I just got my very first tegu. His name is Louis (pronounced Loo-Ee; AKA Lou, Baby, Baby-boy, Doofus, or just plain old Cutie.)
Supposedly Lou is a Colombian black and white tegu, but all of the forums or blogs I've read suggest otherwise. He looks and acts a lot more like an argentine.
Lou is 5 years old. He's my little foster-baby. His old mom had to give him away because she was moving to a trailer park and had no more room. She called him Cuddles. Understandable that I would change that, right?
Lou was outrageously expensive, but he also came with a custom enclosure, so I guess the price made a little more sense. 500 flippin' dollars.
So far, he has been an extremely rambunctious addition to the household, with 2 escapes, 1 outdoor outing, and about a thousand mice within the last month. I attribute his extreme behavior to the stress of moving parents.
I have had only one bite so far, but it was completely my fault and healed up in like a week. I don't think he really wanted to bite. He's a little gentleman.
Lou has definitely taken quickly to my brother, Matt. (24 yrs old). Matt seems to get more snuggling in with him than I do. I'm a wee bit jealous, actually. Although, at one point, the little Doofus decided Matt's face tasted good. REALLY good. That was the first day my brother got to find out what the inside of a tegu mouth looks like.
Lou definitely is a big foodie. Bananas, Mangos, Apples, Mice, Chicken, Tuna, Hackey Sacks. You name it, Louis loves to eat it. He's gained quite a bit of weight since he came home with me. He used to weigh 3 pounds, but I'm thinking he's more like 5 now. At least I can't see his ribcage anymore.
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