Mine, I have had since 2005 and have been fairly lucky with. I only say lucky because they really have never shown any aggressiveness. The male did for about 3 months but that was mainly due to me allowing friends to throw live mice and rats into the cage all the time to watch him eat. He started to charge at the doors anytime they were touched so I stopped that and changed the way I feed. My male eats almost anything but the female has been a picky eater her entire life and almost starved herself a few winters back due to it. She refused to eat anything I offered her prior to the winter months. I had to basically force feed her to ensure she would eat. It was a time of visits to the reptile shop and the vet. Thankfully she has recovered extremely well and has overcome the picky feeding.

I have yet to get them to breed but this year is looking best over any others. She has recently begun to widen out and firm up. She is not aggressive but doesn’t like me messing with her hide box much, and exhales fairly loud when I do. I haven’t seen any gravid female tegus so am unsure of how she will look and have yet to witness the mating but I am keeping my fingers crossed. I work 10 hour days so it’s hard to witness when I leave before the sun comes up and get home when its cooled and the tegus have gone back to hide. Weekends I do see them together in the sun but no mating.

I remove the collars often just put it on when I pull them out to lay in the yard or help the vet hospital with vet academy things. (Education shows that the vets use to tell kids about all kinds of animals.)

Have a great day

Anthony

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