Tegu Eggs Hatching!!!

Originally 27 eggs, I threw out 18 mistakenly believing they were no good. The 9 remaining candled well, and the parents were Arg. Red Tegu and Arg Black and White tegu.
2 have hatched so far. I've already seen both eat small crickets!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_2430.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_2431.jpg

Very Nice....CONGRATS. :gj:

Why do you say "mistakenly"?

You weren't sure they were bad?

You did they hatch in the trash? ;)

They are half reds half b&w's yeah? Interesting that they still have green heads!!

Love em!

No, the whole "don't turn reptile eggs" thing? I dug them out.. yes, I'm THAT obsessed. I found over 2/3rds of the ones I tossed, all rotten. (3 days later, after being tossed and tumbled)
But here's a happy video, very short, sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcZbyOXnI0c

The reds(that are now my adults!!) when I got them, note the absence of stripes on the back.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/PairReds.jpg

I wonder if the stripes will stay on these hybrids?

Awesome! So glad you've got some babies. :)

They are absolutely gorgeous.

Anyone that can help me find any hatchlings that have the stripes on the net, I'd appriciate it. Thanks! I gotta stop staring at them, they will get a complex.

So how much room does one of them neat little critters take up? I want a tegu or a monitor!

Tegus get big, 4ft long for smaller reds, and larger(these are hybrids so I'm not sure).
And it's a bulky 4 ft min. So they need a 8ft long cage, plus a high temp basking spot. Mine enjoy a 8x8ft outdoor cage, plus a roomy indoor cage. But they don't poo in the water dish the way the monitors do(at least mine don't).

All 9 eggs hatched!! YAY!!!! Finally I can stop hyperventilating and stressing. They like to eat too.

How big are the parents (weight & length)?? They look young.

Our 4 year old Blue Tegu's have copulated and the female spends all day working on her nest. Incubator is built and ready to go. Our female is about 2000g & 3 ft long. I'm wondering how big your female is because I think my female might be about the same weight as yours and you got 27 eggs, so I'm hoping for the same.

We're very anxious to see if she lays and how many, and of course how many hatch. There are very few clutches of Blue Tegu's born each year.

Hey Congrats!!!! :D They are VERY CUTE!!!!

The mom weighed about 4lbs. I love them. Be aware that the dad may eat the eggs when they are laid, and if you don't know yet, the mom may become vicious once she has clutched.
I love blues, and I'd love to see pics of your pair! I don't know how many eggs blue tegus lay in a clutch. I remember being told that reds only lay about a dozen, and B&Ws lay more like 25-30. But other people say other things, and I've even seen a website that claimed that B&Ws only lay 5-7 eggs in a clutch!
Good luck!