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A very cute and alert little guy. I like the second picture, where he has him self arched up like a cat. It looks like he has lots of room to run around in. Excuse me for saying so, but from the pictures it looks rather dry in there. It may be that the mulch is holding moisture but just from the picture it's hard to tell.
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Yeah,, it was dry that day because i was kinda busy the whole week whit skool and work.. i didnt remember to wet the mulch. but i always put him in the shower. when ever im stadying for like 1or2 hrs.. Oh one more thing is it ok to put him in warm water.. cause when ever i put him in the shower i always make sure that the water is warm cause hes cold blooded is that ok.....
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Yeah, but not too warm. You don't want to cook him. :P
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In addition to not wanting to have the water too warm, you need to make sure that the difference in temperature between his body and the water is not more than 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit, maximum.
At our house, the hot water tap produces water about 110 degrees from the tap when it's all warmed up. This is way too hot. The tegu would probably get quickly too warm if he's sitting in water around 98 or higher, even if he has been basking. Little tegus tend to get warmer faster than big tegus. When our big boy has been basking about an hour under his biggest light, his body temperature is between 81-88, depending on what part of the body. We put him in a tub of inch-deep water about 5 degrees warmer than his temperature at his belly. We measure with a laser temperature gun.
If your tegu ever starts to act panicky and desperate to escape when you put him in the water, let him come out right away. It's probably because the difference in the temperature is too much on his system, even though it might feel fine to you.
That's because humans regulate their temperature from within, so our bodies make an adjustment quickly. A warm bath feels good to us because it literally relaxes all of our system that would otherwise work hard to keep us feeling that warm. Reptiles, on the other hand, are cold blooded or exothermic. Whatever temperature they are exposed to, they're at the mercy of that. If it's outside their comfort zone, they can go into shock.
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Oh ok.. i guess i will use a laser temperature gun from now on. because when ever im going to put him in the tub i jus put my head in the water to feel how it feel to me.. thank you for the info
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hey that is a symptom of MBD (metabolic bone disease) take him to a reptile specialist to have him checked out
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Well im not really sure on how you can create a post. but i will find out for you and let you kow
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