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You would have to tell us more about his set-up such as temps, diet, etc. so we can help you with that end. Of course, if an animal is not doing well, nothing beats a trip to a good reptile vet. A vet is going to be vastly more help than anyone on the Internet.

He needs to have good basking spot with a surface temp of 120-130, humidity of around 70-80% to help with the shed that may be constricting around his toes. The reason why a vet is so helpful right now is because he do an examination and find out if your tegu is slowing down for winter and not eating as much or if he is having health issues such as low calcium that is decreasing his appetite. Any food without bones should be well supplemented with calcium, and the tegu needs access to a quality UVB source or oral Vit D supplementation. Perhaps a bask in the sun for about an hour and some calcium rich food may perk him up a bit.

<blockquote data-quote="laurarfl" data-source="post: 141793" data-attributes="member: 401">You would have to tell us more about his set-up such as temps, diet, etc. so we can help you with that end. Of course, if an animal is not doing well, nothing beats a trip to a good reptile vet. A vet is going to be vastly more help than anyone on the Internet.He needs to have good basking spot with a surface temp of 120-130, humidity of around 70-80% to help with the shed that may be constricting around his toes. The reason why a vet is so helpful right now is because he do an examination and find out if your tegu is slowing down for winter and not eating as much or if he is having health issues such as low calcium that is decreasing his appetite. Any food without bones should be well supplemented with calcium, and the tegu needs access to a quality UVB source or oral Vit D supplementation. Perhaps a bask in the sun for about an hour and some calcium rich food may perk him up a bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="laurarfl, post: 141793, member: 401"] You would have to tell us more about his set-up such as temps, diet, etc. so we can help you with that end. Of course, if an animal is not doing well, nothing beats a trip to a good reptile vet. A vet is going to be vastly more help than anyone on the Internet. He needs to have good basking spot with a surface temp of 120-130, humidity of around 70-80% to help with the shed that may be constricting around his toes. The reason why a vet is so helpful right now is because he do an examination and find out if your tegu is slowing down for winter and not eating as much or if he is having health issues such as low calcium that is decreasing his appetite. Any food without bones should be well supplemented with calcium, and the tegu needs access to a quality UVB source or oral Vit D supplementation. Perhaps a bask in the sun for about an hour and some calcium rich food may perk him up a bit. [/QUOTE]

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