Monitors & Tegu's

[ShaneLuvsMonitors]

Originally Posted by tegu66

i have a baby tegu that ate a bag of 50 xl locust in one sitting...my bosc would eat till he dies or exploded whichever came first!!!

Locusts aint cheap either.... and yes a bosc would eat till he exploded... Daft things dont know when there full.

Rascal has so far this week been through about 250 adult black crix and around 70 odd locusts and about 50 roaches... I really dont know where she puts it all... she still skinny as a rake.

[ShaneLuvsMonitors]

Boscy saying wheres the food gone? it was here 5 seconds ago...

[scaleylover]

Great pics Retri/Jonny
Stompy has such a michevious look

love the where'd the food go pic shane
i know how he/she feels i personally have done a that with cups of tea, looking at the bottom of the cup thinking i'm sure i didn't drink it all

for some reason the link from my email alert took me to about half way thro the thread so spent a fair while reading old stuff before realising what had happened, my OH is going to kill me if he gets home and all I've done today is read stuff on here

[tegu66]

Originally Posted by ShaneLuvsMonitors

Locusts aint cheap either.... and yes a bosc would eat till he exploded... Daft things dont know when there full.

Rascal has so far this week been through about 250 adult black crix and around 70 odd locusts and about 50 roaches... I really dont know where she puts it all... she still skinny as a rake.

8 quid for 50 the cheapest i have found so far i usually get a deal on bulk at cold blooded so saves a few pennies!!!

[retri]

Originally Posted by scaleylover

Great pics Retri/Jonny
Stompy has such a michevious look

love the where'd the food go pic shane
i know how he/she feels i personally have done a that with cups of tea, looking at the bottom of the cup thinking i'm sure i didn't drink it all

for some reason the link from my email alert took me to about half way thro the thread so spent a fair while reading old stuff before realising what had happened, my OH is going to kill me if he gets home and all I've done today is read stuff on here

thanks, stompy is mischevious, he had my toes last night, I wasnt paying attention and was wrigling my toes, he obviously thought they looked nice and tasty, he is also the one that got stuck behind the terrapin tank and he is the one that keeps trying to eat the thermometer probe.

oh and he spends all evening constantly glass dancing, so mischevious, yes definately lol

[retri]

I swear my cat has a death wish, when ever I let the boscs out he constantly follows them round sniffing at them, luckily they dont pay any attention to him.

Am currently watching some strange behaviour, my big guy is free roaming and stompy is in his viv, but the big guy is trying to get into the viv and stomy is laying flat twitching his head to the side, and of corse the cat is sat there watching them, I assume this is submissive behaviour, but not gonna move the glass thats between em as think they are both males.

Lol, he has now gone over to the terrapin tank trying to get in there but every time one of the terrapins swims over to him he is backing away

[oisin_raaa]

how easy are monitors to keep?

[Dextersdad]

Originally Posted by oisin_raaa

how easy are monitors to keep?

They vary from monitor to monitor. Also some of the larger ones vary amongst themselves. Meaning that 1 Bosc could be pretty active and require a bigger viv than another. Ackies are pretty easy to look ater mainly due to their size.

Feeding a lot of monitors on healthy and varied diets can be an expensive thing too.

[Siman]

Was sent this video and I Think it shows nicely how Tegus can be with lots of care and attention YouTube - Do Tegus Seek Attention? - SiscoReptiles.com - tegu-attention

[Dextersdad]

Originally Posted by Siman

Was sent this video and I Think it shows nicely how Tegus can be with lots of care and attention YouTube - Do Tegus Seek Attention? - SiscoReptiles.com - tegu-attention

Good vid.