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new puppy, er, uh argentine tegu

Valley Dragons

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Hi guys. I got a new Argentine black and white tegu a month ago. Not exactly the puppy that my kids wanted, but not too far off - LOL! Taz has a great personality, totally different from my other herps. She/he is very smart and LOVES to interact with people. She/he is awake and waiting for me every morning to crawl up my arm and sit on my head. Anyway....I think I pretty much have all of the husbandy basics down, but I do have a couple of questions. First of all - how quickly do they grow, generally speaking? She/he grew 2 1/2 inches in the last 4 weeks. Is this a good growth rate (taking into consideration that she was adjusting to a knew home during this time) or should she be growing faster? Also - at 19 inches long is she/he big enough to be sexed? I don't know the first thing about sexing tegus. Bearded dragons are easy...but this is a little more difficult. Any pointers on how to tell males from females? And last, but not least, I am wanting to try to train her a little. Is it ok to give her treats by hand, or will this be a bad thing for her to associate my hand with food? I don't want to loose fingers when she/he is older - lol!

Jamie Hough
www.valleydragons.com
 
Jamie, she sounds like she is doing great. I would say she is growing at a good rate. :)

As for hand feeding, it is a no no for sure. Tegus can and will have a very strong feeding responce. It is always bad to let them take food from your hand. It is cute as a baby, but what about when she gets 4 ft or larger?
 
yes they quickly associate certain things with feeding. my blue male will lunge himself into the door at the sight of my tongs. lol that would not be a good thing for hands. my red male crimson is the nigest baby in the world but if i have my tongs he will repeatedly bite them even though there is nothing on them. then i feel bad and have to find him something lol. so i think it is best to find one feeding tool and stick wth it like tongs.
 
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