Got my new Argentine Tegu!

[rrcoolj]

As much as I liked her when she is green, I think she is cuter now that she is pretty much black/light brown and white. She looks like a little adult.


Well she is still looks stunning, do you know which clutch she is from? Mine is from Roy x Purdy.

It escapes me. I never got an answer from Bobby when I asked him. I forget the names of his tegu pairs but i bet I could weed it out. Riley was much smaller than most tegus when I got her so i assumed she was from a different clutch than Roy x Purdy which most people get theirs from.

@HIPIZZLE- I don't think I could rename her. I would just forget what I named her and it would be confusing. I always seem to get female animals now that I think of it.

 

[olllie]

nice tegu...mind if I ask a general tegu question? Do ALL species of tegu need plants in their diet? I would love if I could find a completely carnivorous one whose diet would not change with age.

The golden tegu (Tupinambis teguixin), is a complete carnivore.
As juvenile it eats mostly insects, changing to little mamals, fish and herps when bigger.
And though the Argentine is a beauty, the golden is IMO more so.
But yours is a stunner, Citri!

 

[armaggedonx]

I'd get a tegu if they weren't so frickin' expensive! They look so cool and are way more docile than monitors etc

 

[Citrinellus]

I'd get a tegu if they weren't so frickin' expensive! They look so cool and are way more docile than monitors etc

Not that expensive, I got mine for only $150 and that included the shipping.

The golden tegu (Tupinambis teguixin), is a complete carnivore.
As juvenile it eats mostly insects, changing to little mamals, fish and herps when bigger.
And though the Argentine is a beauty, the golden is IMO more so.
But yours is a stunner, Citri!

I forgot about golds/columbians being strictly carnivorea and thanks

 

[BlackShark11k]

any updated pix?

 

[Citrinellus]

any updated pix?

I'll try to get some pictures this weekend and upload them.

 

[Citrinellus]

Here are some pictures, I measured her at 19". She has a fully belly from her favorite meal of chicken hearts and gizzards. I have a feeling she'll be hibernating soon because she is spending a good few hours napping under the substrate during the day.

 

[A. gigas]

she's lookin' good!

 

[rrcoolj]

Tis the season,

My tegu barely comes out anymore and has gotten even lazier. She sleeps like half the day most days.

 

[latshki]

shes gettin big!!!