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09-20-2004, 01:29 AM
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Tegu Training
hey guys, i hear alot of reports from monitor owners and herp lovers that you can train a monitor or tegu to learn their name and answer, is this possible? what else can you train a monitor or tegu to do? all suggestions and comments will be great, thanks!
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09-20-2004, 02:17 AM
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call the animal---offer food each time (something small in ration and a personal favorite offred only when the animal responds)...food is usually a great learning tool with tegus.
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09-20-2004, 02:20 AM
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oh but how would i feed him? just straight out of my hand? or would i call him and then place food in front of him?
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09-20-2004, 02:32 AM
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buy a pair of hemostats or tongs...and "hand" feed him this way. Also when you feed him and place the food down use his name as an indication he will be getting fed.
I know of some tegu owners that use a bell---they ring it each time they feed the animal and soon the tegu comes running when the bell is rung--helps when the animal is no where to be found LOL
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09-20-2004, 05:12 AM
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wow, you guys have thought of it all, sounds like Pavlov's Dogs, maybe history repeats itself in more ways than one! lol im working on pics of my tegu right now!
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09-20-2004, 05:27 AM
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there we gooooo!
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09-20-2004, 11:09 AM
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what's his size ? is that a green head still?
Cute---prepare yourself for a much larger pet LOL
Baby tegus are so darn cute!
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09-20-2004, 01:32 PM
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He is pretty big, still young, yeah a lil greenish red on his head, he's starting to quiet down now, not as flighty as before i think he's getting used to me, lol yeah I can't wait till he get's bigger, do you walk Nico on a leash?? or does he just follow you? and did you train him to do anything? thanks for the suggestions on training my tegu, i'm going to tame him down first, and then work on training him, i like the idea of calling him by name, and the bell ringing would work good if i can't find him, but wouldnt calling his name work the same? I DUNNO WHAT TO NAME HIM?? help?! i like the name Nico but that's my savanna's name and your tegu is already named that lol, i want something new!
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09-20-2004, 04:43 PM
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yeah I walk both Nico and Rocco on leahses when they are outside I use dog harnesses. But this was before I moved--I was in NYC and I couldn't risk loosing him. Now my property is so large and open and grassy I can walk with him out in the open--but not till the spring. It's too darn cold here already 
He's a blue/red cross? What about something patriotic? Or am I thinking about another tegu? |
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