thinking about getting a tegu and i want an opinion

[alivia werner]

are they easily tamed and are they generaly nice i know they get big but thats y i like them whats the minimum cage requirements and would it be a good one for an outdoor enclosure in florida like are they more forest or desert like beardies

 

[Josh]

Hi Alivia. I don't think I would say that tegu's are easily tamed. You have to spend a lot of time with them and raise them from hatchlings. I know they take quite a bit of space. Probably 30 cubic feet or more. Check out TeguTalk.com - I help over there too - it's a great site

 

[tdharris70]

I love the looks of the Tegu but I seen at the pet store we frequent one of the Tegu's take a chunk out of the poor girls finger that was trying to feed him. So I don't think I would want one, my grandson would loose a finger or 2 lol.

 

[Josh]

They can definitely be very temperamental . But they can also be "dog tame". Take a look at Bobby Hill's tegus at varnyard-herps-inc.com
You have to work with them constantly and consistently

 

[tdharris70]

I wouldn't have the time to do them, that is why I love the dragons. You really don't have to spend hours and hours a day with them and they are really tame

 

[Fliehigh]

an argentinian Tegu is my dream reptile. I met one (she was so cool and had a great personality) at a reptile expo and fell in love with the breed. My wife will not let me get one until or cat has passed away and she moves out..........
So i guess I really no longer won't one.

 

[alivia werner]

I meAn I don't mind working with them I just don't want something that is almost always aggressive and hard to handle is it humidity sensitive I'd like to do an outdoor cage I just wand a big lizard thanks for the coments guys

 

[Nemo and Max]

Wow I just looked at the video's from the site Josh suggested OMG they look awesome lol. kinda changes my mind on what I thought about Tegu's. I don't think I would get one right now lol but wow, some of them are gorgeous.

 

[tdharris70]

I looked at that site too. Has alot of video's of the Tegu. I am still hesitant about them being tame and such. But then again I was hesitant about getting a dragon.

 

[adam]

my tegu is coming from bobby hill in a few weeks... go to tegutalk alot fo helpful people thereD cant wait for my baby tegu to come and i think the min for a cage is 6x3x3 for a female and male the min are 8x3x3 and also depends on the tegu reds and b&w get huge and blues stay small kinda but still can grow over 4 plus