Poll, What do you think of Tegus?

Thanks Theresa!! I am sure Noah did a bunch of talking himself, they do have a way of doing that, lol.

New to Fauna but I've had a Tegu for a few months now. He's a young Argentine B&W who tolerates some handling (on his terms), feeds voraciously, sleeps a lot and bangs on the glass frantically anytime he realises I'm around. I'm not sure exactly what it means because if I reach into him he's snapping and tail-whipping but if I open the glass he generally walks straight out onto my hand.

The problem with him being on my hand is that he wants to scuttle up my arm or he'll stand in my hand and try to jump up and snap at my face. I'm sure he sees this as playful but it scares me, most times, into not wanting to handle him much.

Still love hime though.

I have an Argentinian red tegu, they may be shy , but only when strangers are about. If they feel safe the will lie on there backs in your arms and relax so you can stroke there stomachs. (well ours does LOL)

We have two - an adult female who's about 42" long, and a nine-month-old we think might be a male (who is trying to open his sliding glass doors behind me right now).

Domino, the female, is a fantastic lizard, and she goes with us on school educational trips. Chess, the little one, is looking like he might be even better for the school trips.

I would dearly love to have a blue (and maybe an albino or snow someday) ... but to my knowledge nobody who's breeding them will export to Europe.