Tegu Eggs Hatching!!!

[wolfy-hound]

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!

[lord jackel]

Very Nice....CONGRATS.

[N4S]

Why do you say "mistakenly"?

You weren't sure they were bad?

You did they hatch in the trash?

[Patrick Long]

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

Love em!

[wolfy-hound]

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.


I wonder if the stripes will stay on these hybrids?

[Epona142]

Awesome! So glad you've got some babies.

They are absolutely gorgeous.

[wolfy-hound]

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.

[stangs13]

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

[wolfy-hound]

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).

[wolfy-hound]

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