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I just got a blue tegu, I know nothing and I mean nothing about them walk me through it please, I don't know about cageing, soakiing if he even needs it, feeding, temp and humidity I know noting

The petstore dosn't even have a book for them, I've never owned a reptile before, I have a uv lamp with a light bulb for day time and a light bulb for night time, and a bunch of crickets um.. they said about 20 crickets a day and a quarter a can of high quality cat food and I have a thermomator now what?

He's about 6 months old I have a 33 gallon tank to start him in and I was told he is male. this is all the information I have and know.... help

first off he is going to get around 4 feet in lenght.he is going to needa bigger home 33 gal is small .a hide box would not hurt,a nice size water bowl .he is not a cat so try not to feed it to him.give him gut loads of crix and mealworms you can try fruitmine loves grapes .you can look on bluetegu.com they have a caresheet .and if i missed something or iam wrong their are nice people on this forum that will help you. they helped me a couple of times.have fun with your new tegu their great pets.

tony and chompers and blue tegus

WHY THE HECK DID YOU BUY IT? it drives me nuts when people walk into a pet store and buy an animal because it looks cool. come on! if you were going to buy a dog, wouldnt you do some research? jebus!
ian

I hear you Ghost...Learn first then buy. I made the same mistake awhile back when I thought I wanted to take care of chameleons. Now I know they are not for me. All I can say to the new Tegu owner is start at the top of the forum and then read all the topics to the last one. You should know what to do by the time you reach the last topic. While I'm all for someone coming here for help and asking questions I think everyone should do their own research.

Goodluck

http://www.albinotegu.com/blue.html
http://www.bluetegu.com/tegu-faq.html
http://www.dovesoft.net/~tegu/species.asp
http://www.agamainternational.com/
http://www.agamainternational.com/merianae_faq.shtml

yeah, im one of the millions who bought a sav at a petstore because he looked cool. of course, i was 15...
ian

I forgot to add that I think you need to get him a bigger cage. I dont know how fast blues grow how long is he? 18 inches? 24inches? 30? My hatchling Arg. B&W is just over 3 mos. and he's over 26inches long and that was a rough measurement. This guy has already been through 3 cages.

I don't needrepremindation I need help if you don't have anything nice to say don't waste your time posting. I need help here

check this out
http://www.bluetegu.com/blue.html
ian

You're right you need help! What the h*ll were you thinking? And if you thought for one second someone wasn't going to jump you for being a complete idiot - well, you were mistaken.
People - DO YOUR FREAKIN' RESEARCH FIRST!!! There is not a worse sign for the well being of an animal than when it's owner posts something like that...

Go to Google - type in "Tegu care sheet".

Not even going to touch this one other than to say.......I'm not going to touch this one.

Lindsay