Evil Lizards

[Jeremy Browning]

out of the huge variety of animals i work with gold tegus are the most rewarding.
Even though they're evil. However The other day i made a VERY painful mistake w/ a golden tegu. First off have you ever heard the phrase " there are three types of people in the world: Those who learn from books those who learn from others and those who just have to pee on the electric fence themselves" Well im the third type, and since i got my first golden tegu they told me to always wear very very thick gloves when you handle goldens. i listened. For awail.
Well last friday i finally no gloved it w/ an aggresive juvie. worst herpotology mistake EVER!!!!! it resulted in profuse bleeding and he held my finger and wouldent let go for 14 mins!!!!! OOUUUCCHHH!!!!
so, if you have a columbian black and gold tegu please us your better judgment and resist the temptation to go gloveless!

[Strange_Evil]

Yeah those colombian Gu's have a rep for being nasty tempered and hard to tame down and those little teeth are no joke,but believe it or not i have actually seen some pretty tame ones and members on tegutalk with hand tame colombians. They just need a lot of work when it comes to taming them. Ounce you do manage to tame them down( tolerant) they are some really cool lizards and they have out of this world feeding responses lol,Hope you enjoy your Gu ,any pictures of the guy?

I have seen more aggressive lizards though.

[smd58]

Nasty temper and teeth winning combo for them, not so good for the unluckey. How your finger doing?

[Jeremy Browning]

o well i dont have one columbian, i breed them and sell them when theyre full sized and relativly tame.

Here are some pics of the juvie that bit me:

[cinderbird]

o well i dont have one columbian, i breed them and sell them when theyre full sized and relativly tame.

Here are some pics of the juvie that bit me:

She's giving you the stink eye and telling you not to leave your finger in her mouth for 15 minutes again.

They are cute, I'm sorry about your finger though. No stitches?

[Hilltop]

I feel your pain LOL. My first AWM (36in WC male) was super nasty for the first year I had him and never missed a oppurtunity to inflict nasty bleeding injuries that took forever to heal, even though he broke my thumb one, never liked the welders gloves I bought for him. I am a bare hand, no hooks kinda guy but would never suggest thats for everyone

[Jeremy Browning]

im a no hook and gloves person too, however the tegus are my only exception.
And here is why i wear gloves ( pics of only this juvies bites )

[PrettyInInk87]

Lol! When I first read the title I thought it was going to be about Tokay Geckos (I have 2) which are pretty evil. I was bit a few days ago by more more evil one of the 2. WOW! Would not like to get bit by one of these Tegus... Scary.

[Strange_Evil]

o well i dont have one columbian, i breed them and sell them when theyre full sized and relativly tame.

Here are some pics of the juvie that bit me:

Great looking colombian(looks ready to kill ),they got some bites on them lol,those teeth are no joke,hopefully your finger is no too badly beat up and gets better soon,but hey we live and we learn.How many breeding pairs do you have? Colombian adults looks awesome.

[bassistjon112]

OMG VELOCIRAPTOR!!!