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As a sort of update on how I'm keeping him:
His tank is spotless, I fed him a hopper,a few hunks of ground beef with a calcium+D3 supplement mixed in for his meal today, I'm going to get some blueberries at the store tomorrow since I know he likes them. I try to vary his diet as much as possible, the past couple of days he hasnt had too much fruit/veggies but typically I try to offer a veggie or fruit with his meal. Currently he eats daily. I have 2 basking bulbs that keep his basking spot nice and toasty as well as one of those coil 26w UVB bulbs for "tropical" varieties. I know that these are not sufficient for tegus so I've done my best to supplement his D3 in his diet. I had read somewhere on this site that you had kept a tegu its entire life without using any UVB bulbs so I shouldnt be too worried about getting a larger/better light until hes larger right?
this is his 75gallon tank, come christmas he's getting a new water dish, a more permanent/natural looking hide and a variety of other things so basically a whole new tank setup

<blockquote data-quote="misterpc23" data-source="post: 143865" data-attributes="member: 4699">As a sort of update on how I'm keeping him:His tank is spotless, I fed him a hopper,a few hunks of ground beef with a calcium+D3 supplement mixed in for his meal today, I'm going to get some blueberries at the store tomorrow since I know he likes them. I try to vary his diet as much as possible, the past couple of days he hasnt had too much fruit/veggies but typically I try to offer a veggie or fruit with his meal. Currently he eats daily. I have 2 basking bulbs that keep his basking spot nice and toasty as well as one of those coil 26w UVB bulbs for &quot;tropical&quot; varieties. I know that these are not sufficient for tegus so I've done my best to supplement his D3 in his diet. I had read somewhere on this site that you had kept a tegu its entire life without using any UVB bulbs so I shouldnt be too worried about getting a larger/better light until hes larger right?<img src="http://i.imgur.com/NXTHVo1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> this is his 75gallon tank, come christmas he's getting a new water dish, a more permanent/natural looking hide and a variety of other things so basically a whole new tank setup <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="misterpc23, post: 143865, member: 4699"] As a sort of update on how I'm keeping him: His tank is spotless, I fed him a hopper,a few hunks of ground beef with a calcium+D3 supplement mixed in for his meal today, I'm going to get some blueberries at the store tomorrow since I know he likes them. I try to vary his diet as much as possible, the past couple of days he hasnt had too much fruit/veggies but typically I try to offer a veggie or fruit with his meal. Currently he eats daily. I have 2 basking bulbs that keep his basking spot nice and toasty as well as one of those coil 26w UVB bulbs for "tropical" varieties. I know that these are not sufficient for tegus so I've done my best to supplement his D3 in his diet. I had read somewhere on this site that you had kept a tegu its entire life without using any UVB bulbs so I shouldnt be too worried about getting a larger/better light until hes larger right? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NXTHVo1.jpg[/IMG] this is his 75gallon tank, come christmas he's getting a new water dish, a more permanent/natural looking hide and a variety of other things so basically a whole new tank setup :p [/QUOTE]

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