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Rhino Intro and Question on Age

beardielover17 Jan 28, 2009 02:16 PM

Hey everyone, I normally post in the beardie forums but I now have a rhino of my own (after years of reading up on them and saving up for one) and I was wondering if it was at all possible to get an estimate on his age. I know this isn't possible with beardies and I'm willing to bet it's the same with these guys as well but I figured it was worth a try.

He is currently in a 40 gallon breeder tank with a second level for him to climb on and lounge out in, with a full spectrum UVB (ZooMed Iguana Light Tube), Basking spot temperatures ranging 95-120 degrees (measured with an infrared temp gun), his diet consists of 100% vegetation and gets collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, endive, escarole, dandelion greens and flowers, various squashes but butter nut is his fav and for treats he gets blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, banana, bell peppers, and a bunch of other things and once in a while i will put some rep cal iguana pellets on his salad and it is dusted with calcium 6 days a week and multivitamin once a week...hes bathed every day and is almost in a constant shed. Substrate is newspaper and eventually tile as I. fear impaction if I use particle substrates.

Here's some pictures of him (I say him because I have seen him do typical dominance displays although I know females are also capable of this too)







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1.0.0 Frilled Dragon - Frank
0.0.1 Rhinoceros Iguana - Mo
2.1.1 Bearded Dragons - Magellan, Galileo, Lizzy, & Machiavelli

Replies (4)

Bayzow Jan 28, 2009 02:44 PM

I bet his egg hatched last fall- about a year old.

beardielover17 Jan 28, 2009 02:45 PM

if its of any help, i bought him from the hamburg, pa reptile show last june but other than that i have no clue of age
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1.0.0 Frilled Dragon - Frank
0.0.1 Rhinoceros Iguana - Mo
2.1.1 Bearded Dragons - Magellan, Galileo, Lizzy, & Machiavelli

jf Jan 28, 2009 06:58 PM

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beardielover17 Feb 02, 2009 07:45 AM

thanx guys much appreciated
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1.0.0 Frilled Dragon - Frank
0.0.1 Rhinoceros Iguana - Mo
2.1.1 Bearded Dragons - Magellan, Galileo, Lizzy, & Machiavelli

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