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hey im new to the tegu forum but know about tegus. im usually in snakes or frogs. i was curious do tegus tails break off? (autotomy) i know monitors tails don't break off. ummm...i have been wanting to get a tegu for a while so i have been reading anything i can get my eyes on. my concern is cage size. if by a miracle im allowed to have one of these i would have it in my room. eventually when big and tame enough i'll let him have free roam for a while each day. but any cage dimensions will help. and also home-made cage sizes too. (my grandpa is a carpenter) thanks a lot
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0.1.0 cranwells pacman- hannibal
0.0.1 firebelly toad- doodlebug
0.1.0 eastern painted turtle- mr.tortle
1.0.0 pinto hedgehog- dante
1.0.0 chinese crested- angel..lol
1.0.0 ball python- noah (kinda mine)

yes they do . They can also make there tails fall of. Thanks russ

thanks russ =)
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0.1.0 cranwells pacman- hannibal
0.0.1 firebelly toad- doodlebug
0.1.0 eastern painted turtle- mr.tortle
1.0.0 pinto hedgehog- dante
1.0.0 chinese crested- angel..lol
1.0.0 ball python- noah (kinda mine)

how long did it take for yours to get that size?
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0.1.0 cranwells pacman- hannibal
0.0.1 firebelly toad- doodlebug
0.1.0 southern painted turtle- mr.tortle
1.0.0 pinto hedgehog- dante
1.0.0 chinese crested- angel..lol
1.0.0 ball python- noah (kinda mine)
0.1.0 box turtle

He was 47 1/8" and 11 lbs at one year. He is now 51 3/4 " tl 21 1/4 " snt to vent and 17 lbs. I had him on a lttle diet of lately. Thanks Russ

smaller tegus will drop their tails - I don't think large ones do or at least it's just difficult for them to.

I don't lift any of mine by thier tails or anything - but I do grab them by thier tails to pull them out of cages or what not.

in his tail. It gets worse until he sheds and it straightens back out. Sometime the tip gets irritated and I put triple antibiotic on it.

Mike B