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First of all, I've read some caresheets that say monitors and tegus don't need a uvb light if you give them a calcium and D3 supplement, is this true? And this might sound kind of weird, but for some reason I find males with big jowls grotesque looking. Is the jowl size random, or is it effected by how much fat the tegu has? I'm not talking about starving it or anything, but would keeping it a little on the slim side keep the jowls smaller? I'm thinking about just getting a female, but I've read that its better to keep a male as a pet because males tend to be somewhat calmer than females and because females can become eggbound. Is this true? And how likely is it that a tegu will try to hibernate? Is there any way you can keep it from hibernating? I don't want a pet that I can't do anything with for half the year.
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My collection:
1.0 Columbian BCI
0.0.1 Crested Gecko
1.2 Ball Pythons

If you do not like hibernating and large jowels an ABWT is probably not a good choice for you. You may want to opt for a Columbian B&W tegu. They are smaller and more active during the entire year. My Argentinian BW is inactive usually from October through March. If that seems like a lot then like I said you may want to consider a different species of tegu or a different type of lizard all together.
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0.1.1 argentine horn
0.0.2 pixie
1.1.0 fire salamanders
0.1.0 axolotl
0.1.0 golden gecko
0.1.0 skunk gecko
0.0.1 cali king
1.1.0 sumatran blood python
0.1.0 ball python
0.0.1 corn snake (normal)
1.0.0 jungle carpet python
0.0.2 giant black millipdes
0.0.3 dumpys
0.1.0 Argentine B&W
1.0.0 RES
1.0.0 Painted turtle
1.0.0 Hypomelanistic RES