tegu keepers read please (info)

[VieT]

i recently read (cannot remember where) that tegus can be litter trained.. is this true ?? if so how would i do it ??

we bought an 08 b/w tegu.. and shes amazing.. just losing her olive baby colours but still stunning

peace

James

[B&WTegu&Beardies]

I have read it a couple of times and have never had an explination how... Some tegus will go to the toilet on one spot all the time so I assume those are the tegus that are easier to litter train.

Sorry, Curty.

[Jamie]

I cant help you as to how to train a tegu to do this, but the guy I work with at the wildlife park says this as well. He does the talks on the reps and inverts, and also says they can learn name recognition as well.

[B&WTegu&Beardies]

I wouldn't be suprised if they could be litter trained anyway, they are very intelligent.

Curty.

[andur]

try placeing large cat tray in viv where they normally go leave some of there poo in it and hopefully they will carry on going there if it works then u can move tray where u want,its worth a go

[Johelian]

This is the gist of what I got from another site:

"Some keepers have experimented successfully with toilet training their tegus; this usually involves a brightly coloured cat litter pan (distinctive colours like red seem preferable), which is partially filled with warm water and the tegu contained therein (ensure the water is not too deep that the tegu cannot stand on the bottom) until it defecates. The tegu is then rewarded with a treat. After several successful sessions, the water can be removed and replaced with paper, and the process repeated. Eventually, the tegu should associate the tray with excretion. The success of this technique may depend on the individual, with some tegus showing less promise than others. A word of warning though - the tegu may associate the colour of his litter tray with excretion no matter what the actual object is. Don’t leave anything similarly-coloured within reach, or you may find a tegu present on it!"

I have never bothered with doing this myself, but I did research it when I wrote my caresheet.