red tegu

[monstruo-the-tegu]

my sister is getting her baby red tegu in just a few days and she was wondering if we can keep red tegu baby with my baby b/w tegu together till she gets her cage built

 

[tommyboy]

I think its different with every tegu. Some get along with others and some dont. Play it slow. After a highly recommended quarantine period with the new red, try introducing them outside the cage first. Watch them carefully for a while if they do end up in the same cage. I have had many animals completely change behavior and become very territorial when a new roomate gets introduced into "their" home. Good luck with both of them.

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

After the new tegu has been quarantined even then be prepared to house them separately if they don't get along.

http://www.tegutalk.com/showthread.php?tid=10322

 

[JohnMatthew]

They generally do fine together but I'd strongly suggest a quarantine for the new one.

 

[dragonmetalhead]

Are they roughly the same size? The last thing you want is one tegu making a meal out of the other one. I had a friend who was working in a pet store that had a black and white and a red in the same tank and she came into work one day to find the red (which was the smaller of the two by at least nearly a foot) in the process of EATING the black and white's face off. Just be careful, please, whatever you do.

 

[got10]

I housed my red female and my b/w female together when i got them both. The b/w female though the same size and age devoured the tail of my female red . And the thing is , they got along fine until i housed them together. They ate in the same floor pan and roamed fine together . But when they lived together . it was like two women in one house . not happening

 

[monstruo-the-tegu]

I housed my red female and my b/w female together when i got them both. The b/w female though the same size and age devoured the tail of my female red . And the thing is , they got along fine until i housed them together. They ate in the same floor pan and roamed fine together . But when they lived together . it was like two women in one house . not happening

thats funny at the end lol

 

[alextjao]

I housed a gold tegu n b/w tegu in the same cage...they get along well..unless when you feed them,myngold tegu dominate b/w..so i think it depends on the behaviour