My tegu is over a year old and is still at about 41cm. I do not know his sex yet, but I presume that he is a male due to the cloacal region.
A few things to note:
1 - Until 7 months I fed him mainly neonates, which don't have lots of calcium on them. After that, I started chopping up big mice and that's what he's been eating since. He has gained a lot of weight, but not much length. He's not even fully white yet.
2 - Due to the very bad schedule I had past year, I wasn't able to check on his shedding and he lost a few fingers. That's been fixed also, since my schedule gives me a lot of time to look at him now.
He is sitting under a ceramic heat lamp and a UVB 5.0 lamp, and even his bigger mice are now being supplemented with no D3 Calcium. Do yoy guys have any other tips to make him grow better? I am so offput by it. I wish I had been a better owner.
A few things to note:
1 - Until 7 months I fed him mainly neonates, which don't have lots of calcium on them. After that, I started chopping up big mice and that's what he's been eating since. He has gained a lot of weight, but not much length. He's not even fully white yet.
2 - Due to the very bad schedule I had past year, I wasn't able to check on his shedding and he lost a few fingers. That's been fixed also, since my schedule gives me a lot of time to look at him now.
He is sitting under a ceramic heat lamp and a UVB 5.0 lamp, and even his bigger mice are now being supplemented with no D3 Calcium. Do yoy guys have any other tips to make him grow better? I am so offput by it. I wish I had been a better owner.
