black and white tegu?

[diablo]

i went to a exotic pet shop today and saw some baby black and white tegu's for 35 bucks so i was just wonderin if any of ya had one or know's any care sheets about them.?

thanks

[bigmitch]

Re: black and white tegu?

http://www.agamainternational.com/merianae.shtml

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Check it out let me know if it helps!

[Fonzy]

Re: black and white tegu?

Here are some links that have helped me, hope this helps:

http://www.bluetegu.com/

http://www.agamainternational.com/

Let me know what you think!

Jeff

[Max2008]

Re: black and white tegu?

b&w babies are a bit NIPPY. With some holding they will calm down but when you go to pick it up it will huff really loud, which is a warning cause after that they will bite . If its a Columbian B&W then its gonna be even more nippy. THe way to tell the difference is the Columbian has a lot more tan on them and the Argentine(sp?) Black and white has 2 lateral stripes running down their back that are white. They eat crickets as babies and fuzzy mice when fulll grown. You can vary the diet but whatever you do DONT FEED CATFOOD. There is way to much fat and to many vitamins in cat food for tegus to digest. Hope this helps some.

[J.D.J]

Re: black and white tegu?

I don't know if you access to any Reptiles magazines Diablo, but the November 2002 issue has a complete care guide for Tegus.


Jeff J.

[Bry]

Re: black and white tegu?

The other way to tell, is that Colombians are generally cheaper than Argentines. For $35 each, these are probably Colombians.

Bry