Quick question!!!

[ameivafan123]

well... theres a guy that wants to sell me a b&w tegu for 80 bucks but he say he's close to 2 years old and like only 15 to 17 inches. Is that normal?

 

[Tegudude88]

No that is not a healthy size that's probably why it's only $80 there's probably something wrong with the poor lil guy

 

[james.w]

Is it a Colombian?

 

[Roadkill]

There is nothing intrinsically unhealthy with being small.

 

[ameivafan123]

Is it a Colombian?

I think so. At least thats what the guy told me.

 

[TeguBlake]

Then that's not to bad, and next time if you put it under columbian tegu form, there would be no miss comunication

 

[Bagnara16]

from what ive read if its a columbian it shouldnt be a huge red flag. ask the guy if he uses UV lighting. it could have mbd if its real small for being that old.

 

[ameivafan123]

but a tegu that old< will it grow or stay that size??

 

[Roadkill]

it could have mbd if its real small for being that old.

Sorry, no such relationship has ever been demonstrated. Being small at any age does not indicate MBD.

A tegu that age and that size can still grow. I've had many that stayed small for the first two years or so of their lives, then ZIP, go through an amazing growth spurt.

 

[Dubya]

There is nothing intrinsically unhealthy with being small.

It sounds like you may be a midget. I could be wrong, though.

 

[TeguBlake]

There is nothing intrinsically unhealthy with being small.

It sounds like you may be a midget. I could be wrong, though.

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[Rhetoric]

Can you post pictures?

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it could have mbd if its real small for being that old.

Sorry, no such relationship has ever been demonstrated. Being small at any age does not indicate MBD.

A tegu that age and that size can still grow. I've had many that stayed small for the first two years or so of their lives, then ZIP, go through an amazing growth spurt.

I second this. I had 2 tegus that blew up within a matter of weeks with PROPER diet. When I got them they were fed one mouse each a week (thats it). I fed them daily and they ballooned. One of them got larger than guru.

 

[chitodadon]

Feed the good a lot of whole prey amd watch

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