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question bout adult tegu
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it doesnt literally have to be a 4ft water bowl...the one I used is was prolly 2ft long and 4-5 inches deep, they can curl their tail up in it with their body (tail being most of the length of the tegu) and I never really saw mine in it anyways unless it was trying to help the shed which I would soak it in the bath around those times. As for the small tegu you can use anything basically as long as its not big enough to allow them to drown, any type of tupperware really is what I used, or you can get one from the pet store.
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My girl is weird when it comes to water...
I used to keep a decent sized water dish in her cage that she could crawl into, but I never once saw her get in it. I rarely saw her drink out of it... Usually only when I gave her fresh water (she appeared to be investigating the new thing more so than getting a drink). This is likely because I kept the tank heavily misted...
I have a bunch of large fish tanks and have put her in them many times. She doesn't like to swim but seems to enjoy soaking, provided her feed are stable. I've put her in tanks where she could easily climb out and stand on a rim/branch/rock/etc out of the water, but she commonly soaks with only her head out for extended periods.
Last year I had a 300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank that was not in use. So I would commonly put it on a slope in the yard and put a few inches of water on one end and a rock/slate on the other end for shade. She would walk circles around the edge for hours playing in the water as she did. I know it's impossible to read their minds, but I'm convinced she was not circling looking for a way out. She seemed (to me) to be very happy in this outside cage.
I now have a smaller water bowl in her cage that she cannot completely fit into. Her cage is very moist and both times she shed this year she had no bunching around her toes and otherwise went very smooth.
I'm not going to overly speculate on any conclusions here nor make any suggestions. But thought I'd share my experience regarding young Tegus and water...
As for planning/considering adult situations, as Taylor mentioned, keep in mind that a 4' Tegu is about 20" of body and 28" of tail... I would suspect that a 2.5' x 1.5' water dish would easily allow a Tegu to fully submerge itself...
I used to keep a decent sized water dish in her cage that she could crawl into, but I never once saw her get in it. I rarely saw her drink out of it... Usually only when I gave her fresh water (she appeared to be investigating the new thing more so than getting a drink). This is likely because I kept the tank heavily misted...
I have a bunch of large fish tanks and have put her in them many times. She doesn't like to swim but seems to enjoy soaking, provided her feed are stable. I've put her in tanks where she could easily climb out and stand on a rim/branch/rock/etc out of the water, but she commonly soaks with only her head out for extended periods.
Last year I had a 300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank that was not in use. So I would commonly put it on a slope in the yard and put a few inches of water on one end and a rock/slate on the other end for shade. She would walk circles around the edge for hours playing in the water as she did. I know it's impossible to read their minds, but I'm convinced she was not circling looking for a way out. She seemed (to me) to be very happy in this outside cage.
I now have a smaller water bowl in her cage that she cannot completely fit into. Her cage is very moist and both times she shed this year she had no bunching around her toes and otherwise went very smooth.
I'm not going to overly speculate on any conclusions here nor make any suggestions. But thought I'd share my experience regarding young Tegus and water...
As for planning/considering adult situations, as Taylor mentioned, keep in mind that a 4' Tegu is about 20" of body and 28" of tail... I would suspect that a 2.5' x 1.5' water dish would easily allow a Tegu to fully submerge itself...
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I wouldnt worry too much. my tegu doesnt use his water bowl either. and ive only seen him drink a few times. as long as it can curl up in the water is fine
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you can just use like a sterolite tub,those seem big enough.but i wouldnt worry to much about it,if you just keep his substrate moist he wont have to go and soak,the moist substrate will help him shed good enough.
