nico this morning

[NicoleRussell]

Everytime I take the camera out Rocco is sleeping...

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[Leyla]

Hey Nicole....

WOW Nico got bigger too!!!! Meego is now eating juvie rats, chicken gizzards, just about anything actually!! lol

Nice to see a recent pic of yours!

Ley x

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[mark7762]

HELLO , Nicole ,nice lookin tegu !! i want one !!! but i have no room right now ,,that look's like a nice cage too


2.0 rtb
0.1 rtb
1.0 gopher
1.0 jungle carpet python
1.0 black throat monitor

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[NicoleRussell]

hey thanks Mark it's a CBD

[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 ?

thanks for the cage pic

[ecwredtail]

cool liz nicole didnt really know what a tegu looked like till now thanx

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[Leyla]

Hey Mark,

It was my first winter experience with a tegu this year, I found it really difficult to prevent him from hibernating. As I have no immediate plans to breed meego, and because I'd miss him so much, I decided to keep him up through the winter months. He slowed down a whole lot, and wasn't eating much, and when he went to sleep at night, we would have to wake him up in the morning, instead of him getting up by himself. So that should answer your question, if left alone they will definitly hibernate.

Hope this helps...

Ley x

Do you have any recent pics of Sulley--with a size comparison (like a pack of cigs or a spoon) so I can see how large he got?

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[NicoleRussell]

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 ?

thanks for the cage pic

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