i have what i believe to be a male red tegu about 2.5 feet long. i just aquired what looks to be a female red tegu about 2 feet long. my "male" is developing large jowls and the "female" has more of a slender head and...well just looks more like a female, which leads me to belive i have a pair. My question is would it be safe to house these two together?
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Together?
jeffk
Jul 15, 2009 07:59 AM
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laurarfl
Jul 16, 2009 08:59 AM
I kept a male and female yearling pair together for about a year, but the male started picking at the female. They were too young to exhibit mating behavior, so I think it was territoriality or annoyance. They also skipped hibernation last winter while my single female hibernated. I ended up separating them.
The success stories I have heard regarding housing tegus together generally involve enclosures of 10 x 8 ft dimension. Even so, the male ends up being removed after breeding because the female defends her nest so aggressively. The female will even defend a destroyed nest after the eggs are removed.
