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Hi, I have a three year old BW Argentine tegu that I got from Bobby Hill. She is great! Very sweet and a joy to take care of...but she gets rambunctious this time of year and constantly spills her water (Rubbermaid tub 2'Lx1.5'wx7"T). Does anyone have any suggestions for a better water bowl, I have tried using a small heavy one for drinking and the tub filled with just a lil' water for defecating but she tips the tub cause its too light for her to climb into and she can tip any small bowl over with ease no matter how heavy.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks in advance!

Ah! Been there. I've got a just-under-a-yearling extreme giant that's about 4 feet and 5 or 6 pounds and he LOVES to wreck shop in his cage. Here's what I do to TRY to prevent him from tipping his water dish (a double-wide rubbermaid shoe box--if that makes ANY sense). I fill that thing to about 3/4 full (leaving a bit of room for volume displacement when the tegu's actually IN the water tub). Because the tub is fairly good size, this amount of water weighs the tub down enough to keep him from knocking it over.

Of course, I don't know how long this situation will last as he still has a LOT of growing to do (like I said, he's not even a year old and is coming up on 4 feet).

Good luck!

By the way, tegutalk dot com is a GREAT resource for your tegu questions and you'll get many more responses in a much timelier manner. Plug plug!

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely give that a try. She's been at it a few more times since my post so I have been taking the water out and putting it back in when she settles. weighting it down might just work
And I have to say 4 ft in under a year is huge! my extreme giant is just over three feet (female though) and three years old. Aren't they the best!

I also set the water bowl down into the substrate so it doesn't tip so easily. For my adults, I use big rubbermaids large enough for them to curl up in and fill it about halfway with water.

They ARE the best! After I got one, I HAD to get another. The most rewarding reptile to keep, in my opinion.