getting tegu

ianrambell · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject:

it got here okay its not very active just laying under the basking light you will have to email me at ianrambell@gmail.com for pics i dont know if they had heat packs it was sent to my dads work he took it home and put it in its cage how long should i wait till i feed it it will be a few days to name its head is very green almost a little blue its body has some red to

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

Hi ian, I'm very happy to hear your tegu arrived. just to make sure do you have one end of the tank (basking end) 90 - 110 and the other end of the tank (cool end) 65 - 70 where you can keep a hide box. here is a very good video made by one of our members on how you can make a hide box and it doesn't cost alot ..

shedding & humidity hidebox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfoK8XKHss

you can offer him food and naturally water now. hatchlings need to eat everyday until they are full. tegu hatchlings are meat eaters their first year. you can offer him some crickets (a couple at a time as to not stress him out), captive raised roaches, mealworms, ground turkey, pinkie mice and maybe some cooked hard boiled or scrambled egg.

here is some help on how to get pics up on here:

http://thetegu.com/contentid-1.html

http://thetegu.com/contentid-25.html

http://thetegu.com/contentid-25.html

I hope everything is going well. don't hesitate to ask anything

ianrambell · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

i named it rex i just decided to give her a roach to see if rex would it it she ate 5 then we happend to have chicken for supper rex ate 4 little pecies then dident eat anymorewent and basked then checked out her cave i made she loves it kinda skinny but ill fatin her up i like her a lot so far not used to the leather type skin as for shipping she came in a little box not styrofoam on the outside some of that popin stuff no heat packs she was in a diel cup with a little paper towl she looked like she got banged around very clumbsy when she came out but now shes walkin fine now i like her little snake shes driking water she seems fine and i got a thermostat thing that tells the temp and humid the digital kind and heat measure from pro excoitics it hasent got here yet

agallegos37 · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:21 am Post subject:

lol I guess people in Nebraska don't believe in punctuation? jk

BUT, I'm glad to hear that your little tegu is eating well! You should post up pictures!

You can host them at a site like www.photobucket.com and then use the [IMG] code they give you to post them in the forums

laurarfl · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

Yikes, don't mean to tease, but paragraphs and punctuation do help us to read the posts a bit better! More white space is easier on the eyes.

Some of us are old, LOL!
_________________
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

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

ohhh, it's probably just the excitement of having his first tegu; right ian ?

is everything going well ?

laurarfl · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

New tegus ARE very exciting! I named my new one "Rexie", too. Agama is known as a good breeder, but the sons are running the business right now and may do things differently than Bert did.

I hope things are going well. It sounds like you have a lot of pet care experience and great parents to help out!

_________________
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

ianrambell · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject:

well he isent doing things right

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

what's going on, ian ?

ianrambell · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

oh nothing its just the shipping part

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

is rex acting ok ? just checking again, do you have the UVB light for him ?

txrepgirl · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:47 am Post subject:

I'm so happy that you finally got your Tegu

.Hope all is well with both of you.Thanks for keeping us posted.Don't forget that if you ever need any thing to let us know.Maybe your dad or mom can come on this forum,too,and read about how to post some pics so they can help you with that.Tell them both hi from me.How do your parents like Rex so far ?

ianrambell · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

im woried beacause when he came he could barley move his legs and still cant my dad is asking for my money back i fell bad but his service wasent good at all but hes pooping fine are there anyother sites that sell healthy fat black and white tegus and shipping is good

laurarfl · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject:

Ian, I pm'ed you, check your messages. it's been over 24 hrs. Does he eat, drink, stay in the basking spot?
_________________
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

ianrambell · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject:

hes not eating but drinking having a hard time getting around dragging his but on the ground was like this when we got him right now he dosent look good at all has barley moved just basks stays in one place all day all night until i try to feed him it must have been the 2 day shipping part and 38 degrees at nite