My 4x 2x 2 DIY Tegu Cage
The exterior is painted with Killz and the interior is painted with Drylock. The bottom is water tight (holds water). There is a 20 x 20 screen opening on the top and a 6 x 20 screen opening on each side. Her cage is currently on the back deck/balcony (upstairs).
A general idea of the décor in the tank
Her peeking out of her preferred hide
Please excuse her fat belly she ate not long before these pictures were taken and relieved herself shortly after She is chubby, but not normally as fat as in these pics
Close up of her
Giving you the tongue
Her body is a hair over 7 long (nose to back legs)
It takes two hands to measure her fully body at 19.5, but this gives you the basic idea
She was captive bred/born last spring and I received her when she was 3 weeks old and looked like this
She hibernated from Late October until Early April this was the first time I ever had an animal that hibernated freaky
She eats either raw ground Turkey & Egg yolk or fuzzy mice (live or frozen) As adults they eat some fruit & greens but so far she shows little to no interest
Despite the fact I only hold her a couple of times a week and she eats in her cage She is incredibly tame. She hasnt even tried to bite me once and was just darling when she went to the Reptile Days at a local college this spring.
Shes growing like a darn weed and is already closing in on 8 (body) & is just over 21 full length only 10 days after the above pics were taken.
Anyone interested in keeping a very friendly large lizard I highly suggest looking into Argentinean Black & White Tegus Mine came from Bobby at Varnyard Tegus who I would highly recommend dealing with as a breeder/supplier
The exterior is painted with Killz and the interior is painted with Drylock. The bottom is water tight (holds water). There is a 20 x 20 screen opening on the top and a 6 x 20 screen opening on each side. Her cage is currently on the back deck/balcony (upstairs).
A general idea of the décor in the tank
Her peeking out of her preferred hide
Please excuse her fat belly she ate not long before these pictures were taken and relieved herself shortly after She is chubby, but not normally as fat as in these pics
Close up of her
Giving you the tongue
Her body is a hair over 7 long (nose to back legs)
It takes two hands to measure her fully body at 19.5, but this gives you the basic idea
She was captive bred/born last spring and I received her when she was 3 weeks old and looked like this
She hibernated from Late October until Early April this was the first time I ever had an animal that hibernated freaky
She eats either raw ground Turkey & Egg yolk or fuzzy mice (live or frozen) As adults they eat some fruit & greens but so far she shows little to no interest
Despite the fact I only hold her a couple of times a week and she eats in her cage She is incredibly tame. She hasnt even tried to bite me once and was just darling when she went to the Reptile Days at a local college this spring.
Shes growing like a darn weed and is already closing in on 8 (body) & is just over 21 full length only 10 days after the above pics were taken.
Anyone interested in keeping a very friendly large lizard I highly suggest looking into Argentinean Black & White Tegus Mine came from Bobby at Varnyard Tegus who I would highly recommend dealing with as a breeder/supplier
The only recomendacion is that you diversify its diet more with ocasional big bugs as well as thouse fruits and veggies wich are really important. You could do a mush with groundup turkey and some fruits and vegies and gradualy increase the veggys content.
