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    Default Breeding Colombians

    So apparently nobody has bred Colombian tegus in captivity? I was wondering why this was. Do they just not breed or has nobody bothered trying? I was considering giving it a go as soon as I know whether mine is male or female and s/he is old enough.
    0.0.2 Colombian Tegus -- Tegusaurus Rex & Astrid
    1.0 Bearded Dragon -- Zeddicus
    4.3 Corn Snakes -- Drake, Lyra, Pantalaimon, Quetzal, Tanith, Esmerelda, Gwillan
    0.1 Hog Island Boa -- Bella
    1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa -- Norbert
    1.0 Ghost Honduran Milksnake -- Veil

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    There is someone that I've talked to in Germany that has bred them successfully. I think there is beginning to be more interest here in the US. My pair breeds but I'm not always gung ho about the incubation process. It's tedious. I've had some problems with molding and I think it may be my substrate. Anyway, the first clutch had 5 eggs, three were fertile, and I lost them during incubation due to mold. She recently laid three more, but I didn't find them in time to incubate them.

    At any rate, it takes 5-6 months or so to incubate the eggs and the sale price of Colombians is so low that it isn't a profitable endeavor. So most people "ranch" them instead or import them.
    Laura R (FL)
    1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
    1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    1.2.0 Red Tegu
    1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
    1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
    1 Sulcata tortoise
    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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    Ok, so its just because there's no value in doing it, then? I may still try it...just because I love raising babies
    0.0.2 Colombian Tegus -- Tegusaurus Rex & Astrid
    1.0 Bearded Dragon -- Zeddicus
    4.3 Corn Snakes -- Drake, Lyra, Pantalaimon, Quetzal, Tanith, Esmerelda, Gwillan
    0.1 Hog Island Boa -- Bella
    1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa -- Norbert
    1.0 Ghost Honduran Milksnake -- Veil

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    Yup....and it takes so long.
    Laura R (FL)
    1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
    1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    1.2.0 Red Tegu
    1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
    1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
    1 Sulcata tortoise
    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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    They've been bred several times in captivity, it's just that it isn't as straightforwardly easy as other species, and that they aren't as profitable. In the wild, this species is prone to looking for termite nests in which to lay their eggs, they don't usually build their own.

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    That explains a lot. She has never built a nest, I just find eggs in her enclosure. I was hoping to leave my pair housed together, but 1) they breed more often than I expected and the male gets aggressive and 2) I don't want to stress the female in such close quarters.
    Laura R (FL)
    1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
    1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    1.2.0 Red Tegu
    1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
    1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
    1 Sulcata tortoise
    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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    Maybe if someone has a pregnant Columbian they would like to let her loose in the walls of our house. I would love to have a lizard sniff out the headquarters of the termites I've seen evidence of. I would promise not to set the nest on fire until after the eggs hatch

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    Maybe if someone were able to build something that is similar to a termite nest, something that has the right temperatures inside and stuff, they would be more likely to breed and the eggs will be layed hatch easier. But that might be difficult, lol. Maybe just providing a nest might help.
    0.0.2 Colombian Tegus -- Tegusaurus Rex & Astrid
    1.0 Bearded Dragon -- Zeddicus
    4.3 Corn Snakes -- Drake, Lyra, Pantalaimon, Quetzal, Tanith, Esmerelda, Gwillan
    0.1 Hog Island Boa -- Bella
    1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa -- Norbert
    1.0 Ghost Honduran Milksnake -- Veil

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    Unfortunately, HM, the kind of termite nests down there are not the same as what's likely infesting your house. Something like an anthill would be about the closest we see in North America.

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    a really big anthill
    Laura R (FL)
    1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
    1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    1.2.0 Red Tegu
    1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
    1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
    1 Sulcata tortoise
    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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