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[martin day]

i have a argie b&w tegu juvie who has had a real growth spurt he gone from 16-22 inches in two months he seems to be long but not filling out do you think this could be a sign hes going to be a male as females seem to be alot more short and plumper
at what size should he start filling out hes 7 months old

[mark_w]

I doubt whether he'll fill out all that much until he gets a good bit bigger; over 3 feet or so.

22 inches at 7 months is probably about right, although they can get to 4 feet + in a year if fed enough.

For me, 22" is too small for sexing tegus, again wait until it is 3 foot plus.

Cheers,
Mark.

[martin day]

when i picked him up he was trying to hibernate so he wasnt eating alot i soon got him out of that and now he just getting bigger and bigger i just want him to get a bit fatter

[predator]

first he will grow in the lengt hand then he will get thicker.
thats just how it goes.

getting up to 4 ft in a year? thats crazy that's not gonna be healthy i guess.
but i know the are able to grow with with incredible speed.

grts jelle

any pic's ?

[GJ]

That's what healthy animals do. They grow, develop and reproduce provided they have the support(food,heat ect..) to do so. An unhealthy animal would not do any of that.

[jon_g]

They can grow really fast especially when they get access to lots of natural sunlight.

We sex our babies here from the time they hatch, but then we have lots to compare so its quite easy.

Its 100% reliable also so far. I will try to get some photos of how we do it over the next week or so if I get some spare time, you can visually see the difference and also probe them.

What are you feeding your tegu?

cheers

Jon

[martin day]

im feeding him, locusts ,mealworms ,chicken breast and 2 mice a week plus his fruit but i have trouble him eating his fruit he only has it when he can be bothered
when i bbrought him he didnt have the tip of his tail it compleatly grown back now so i can allso visually see how much hes growing

[Dan Bristow]

A simple method to get them to eat fruit is to defrost your rodents etc in water (dry them before feeding and feed out of a bowl or on paper to ensure nothing sticks to them) and then use the water to scent the fruit. it may work,may not, but has worked for me. Dan

[martin day]

ill try that cheers dan i always feed his rodents in a bowl