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Reptilezoo · New Member Joined: Dec 10, 2007 Posts: 4

Hi,
I'm Luke and I've been owning reptiles for 5 years now. I have a wide collection of reptiles including uromastyx occelatus and geyri, rankin's dragons, leopard and hermanns tortoises, yemen chameleons (hypermelanistic and piebalds), fiji iguanas, white's tree frogs, amazonian milk frogs, ackies and not forgetting my recently purchased lizards....my two b&w argie Tegus. I hope to learn a lot from you experienced keepers, and maybe, eventually, help others.

Many thanks, Luke:

here's my hypermelanistic chameleon:

and here's one of my tegus (the male):

greentriple · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject:

OK, this is a message to all multi rep keepers. How do you afford your electric bill????

Reptilezoo · New Member Joined: Dec 10, 2007 Posts: 4

with a alot of stress and bad dreams lol

spencer · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject:

that looks to be a red arg tegu because b&w would be a ton darker and ive noticed the patern to be a bit different with the b&w's and the reds so i just thinks its a red
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WhiskeyTango · Member Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 41

Hello and welcome!

I thought fiji igs were illegal to keep?

Reptilezoo · New Member Joined: Dec 10, 2007 Posts: 4

Hi,
I was told it was a B&W by the breeder, but I don't mind, just as long as I have them (even though it bit me the other day.....

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Fijis aren't illegal to keep here in the UK as long as they come with a Cites certificate. Wonderful creatures.

Thanks

Luke

Ben3233 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject:

Hey youre welcome!

You have a beautiful Chameleon. I just have a question about it. Is it true that manipulating a Chameleon reduce his life esperance? I mean, I heard that manipulated Chameleon have a shorter life than Chameleon that aren't manipulated?

Is it a myth or a fact?

Thank you ! Welcome again!

Ben3233:D

Reptilezoo · New Member Joined: Dec 10, 2007 Posts: 4

Thanks again.
I can't really comment on that because I haven't had one of these chameleons die of old age yet, but I have heard that manipulating them does shorten their life span, but I can't be certain to say. Sorry

Luke

amazing · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:39 am Post subject:

welcome from germany, too

electric-bill, heh.. the herp-nightmare

greetz
andreas

txrepgirl · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:07 am Post subject:

Welcome to the Tegu forum (family) and congrats on your new babies

.I'm with spencer,your Tegu does look like it is a red one.If it is good luck because they are a little harder to take care of because they need a little bit more of a different diet because of there collar.I have two arg.bw.Tegus and they don't look like that.They are more bw.But if you can take care of them the right way than it doesn't matter what they are as long as you are happy with them.I hope you are going to enjoy them as much as I have mine.Take care.