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I have heard 2 different stories. when breeding blues do you need to hibernate or not? i see that yellowhead and ea7770 both had eggs this year. your advice would be great
 
I would suggest they hibernate. It would not hurt to let them do this.

If it was me, I would let them hibernate. I know of one breeder of blues that did not let them hibernate and did not produce any eggs this season. I think it would be risky at best to change the natural cycle. JMHO.
 
see i had heard that being from brazil, a diferent climate they dont naturally hibernate
 
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see i had heard that being from brazil, a diferent climate they dont naturally hibernate
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That would be true if that is where they are from, but there is no facts of where they come from. They were exported from BrazilColombia, but there is no data as to where they were caught. They could have been caught anywhere in South America, and then exported from BrazilColombia. No one has ever done any studies in the wild on them. I also know several people that live in Brazil and Colombia, they claim there is no blue tegus there, only Colombian black and white/gold tegus.

Blue Tegu (It is said to be Tupinambis teguixin, but the classification has not been scientifically determined.)
 
i have my own theory on all that stuff. i believe they are a sub species of t. duseni. which is rarely seen in itself let alone a sub species of it. i think i will hibernate just to be safe
 
I think that would be a wise choice. There has never been any scientific proof of where these animals came from. The speculation was based on the exportation point.

Something to ponder. If I was exporting alligators from California. Could people say that these were wild there just because they were exported from that place. I think this would be a poor speculation, with no facts to back this theory up. So the Blue tegu is still of unknown origin, based on a scientific standpoint. These are the facts so far as of proof of where they come from, the rest is nothing more than speculation.
 
Here is the best picture of the t. duseni that I know of. I would not say it looks anything like a blue, but who knows.
 
lol thats my favorite pics too. i do see a ton of siilarity but to each his own. lol


fyi im also known as tegulevi
 
I think I have heard that name before... :rolleyes: :)

Hello Levi!! I did not know it was you. :)
 
ok then. by cooling do mean just a light brumation or full blown like they would and argentine?
 
Many of the blue breeders I know are in warm states like Fla and keep theirs outside year round and allow the normal winter to cool their tegus. I can't speak for how deep of a brumation they get.

I keep mine inside though. So, I pull all external heating sources (ceramic heat emitters and kane heat mats), change the light cycle to much shorter days, and stop feeding. Since they're kept indoors in a herp room, the temp drop is only about 15 degrees. But it, along with the light cycle change, is enough to make them go into "brumation". Although they all become much less active, the amount of brumation is different between each individual. Some go down and stay down all winter except maybe once a month when they come up for water. Others (like my male snow) are still somewhat active through the whole winter. So call is what you want...cycling, cooling, brumation. IMHO, I think the basic need is just for a change of seasons.
 
Ok cool thanks for your help. how are your eggs looking this year. and how good are you at identifying blue tegus. my male has been the target of some speculation. mainly because he is massive for a blue. 48" on the dot. but his color on his head gets very blue and here is always a blue cast over his body
 
sorry about the crappy focus it was a camera phone on the head shot

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It's really hard to tell much from a couple of pictures. 48" is much larger than any of my Blues. Who was the breeder he came from?
 
Levi, he looks to be a blue to me. Could you get some better shots of him in the sunlight?
 
i have no idea as to the breeder i am atleast the 2nd owner.
and pics in the sun lol. next time i get darinf i'll give it a shot. he goes insane outside. dart all over the place and hides under my car. then tail whips me lol
 
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