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Hey guys, i got a Hybrid, RedxBlue tegu today!! he is a pretty big and very flighty, i just wanted to share, I know NicoleRussell advised me to stick with tegus instead of getting Niles, so i took her advice, I traded 3 of my snakes, which happen to be all of them, in for it, all of the snakes i had i got very cheap, below wholesale so it wasn't a big deal to me, but when i touch the tegu's head, he opens his mouth, will he stop doing this once i handle him and get him away from his Flighty moods? thanks! i'll post pics first thing in the morning, or in a few hours when i get back!
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one more thing, what's the best way to tame and then train monitors and tegus, i heard from alot of ppl that monitors and tegus can learn their names and answer to it, is this true? any help would be great, i want my tegu very tame and very trained, thanks!
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Tegus are (dependant of course on the species) very tameable and intelligent animals. My daughter Olivia who is 4 plays with Nico my male when she has no playmates. He is very patient with her and I really believe he realizes she's a child.
Both my tegus are smart, sweet and hungry
The blue cross you got is probably going to be gorgeous when he gets older and the colors start to come out. GREAT choice---he will not need such huge caging either. But they are addicting without a doubt
Let him be for a week if you can---keep the temps up because crosses need higher temps and make sure his hide is humid enough. If your setup is on the money (bulbs being important to baby tegus), and he begins to eat...and the temps are good---then in one week try the basic lizard thing (1-pet within the cage 2-lift up and pet within the cage 3- gently remove for short periods of time) do not move on to the next step until he does not flee from the previous one. This could take a little while but tegus are generally easier then any other lizards to tame.
Bribery works well too---find out his favorite foods (cooled scrambled eggs are usually popular) and give it a try hand feeding. Use tongs with a new animal---you have no idea at this point how he will react to your fingers. I still always make the children use hemostats when feeding the tegus---and basically the rule is tongs or stats are supposed to be used always (because they are not supposed to associate your hands with food), but I have to admit I hand feed my tegus with no problems. Everything from meatballs to chickens. The are wonderful animals.
Pick out a name??
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lol NICO?!!?!?! thats your tegu's name?? that's funny, Nico is my Savanna monitor's name yeah he's pretty big, i have pics already but i dont know how to post them, he is very beautiful, how do i post pics? help!! thanks for the advice though, i will definately tame him like that, thanks again!
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