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 #1817234


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 Columbian tegu

are rubbermaids better than glass tanks for now?







08/02/08  05:14pm

 #1817297


Reptictale92
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1817234


 Columbian tegu

Put him in a 20 gallon long tank for now. Get him of that wood bark, and get some dirt mixed with sand.
08/02/08  06:13pm

 #1817490


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1817234


 Columbian tegu

beautiful Colombian gold tegu! i love the Colombians!
08/02/08  09:08pm

 #1817602


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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 1817490


 Columbian tegu

i had a small layer of dry reptibark there so he can bask in a dry area but the rest of the cage is bedabeast substrate. i went searching for him today because i was worried he got out(and he did) so i dug up the enclosure so now the bedabeast and reptibark are mixed in.
i think reptibark and bedabeast mix is okay for the tegu as i read on most sites...should i mix some sand to it?
08/02/08  10:27pm

 #1817609


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1817602


 Columbian tegu

glass tanks are cruel to w/c tegus and most animals IMO. rubbermaids are also a whole ton cheaper,lighter,and still hold alot of humidity. i just don’t see why people like glass tanks so much more than rubbermaids, other than they look nicer.
08/02/08  10:35pm

 #1817774


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1817609


 Columbian tegu

Im gonna have to agree with you man. I love plastic tanks. Easy to clean, light weight, and easy humidity control. If i didnt have three 10 gallon tanks, 125 gallon, and 250 gallon from when I use to keep fish i would totally use all plastic tanks. Plus you can stack plastic tanks easily with a shelf due to their weight. Nice tegu by the way. I would mix in the sand. It helps keep humidity and holds a burrow.
08/03/08  02:01am

 #1818287


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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 1817774


 Columbian tegu

I raised a Colombian Golden tegu in a glass tank. He is now 34 inches. I also got a baby Colombian Golden tegu in a 55 gallon long, and he is doing awesome. anything is bad for a WC reptile, but a Rubbermaid is not the best at all. Rubber is a conductor of heat, so you are going to have to watch it, and make sure it doesn’t fry your tegu.
08/03/08  03:26pm

 #1818847


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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1818287


 Columbian tegu

i have a light dimmer attached to the heat lamp for him that controls how bright/how hot it gets.
aren’t most tegus wild caught or are some c/b?
08/03/08  10:28pm

 #1819642


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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1818847


 Columbian tegu

You can find some CBB.
08/04/08  05:52pm

 #1850824


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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1819642


 Columbian tegu

i got a 30 gallon for him,some cypress mixed in with the bedabeast/reptibark mix and he is readily eating.he’s not really scared of me anymore either.
09/03/08  08:29pm

 #1853417


KMA
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1819642


 Columbian tegu

reptictale92, there are hardly any CB columbian tegus available, and there are no CBB columbian tegus that are bred in North America, or any other places around the world that I know of
09/07/08  02:17am

 #1853579


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   Message To: KMA   In reference to Message Id: 1853417


 Columbian tegu

I know, but he said

Quote:

are most tegus WC




And there are some tegus that are CBB.
09/07/08  11:29am

 #1855495


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1853579


 Columbian tegu

what does CBB mean?

captive bred....b....
09/09/08  04:18pm

 #1855500


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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1853579


 Columbian tegu





as you can see,he likes to dig holes,but how do i make the substrate so that he can make a burrow without collapsing (if they do make real burrows?)?
09/09/08  04:22pm

 #1855921


Reptictale92
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1855500


 Columbian tegu

CBB=Captive Breed Born. Nice cage.



09/10/08  06:33am


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