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Originally Posted by mark7762
,, CBD,,top of the line , i am getting one for my carpet python ,end of summer ,, they are like having a peice of furniture , great display cages ,, ok i have ? , is it necasary to hibernate tegus , or they just do this on there own ?
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Thanks Mark.
It depends on what you are looking for. Not hibernating a tegu will cut it's life in half by 50%...meaning it will live 1/2 as long. But it will be awake more often.
Pros of hibernating:
*animal will reproduce later
*animal will live longer
*animal will sleep through ther winter giving you a break with food, electricity and allowing you to travel
*You can keep them outdoors (in many cases all year long) during the warm months avoiding electricity bills
Cons:
* you will miss your animal
* you will be petless all winter---try explaining this to visitors that want to see your "kewl" lizard
*you will not have to worry about wondering if their stomach is really empty, temps are just right so they don't freeze, and basker is available so they can do so if needed (food left in the tummy undigested, with no means of getting to heat will kill your animal)...this is really a concern of people keeping them indoors under artificial lights and heaters.
I do not hibernate them. They have been active and eating in the winters . With proper temps you will not have a problem keeping them up.
Leyla lives in Fla---and if you rely on southern temps (which is what Bert does as well) you have a tegu that will slip into brumation or at least act sleepy all winter long (you have no control---ask Bert his tegus will suprise him each year and come out of brumation at their own rate).
I live in NY and have the tegus indoors---heat cranking---CHE's set on each night over their hides.
May not make sense at first but northem people are more reliant on their heating apparatus' therefore the tegus have a stable temp environment, allowing one to gage their behavior more
