containers that are high enough so that they cannot climb/jump out the sides. The chams are usually high up and can see into the bowl from the top and eat them out of that. I don't know much about chams as I haven't kept a lot of them myself but I have a couple friends who love the funny little buggers
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We've never tried putting the crickets in a container. Our Veiled is the easiest herp to feed, dump some crickets in and a small bowl of greens. I've heard they can be finicky at times. If he sees a cricket, it's gone! They have amazing accuracy! They are cool, they have those goofy feet and eyes rolling all over the place. They can be real nasty when they're young (our was!!) but calm down.nat said:
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don't chams only live up to 6 years or less? i don't really like chams, you can't really handle them the way you want to, and they don't move around much, or just slowly, not my type
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The one we have was very moody (angry) when he was young. Now he's just cranky. But dang he's beautiful!!!nat said:
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:nat said:
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I thought it was quite funny also!nat said:
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Chams really are just display lizards. I've read the stress of handling could kill them. We must have a tough one.
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ha yah, veileds are cheapest too
they grow up to a good size, and have the best coloring in my opinion, my friend used to have veileds, but all of them died for some reason, and now he's moving on to tarantulas and frogs
i like snakes, boas, pythons, monitors, tegus, geckos, and water dragons they are my favorite pet reptiles
they grow up to a good size, and have the best coloring in my opinion, my friend used to have veileds, but all of them died for some reason, and now he's moving on to tarantulas and frogs
i like snakes, boas, pythons, monitors, tegus, geckos, and water dragons they are my favorite pet reptiles
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I figured our Veiled wouldn't last 6 months and we've had him almost a year and a half!
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well, before i start a new thread on the new red tegu that is going to arrive sometime next weekend, here are some pictures of the 2 red tegus that Jim from J&J reptiles sent me
the first 2 pictures is a 16 inch red tegu with lots of white in him
now here is a 13 inch red tegu with a very high contrast, Jim told me that he is currently in shed!! :shock: can you just imaine the coloring on him when he's done shedding
I went for the second one if anyone is interested in which one i went for[/url]
the first 2 pictures is a 16 inch red tegu with lots of white in him
now here is a 13 inch red tegu with a very high contrast, Jim told me that he is currently in shed!! :shock: can you just imaine the coloring on him when he's done shedding
I went for the second one if anyone is interested in which one i went for[/url]
