What is your Red Tegu like?

[dragonqueen4]

Hi guys! I have a young black and white argentine tegu. I was thinking of getting a red because I think they are such awesome lizards. I was talking to someone tonight who knows someone with a really large red. He says its a complete savage and he seems to have a negative opinion on tegus. Im just wondering if some of you could tell some of your experiences with your tegus. As far as I knew, I thought they were really docile friendly lizards???

 

[alewis0890]

Reds can be just as tame as B&W's its in how you raise it and the actual tegus personality...

 

[brianratm]

I have a 4 month old Black and White and a 3 month old Red. I'd say the Black and White is already dog tame. He comes to my hand and closes his eyes when I pet him. The Red is very figidty and hyper. He runs from my hand. So far he seems to have a more nervous personality than my Black and White, but it could be that he is still getting used to me. I would agree that all have different personalities and it also has to do with how you raise them.

 

[Gx3]

I have a red and he is super tame. I handle him everyday (that he is awake) and never feed him live food or in his cage.

 

[omgtaylorg]

its honestly all about how you raise him, theres methods of taming like not feeding live, feeding in a different tank, putting a recently worn shirt in the cage for a few days, and handling daily. A red can get just as tame as a b&w easy, columbians are the only extremely tough ones to tame, some not even possible...but reds are very friendly if tamed correctly. Id say go for it, awesome colors

 

[DaveDragon]

Our 7 year old male Red is dog tame.

 

[dragonqueen4]

Thanks for the input!! I love my b/w so much I really want to get a red.. as soon as I have more space of course!!