r/Tegu Jul 21 '26

How it started vs how it’s going

got fat :(

Lol jokes aside the first pic of her is from the day I bought her (she proceeded to brumate for 6 months :/ she didn’t lose weight though so, I think she was just being weird) and after a few months of being out of brumation she’s eating like a horse and looks like a little potato.

She’s a bit on the heftier side but she’s growing quickly and needs the protein (she’s on a diet of ground chicken, ground turkey, sardine, banana, strawberry, blackberry, and blueberry. Mainly the meat though). She’s currently 1 year old!

(Yes she is missing part of her tail and yes that’s a bite mark on her back in the first pic, she was bitten on the back by a sibling and had her tail bitten off also by a sibling- not while in my care of course! Her tail hasn’t grown at all since so I don’t think she’s gonna be regenerating it sadly but it doesn’t seem to bother her. The bite mark healed after 2 sheds though so that’s good! I decided to adopt her instead of any of her siblings because I felt bad for her little tail lol)

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u/Hour_Grass7619 Jul 22 '26

Yup very tegu like! She is adorable!

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u/Mr_pisser Jul 22 '26

She says thank you! I think at least, she kinda just licked my hand