Blue tegu

[BSM]

Here some pics of my girl, she just shed last night and her blue coloration is showing better.




She is currently in a 4x4 cage with 6 inches of dirt + 1 foot of leafs and is currently eating mice,quails and hisser roaches + i will be adding fish and fruit to her diet in the next few weeks.


I believe that these are better suited for some people that want to own a monitor as these are calmer, and can be handled. While monitors in my opinion are hands off species and alot of people want to hold them etc and they get stressed out doing that.

Bryan

[Jason Bowden]

Now that's a nice lizard! I've always liked tegus. Sounds like some good variety in its diet.

[BSM]

Thank you

In a month or 2 i may be getting a male to pair her up with but im not sure what im going to pair her up with as its hard to find male blues plus i dont want to inbreed so i may just get a b/w as many think that blues are either a color variation of the b/w or a subspecies.

Bryan

[mumps]

Gorgeous blue you have there!

I have Args (B&W), and monitors. Definitely more experience is required when "acclimating" monitors, but I would not say they are "hands off", at least the species I have owned. And that includes Nile, Water, Dumeril's and Blue Tail. The Blue Tail never really came around that well, but it was a wild caught adult. When raised from hatchlings, and captive bred if possible, monitors can become quite rewarding "hands on" pets, especially if their enclosures are large enough for you to enter, thus dealing with them in their familiar territory.

Chris

[BSM]

I'm talking about taking them out of the cage and hence playing with them thats what i mean when im saying there "hands off" as most people want to take them out and hold them like a cat.
The problem with CBB species is there are very few true CBB (besides Australian monitors ) as if you look at any classifieds ads its amazing almost every animal is listed as CB while the fact is they were WC and the person is just trying to make a sale. I agree with you on when having a large cage they can be rewarding species to work with but again most people think a fish tank is good for caging etc and thats why most animals die within the first year. I'm not trying to disagree just pointing out what the average person who is looking to get a monitor thinks.


I basically never take my monitors out of there cage unless im moving them to a new cage, trying to introduce them to another monitor, or taking pictures and the rest of the time there in their cage.



Bryan