Here kitty,kitty...chomp?

[LizardLover]

My buddy told me that when my Argentine B&W Tegu gets big it's possible that it might eat my cat! (He said that it's possible for all large, carnivorous lizards.)
If I had like a ferret or something then ok, maybe I can see that happening, but a cat?? How concerned and cautious should I be?

[Dr.Oviparous]

lol. Nope. They *might* attack if provoked but they will not eat your cat.

[NicoleRussell]

LOL
The only time you should get hurt by a BWA tegu is when your feeding them insanely without tongs--- and it will be a mistake. if minehad to hunt to stay alive they would die slowly in some far corner of a jungle somewhere.
They are used to be fed dead prey on a plate.
Now if you train the animal to be nasty agressive by feeding live---who knows what could happen?

[LizardLover]

Thanks guys. Maybe kind of a stupid question, but my experience up til now has been with smaller lizards, and I just thought that I'd better be safe than sorry!

Nicole, because of all the positive stuff you've said about Argentine B&W Tegus, I've decided that I'm definitely going to go for that one!

But I'm curious about keeping large lizards together. Like, if in the future I decide that there's another type of lizard I'd like to get, would it be okay to let them both free roam? I've heard that different species may get along better than two of the same species. Anyone have any experience and/or input on this?

[TheOtherAndy]

I'm just going to say that getting any large herp with the intention of letting it "free roam" is not the brightest idea. Yes, people do it for years without issue. People also feed out live rats and use hot rocks with no issue. The fact that you have a cat roaming around already ratchets up the number of variables considerably, and then you ask about two different species of lizard "getting along" in that situation? Amazingly, nobody addressed the possibility of your tegu getting hurt, or your cat losing an eye when it gets tail whipped.

People get into big lizards with all sorts of half baked ideas, but this is one of the worst. If you don't want to keep your lizard in a cage (which is entirely understandable), give it a room of its own. Successful herp keeping is about giving the animal the tools it needs to thrive, in a way that is useful to it. If you want a house pet with scales, get your cat an alligator coat. :-p

[rustytotten]

hi, i recently got a b&w tegu, he's about 1.5 long, and eats like a pig!!!! I was just wondering how often & how many fuzzies others are feeding theirs. Any info would be helpful