two year old tegu

[jntann]

Hi. the first two years my tegu ate very day. now that she has stoped growing so rapidly, i put food out and it just gets wasted some days she eats some of it . and other days she won't eat any of the food like she is not hungry. how often should I feed and when. if it is bad weather she stays in her heateed hide box and does not come out or if it is cloudy. I live in Arizona so most days are sunny and hot so she is out. i just can't tell how often to feed her. a lot of food gets wasted.here are some pics.

 

[jntann]

Can anyone help me?

 

[BOOZER]

NO prob jus feed 2wice a week should be fine!!!

 

[Leonidas21]

Sorry I cant help you but I have to say thats one nice tegu.

 

[All_American]

wow, look at the size of that tail, its as round as she is. You should not need to feed so often. every two to three days will be fine.

 

[i0r]

What kind of food are you offering her?? I mean she definitely does not look underfed. Tail is big and fat. But they are picky eaters, and if you repeat same food without a bit of variety she could get bored with that food.

 

[bubbategu2]

Obviously, you're not doing anything wrong-that's a nice looking tegu!!

 

[jmiles50]

She looks great! Whatever you're doing seems to be working!

 

[jntann]

Hi, I feed baby dino raw chicken and ground turkey live mice some raw fish and sometimes an egg. but she lives in an out side cage with a heated hide box so she gets lots of sun light she will not eat fruit unless I shred it and put it in the turkey, then i let out in the yard to roam about four times a week. she is very gentle except when she is killing the mice. she will attack the cat almost took the cats paw off once, the cat stays far away now. I keep the humidity up in the hide box only the cage is a six foot round water troff. the hide box is the brown part in the back of the cage. there is a 4 inch plastic pipe for her to go in and out and it has a lid in it so i can check on her.

 

[jntann]

 

[bubbategu2]

That looks like a perfect set-up. I wouldn't be too worried about her not eating as much as before-just so long as she doesn't stop entirely and continues to defecate. I think eating two or three times a week is fine. How hot do you think she getting?

 

[LouDog760]

Like its said above every two to three days or every other day. Just look for a pattern and see how often she hungry.

Does she stay outside during the summer? Isn't it to hot for her out there?

 

[omgtaylorg]

Isn't it to hot for her out there?

Thats what that pipe is for, used as a burrow im assuming incase she needs to cool off she will just go in the pipe and out again as needed.

And by the way Jntan, awesome tegu and awesome looking setup...appears to be one happy guu.

 

[LouDog760]

Well its still kinda of hot for a tegu out there during this time of the year. It will be high 90's to 100 easily for the next five months. Tegus come out in temp around 70 and high 80's and go underground when its in the 90's.

 

[jntann]

Hi I live at about 5000 foot levation in the mountians south of tucson. so it does not get that hot. the pipe goes underground into the hide box and I can keep it at 60 degrees with no heat but I keep it about 70. there is also a fountain on the left side of the cage that runs under some big rocks that she can hang out in and about half the cage is in the shade most of the day. more pics.

 

[LouDog760]

I see, that's awesome. That a good idea, I might need to build something like that.

 

[Dom3rd]

Once i have a home that i own and dont rent i will do an out door enclosure

 

[jntann]

Hi. baby dino is eating better now that I am feeding her mice she is eating every other day with no left overs , no wasted food....

 

[bubbategu2]

Baby dino is so so pretty! I just love his/her looks!! Where did you get him from?

 

[jntann]

Thank you, I got her. {but now I am thinking maybe it might be a boy} at a pet shop. [Reptile Specialists] in Tucson Arizona. I haven't seen to many around here. I don't see the bumps on the under side behind the back legs but it seems like the jowels seem to look bigger. any one care to guess.