My Extreme Giant Tegu Hatchling (PIC HEAVY)

Greetings to all my Bedlamites out there on the ScorpionForum. Sorry for the recent inactivity, the real world has been hell lately but nothing to concern yourself with. Unfortunately I did make some bad decisions and one of them was departing (reluctantly) with all of my 35+ emperors . Things have been better though and while on a bike ride from work I ran across what I believe to be a C. Gracilis. I'll post photos of that on another thread.

Now to stay on topic! Awhile back a user on here named leiurusSaleen820 posted a thread on his pets and showed 2 of his B&W tegus. I had never heard of these creatures before but I wanted one. So like any responsible future pet owner I researched them and BAM! Purchased one of my own. Here is my 3 Week old Extreme Giant Tegu I just received on the 20th. I believe 'him' to be a male. I've named him Kush (No correlation to C. Sativa.)

Basking:

 

Eating Liver:

 

Other:

 

His Enclosure is my 150 gallon I've mentioned here on the forum before.


Him posing

Nice B! I told you it would be alright. He looks to be a happy fellow. That liver looks gross though... Like milk with meat in.

Streettrash wrote:

Nice B! I told you it would be alright. He looks to be a happy fellow. That liver looks gross though... Like milk with meat in.

Thank you Street, the Liver is dusted with repti-cal

That makes sense. Looks sort of like that coconut curry stuff.

Awesome B
He looks like he's the size of my 1 yr old
Congrats again they really are great pets

tegus are [sexing] awesome

B, she's BEAUTIFUL! SOOOO JEALOUS!

I stand corrected, HE is Beautiful. LOL

WyattEarp4137 wrote:

I stand corrected, HE is Beautiful. LOL

Aha, thank you man.

What a doll!!!

They have a hug one at my LPS that you can hold and he's such a sweetie............big claws tho lol

beautiful!
what kind of tegu is that? how big will its adult form be?wont a tegu need like a custom made enclosure when they get bigger?

shining wrote:

beautiful!
what kind of tegu is that? how big will its adult form be?wont a tegu need like a custom made enclosure when they get bigger?

Extreme Giant (Chacoan), 5+ and yes. The new enclosure is a work in progress.

sweeeeeeeetttt!!!!!
how big is the custom built one going to be?
what are you making it out of?
im interested as i always wanted some type of monitor and that one is a beauty.

I think I'm looking at an 8x4x4. I haven't gotten the supplies just yet but it will be a standard cage. Laminated wood on a 200$ budget. Thanks man I appreciate it. I've only had him a week and I love him like a son. So far so good and now I want all kinds of lizards. Gotta be smart and take the time though.

they are pretty assertive to their surroundings.like a reptile puppy!
itd be hard not to grow attached to em like a child.