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Blue Tegus

mrweaw

mrweaw

Branching out into geckos
Hey everyone,

We are thinking about getting a pair of Blue Tegus and are wondering if anyone knows a good breeder who has reasonable prices and can sex them before sending them to us. This is a compromise in our house. My BF likes monitor lizards but the one we have is EVIL and I am more into medium sized calm lizards. Tegus seem to be a good mix of size and temperament.

Thanks for your help!
Erin
 
Tegus, in my opinion, are a bit more difficult then monitors. As for aggression, they can be just as aggressive or docile as monitors. I've seen both types with monitors. The reason I feel tegus are a bit more difficult is that they have the longer more slender neck that can 'wrap around' when trying to bite you. Except for a lot of your water monitors, I believe most monitors have a short neck and are more easily controlled when holding to keep from getting bitten.

This is based on my experience handling Savannahs, white throats, B&W Tegus, Gold Tegus, and Dwarf Tegus.

D80
 
We have had a bit of experience with Red tegus and were happy with their temperaments as a general rule. I guess it would have helped if I had said that we have a Nile Monitor and although I know some people have "tamed" them, ours, or I should say the BF's, is the spawn of hell. I do appreciate the advice and I am hoping that someone at the shows this summer will have an adult or two that I can handle. I am more committed to handling my animals than he is, mainly because I have more time. With proper handling from an early age and on a regular basis, how difficult would you say they are to "tame"?
 
Personally, I've never owned one on a long term basis to comment on 'taming' them, but would view them as unpredictable regardless of how tamed they seemed due to their sharp teeth and rip/tear method of biting.

D80
 
Joejr14 said:
Yeah----ripping and tearing---no thanks!

:Shudders:

:pictures great big ARP teeth:
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All monitors have teeth Joe. Our sav tore through leather and kevlar gloves when she was a juvie - only around 2' long or so. My boyfriend thought she broke his finger and we'd have to go to the ER and try to explain that one.

Erin - I don't think Niles are the best mointor to start out with. They have a reputation for being hard to take care of. Maybe ackies would be a better start or something similar.

~Katie
 
The Nile was definitely NOT my idea and I don't even like having him in the house. The thought of having to worry about it being 7 foot long and attacking one of my son's friends or eating my cat is not a happy one for me. Because of this I do not want another one but we both want a pair of larger lizards and were thinking Tegus were the way to go. Still haven't made up my mind yet as I think some further research is needed.
 
They're pretty bland, but Savannah Moniters appear to be the most docile of the monitors and get big enough.

D80
 
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