TEGU BEEN GONE FOR TWO WEEKS NOW!!!!

[jarett_Harrison]

My baby has been missing for two weeks now! I went to visit my grampa in canada for a week and a half and when i come back my parents tell me that my tegu has been gone since the day after i left!!!! I did a thorough search throught the house and no luck! I moved book shelves, moved the fridge, tore apart my room and took everything but the cages out and no ttegu! I was afraid i smelled a dead tegu when i went in my room this morning but it turns out my fridge was unpluged and some mice went rotten... :bang im not sure what to do. im getting close to going on the hunt for a new baby. i lifted couches and everything with no luck! searched the aundry room and the bathroom and closets. Iv put food out for him but in the evening there is none gone. im afraid hes either gotten out side or a cat got him.. :shock: any help?

 

[GOT_TEGUS]

sorry bro you can try puttin a plate of food on the floor sparkle some flour around the food plate. if he comes to the food will be easy to track. Cats are not good for GUs i hope the cat didnt get the GU. good luck bro

 

[jarett_Harrison]

i know. my floor is covered in flour. i havent been sleeping out there to try and track him and there isnt even a foot print.

 

[GOT_TEGUS]

i know. my floor is covered in flour. i havent been sleeping out there to try and track him and there isnt even a foot print.

sorry bro you got to think like a little GU. lay down on the floor look for any small hiding places heat vents , under loose carpet any thing that is difficult to move my experience with doing herp rescues is keep looking and look at their level . good luck

 

[crazyskohl]

he might have gone down the toilet

 

[crazyskohl]

hey also put food out and he might come

 

[jarett_Harrison]

no im very sure that didnt happen. that would suck though. my mom just told me there is some blood on the floor in the kitchen. cant tell from what though. now i need to chase the cats and see what they have. pray its not my tegu

 

[simon021]

Not to offer an extremely obvious suggestion, but you have taken all the mulch out of his tank right? He's not just down for hibernation? Tis the season ya know...

Otherwise it sounds like you have scoured the house for it. Not sure what else to tell you I guess. The flour idea is the best thing I've heard for finding a tegu. If he's loose in the house, he will need to eat. A basking lamp and some food would be the best way to try to lour him out.

I wish you the best of luck!

 

[MIKE-ZILLA]

he might have gone down the toilet

Its possible. how did he escape? If the cage was secure he had to be removed by someone. but if you really think he escaped you could try a small animal trap. Bait it with whatever food your tegu likes the most.

 

[jarett_Harrison]

well i have good and bad news. i found my tegu...... bad news is he is in horrible condition. Hes multiple cuts that are bleeding pretty bad. im about to take him to the A&M emergency vet. ill try to update as im there on my phone.

 

[MIKE-ZILLA]

sorry to hear that. If hes a brand new tegu that you havent bonded with that much, you may want to put him down and start with a new one rather than have a huge vet bill and he still may not make a complete recovery.sorry about that.

 

[Meg90]

What happened to him? Was it the cats?

 

[laurarfl]

Cats mouths harbor nasty bacteria, so I would at least clean his wounds and keep them moist with Neosporin to try and prevent a nasty abscess.

 

[jarett_Harrison]

Well I was bonded with him. But I decided it would be best to put him down. I don't mind paying the huge vet bill if it will save him bu the vet said that he may not survive just from the severity of his injurys. I feel so bad I didn't secure his cage to start with. I learned my lesson at the cost if norberts life.

 

[MIKE-ZILLA]

weel dont feel too bad. just take it as a lesson learned and next season GET YOU ANOTHER TEGU! :roon

 

[VenomVipe]

Dude, I am so sorry.

 

[laurarfl]

So sorry....

 

[GOT_TEGUS]

Sorry bro hard lesson to learned.

 

[wyattroa]

yeah this sucks..its hard once your bonded to an animal and to let them go.
robert