A question for breeders

Lucille · Member Joined: Dec 27, 2007 Posts: 63

Are baby tegus ordinarily tame? I know even a modest breeder of tegus might have 20o or more tegus every breeding season, it would seem difficult to give each one of the little guys enough handling time to get them calm. How do y'all do it, or are they sweet natured as tiny babies?

CptnTightPants · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject:

I've never bred tegus, but from my personal experience and everything I've read, they generally seem to be pretty wild as hatchlings. They generally seem to tame down very easily though
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Hellbound · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject:

Depends on what kind of tegus you are talkin about. Argentine tegus are over all pretty melow, even when young. Columbians seem to be wild and need some attention and time to tame. just my experience though.

plizardman · Member Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Posts: 25

I have found my baby B&W tegus to be flighty and nervous. This is as it should be. At baby size, they are prey to everything out there. As they grow bigger, they become more predator than prey, and they tend to be far more mellow. In any case, the more you work with them, the better they should behave. Personally, I leave my babies alone as they grow for the most part, and I begin to work with them when they are about one and a half to two feet long. Anyway, nervous is normal.