I have a male Argentine that is going on 11 years old and was wondering what the oldest anyone's tegus are or were.
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I have a male Argentine that is going on 11 years old and was wondering what the oldest anyone's tegus are or were.
Anyone??? Bueller? Bueller? Beuller???
Hi merianae. Welcome back. Long time no see. I'm sorry for the late reply. Hope all is well. Wow, 11 years old. That is a great age. Our Leonidas and Zeus are our two oldest. They are 9 years old.
Thank you txrepgirl. He is starting to have some health issues including some age related spondylosis and poss renal issues. I need to get him in for an ultrasound guided biopsy. I haven't seen too much info on their longevity in captivity. More responses would be welcome.
Thanks again!
Your welcome. I'm sorry he is having those problems. Please keep us posted. Thank you and good luck at the Vet visit.
Ripper, my male Argentine, is also 11 and going strong. I haven't heard much either about longevity.
dpjm. Wow. I can't believe Ripper is 11 already. Where does the time go ? Do you have a updated photo of him ?
11 nice! Bosco is my oldest and he is 9 and doing amazingly. One of the guys in my area runs a reptile rescue and he says that 15 is kind of normal base on what he has seen.
I'll reprint part of a post that tupinambis authored (thanks, tupinambis), which is relevant here. I don't know how to actually bring in quotes from another thread, so I'll do it old school.
tupinambis:
"As for longevity...I don't think there's a good value for that yet to truly say. The problem with most captive tegus is they are overfed and under-exercised, which would lead to shortening of life. In the wild, well, life is hard and they still likely wouldn't live that long. I don't see why a tegu can't reach 20 years if properly cared for, but I don't have anything to really back that up."
OMG. Hi chelvis. Welcome back. It's great to see you on here. Do you have any updated photos ?