About Tegu Lizards

Series Summary

Since the dawn of time, reptiles have sought to rule the earth. With their cold blood and their scaly backs, reptiles have had their tail bent on world domination. In the prehistoric times, reptiles did rise to dominion and ruled over the earth with the T-Rex completely in charge. One day, the T-Rex met King Kong and through an epic battle accidentally turned the freezer on and began the ice age. Ever since then, the reptiles, having lost their original menacing size and wrought with a Freudian envy of other species, brood in jungles and cages all over the world waiting for the day that the reptiles will rise again.

In this free video series, watch as reptile expert Shawn Fay teaches all about the Tegu Lizard. Gain a knowledge of their history, how they breed, what they eat, how to find a cage, how to heat and light a cage, and how to keep the reptile healthy. Learn more about pet reptiles with these easy online step by step tutorials thanks to the experts at ExpertVillage.

Video Transcript

"Welcome to Regal Reptiles. Today we're going to talk about and learn about how to choose how to care for and how big our giant Argentine tegu's are going to get. We have a giant Argentine black and white tegu as well as a giant Argentine tegus. We're going to show you how big they are going to get and what you are going to need to care for them now and in the future as well. This is an adult male Argentine black and white tegu and he is very friendly and very easy to care for despite his large size. The most important thing is finding him or building him a very big enclosure cause he'll eat anything he can find. He will eat leftovers, he'll eat ground turkey, he'll eat dog and cat food and we even feed him frozen mice which are very easily found and very affordable. So this guy is a scavenger from Argentina not to be confused with the Columbian tegus which don't get as quiet as big but are much much more aggressive."