You'd be looking at total soil weight of at least 4,800 lbs. at that depth in a 4' x 8' x 4' enclosure.
Most personable snake?
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You'd be looking at total soil weight of at least 4,800 lbs. at that depth in a 4' x 8' x 4' enclosure.
I have a breeding group of tegus, they arnt a good first pet, and too get them social, takes a long time. But if your super serious about one, make sure you have an enclosure thats atleast 10' long or bigger 8' deep and a few ft high, i got all mine as hatchlings and they grew a foot and a half the first two years, make sure there diet has a lot of variety and not just rodents ! Goodluck on your little guy 
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I read that you want to use something more like cocoa husk chips than actual soil. Wouldn't this be lighter?
And at that size wouldn't most people make something more of an enclosure/pen than an actual glass tank, anyway?
I have a breeding group of tegus, they arnt a good first pet, and too get them social, takes a long time. But if your super serious about one, make sure you have an enclosure thats atleast 10' long or bigger 8' deep and a few ft high, i got all mine as hatchlings and they grew a foot and a half the first two years, make sure there diet has a lot of variety and not just rodents ! Goodluck on your little guy
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Wow I bet that's awesome! It wouldn't be a first pet by any means, but it'd be the first lizard I've had since I was young. And I'm all about variety in a pet's diet and will make sure it gets plenty of calcium, etc. Like I said, I plan to handle it every day from the time I get it, assuming I'm in town. And if not, will have whoever is watching my pets do so.
How long would you say it takes to socialize a tegu? 2 years?
Also, what kind do you keep/breed? I wish I could find blues, but they seem very rare.
It took me 6-9 months to get them to really be excited when they saw me, like to get out there inner puppy dog, i spent about an hour a day with them. I breed argentine reds and black and whites, i wish i could breed blues !! If you even leave them alone for 3 days staight while trying to socalize i find it really slows down progress
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I've got to totally disagree with this. As a "herper" for decades, I really want to point out how this is just patently not true. Every animal has it's own characteristics and to a degree, personality.
I'm not saying that any reptile really "enjoys" human companionship, but as someone mentioned earlier, some tolerate it better than others.
I've handled any number of snakes that were far, far calmer and more manageable than many of the lizards I've worked with. Nile monitors, for example, tend as a whole to be far less "pettable" than the vast majority of corn/bull snakes I've known.
And even that is just a generalization. I'm sure someone probably has dealt with a "friendly" Nile...I've just not met them yet. But lizards aren't inherently more "pettable" nor friendly than snakes.
And with that said...Bull/Gopher snakes have often been more "personable" a lot of times. They have a habit of raising their heads up off the cage floor to get a view of things when something moves in their environment that makes them SEEM like they're glad to see you. Hognoses normally calm down relatively quickly in captivity as well, and of course Corn snakes are pretty well known for a mild temperment too.
You'll want to follow the same 50/50 sand/soil mix that's recommended for monitors for a tegu; it provides the best burrowing substrate that also maintains a decent humidity level.
Also, "petability" is kind of a relative term. One of my monocled cobras could be considered "petable," due to his calm demeanor, but I'm certainly not going to pet him on the head. Same goes for something like a monitor or tegu to a lesser extent; you can get them to that level of calmness, but you still run the risk of losing a finger or getting some nasty gashes if it decides to lash out.
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Also, "petability" is kind of a relative term. One of my monocled cobras could be considered "petable," due to his calm demeanor, but I'm certainly not going to pet him on the head. Same goes for something like a monitor or tegu to a lesser extent; you can get them to that level of calmness, but you still run the risk of losing a finger or getting some nasty gashes if it decides to lash out.
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