A little worried

txrepgirl · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:22 am Post subject:

Yes,and it didn't work because sometimes they just lay around and they eat less and there are times that after they ate and they roam around a lot they get hungry again.

laurarfl · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

I fill mine up, too, txrepgirl.

My little one runs around all day, too. I noticed him/her the other day and saw a real pinched in tail, but she's at a good weight. I think it's just a growth thing.

Sorry about the distracting shirt pic! It's the only shot from above that I had to try to show that pinched in tail. The little one has a much more pronounced pinch.
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0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
0.2.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.0.0 Red Tegu
1.0.0 Green Amevia (yet another teiid)
8 other lizards
1 little gator
13 snakes
4 frogs
some bugs
and a partridge in a pear tree

Alek · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject:

I sometimes forget that all tegus have there own personality :lol: I guess I have been lucky but being that I rescued my male I can understand about food agression when he finally got a good meal at my house he eat it up like he was angree.

greentriple · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject:

here's the picture, finally. What do you think?

http://www.thetegu.com/a384p19
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laurarfl · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:

I think he looks great! He has a nice fat tail, chubby legs, and a plump belly. I think it's just tegu anatomy.

By the way, nice enclosure. It's outdoor, right? Do you have any behavior problems with that? I hear of so many tegs kept outside that get a little wild streak.
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Laura R (FL)
0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
0.2.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.0.0 Red Tegu
1.0.0 Green Amevia (yet another teiid)
8 other lizards
1 little gator
13 snakes
4 frogs
some bugs
and a partridge in a pear tree

greentriple · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject:

Let me tell you this, if I had it to do again I'd have waited until he was much older and "tamer" before putting him outside. He's not so much wild ans he is uninterested in human interaction while he's outside. I tend to bring him in on the weekends and he hangs out under the couch or in the linen closet, but to get him out of his enclosure I have to take my time, put him in a pillow case and then release him indoors. Alas, it seems cruel to change things now, so I don't intend on putting him back in an indoor cage.

BTW - thanks for the comments.
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txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:28 am Post subject:

I think so,too, Ricardo.He looks great.We desided to keep Leonidas and Zeus inside but let them free roam allot outside when whe are outside,too.