tegu inheritance

Star5790 · Member Joined: Mar 23, 2008 Posts: 13

hi guys, my name is Jason, my best friends have asked me to take there black and white Argentine tegu into my care. they are leaving the country, they are being stationed in Italy for three years by the air force.

i have owned 2 boas before, a Columbian and a Suriname red tail, but never a lizard and i know the tegus needs will be different than a constrictors. they recommended this forum to me to get some information. they have told me a lot about it themselves, but i thot i would stop in here and see what other knowledge i could garner from here. i personally believe that anyone who owns an exotic animal has to be prepared to provide everything necessary, any animal deserves the best care possibl, but exotic ones seem to have more needs that say a dog or a cat. i love reptiles, and i want to make sure i can give this tegu a good home. so ANY info would be very much appreciated. ill be building a cage, so suggestions on that would be great, suggestions on substrate and food would be great too. thx in advance for the help guys!

bubbasherps · Respected Member Joined: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 459

welcome to the tegu family

i seen the pictures of the female good looking tegu

Good luck with her

will find alot of info here and alot of help too

jeff
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bubbasherps · Respected Member Joined: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 459

just looking at some links from my site this one may help
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/51520_tegu-lizards-intro.htm
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txrepgirl · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Hi Jason.Welcome to the Tegu forum family.Is that Kat's Tegu that you have now ( Akwa ) ? I thought they already have a enclosure for the Tegu

.They send you to the right place to get a lot of infos

.Here are some infos for you.I had a nother care sheet but I must of some how deleted it.I'll try to find it.Hope it helps.Good luck.I found it.

http://rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_01.asp

http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/feeder-crickets-worms-rodents-roaches-and-more/

http://thetegu.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=35969#35969

http://www.cityreptiles.com/web_pages/care_sheets/lizard_care_sheets/tegu_care_sheet.htm

http://thetegu.com/postx5427-0-0.html

Star5790 · Member Joined: Mar 23, 2008 Posts: 13

yep its kats tegu akiva. i dont have her yet, i will be picking her up once i get a cage built,2 weeks maybe i would say.

the only reason i need a new cage for her is because the cage they have is literally 8ft by 4ft, im gonna have to make something a lil bit smaller, something like 5x3 maybe.

thx for all the links guys and the warm welcome as well.

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

Your welcome.Sorry,I didn't know that they changed her name.Since your enclosure is going to be so much smaller please make sure that Akiva gets to free roam a lot.

Star5790 · Member Joined: Mar 23, 2008 Posts: 13

yeah, ill be letting her out once shes a lil more friendly, she gets nippy cuz she always gets fed in her cage, so she assosciates the cage door opening with food. and she isnt that big, maybe 3 and a half feet with the tail, she wont get any bigger form what theyve told me since shes like 6 years old, so i think a slightly smaller enclousure will be ok. im not sure whether i am gonna use screen or lexan for the cage yet tho. im working on it.

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

I would build a enclosure out of wood and thick plexi glass because her enclosure needs to hold a lot of humidity or she will have shedding problems.If she doesn't shed properly the shed can get stuck on her and it will cut of the circulation and she can loose some toes or part of her tail.

Star5790 · Member Joined: Mar 23, 2008 Posts: 13

ok then ill use lexan, its cheaper than plexiglass and easier to work with. doesnt scratch as much when u clean it either. thx for the tip

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject:

Your welcome.We are going to start building ours beginning of next month.

Kat · Member Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Posts: 59

yeah dont make the mistake we did, and use a giant wide open door... bad idea.

btw shes not 6 lol shes 3 1/2 or so.

txrepgirl.. I dont remember telling anyone her name was Akwa maybe I just made a typo somewhere but I did notice you calling her that I figured maybe it was a mistake. haha. In etiher case, her name is Akiva

hehe.

btw jason you can take your time building the cage we're not going anywhere for 2 months maybe 3.

txrepgirl · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:06 am Post subject:

Hi Kat.Sorry about that.

Star5790 · Member Joined: Mar 23, 2008 Posts: 13

yeah i am takeing my time, i so far have only drawn up plans in photoshop. i wont have enough money for materials until i sell my old motherboard,proc, heatsink, and memory. once i do that im on my way to home depot. yay!

and u say 3and ahalf, does that mean she will get bigger? i hope so, and does anyone know if i can get a liazard leash and walk her in the sumemr? that would be awsome, i would get a kick out of that

txrepgirl · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject:

Yes,they do have lizard leashes.I already have one for mine.Just be careful when you put her out side on the ground she might bite you.My Leonidas is just 5 months old and I take him to the pet stores a lot but when I put him down on the ground for the first time and I wanted to pick him up he looked at me,jumped up and bit me ( he never bit me before ).I had to drag him inside with the leash.But as soon as we came inside he looked at me like what just happened so I picked him up and he crawled up my arm and licked my cheek.Now when we go out side he is hiding under my shirt and sticks his head out of my collar.

Kat · Member Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Posts: 59

Jay get one at Pet Supplies Plus, just besure its tight on her, she might take off and good luck catching her. haha.

I am pretty sure shes full grown at this point