Tegu Habitat

Tegu Habitat

Before purchasing your new pet tegu, please explore the proper Tegu Care Sheet and needs of caring for a baby tegu.  If you are purchasing a baby tegu for sale online, be sure to find a captive bred tegu for sale breeder not a baby tegu breeder offering wild caught pet tegus for sale.

Tegus are pretty big animals with pretty big needs. One of the largest being a correct and healthy environment/habitat. A tegu for sale online needs a few important things in it’s habitat.

Substrate

Your tegu for sale would require substrate. Cypress and orchid mulch are the best options, as they both hold humidity well. Try to make it about 8″ deep so your tegu can dig.

Water

Water is also needed. It should be kept in a vessel large enough for the tegu to lie in. Water should always be available to your pet tegus for sale.  This is the same no matter if you have a black and white tegu, argentine tegu, baby argentine tegu, black and white tegu, red tegu, baby red tegu for sale and more.

Basking Spot

A basking spot obtained with a lightbulb should also be in your tegus habitat. Floodlights are a good option, as they light up the cage, encouraging activity. The basking spot should be between 105F-115F.

UV source

A UV source is also prominent. ReptiSun and ReptiGlo are two of the more popular brands.

Cage Furniture

It may be hard to believe, but cage furniture also plays a role in insuring your tegus for sale happiness. Tegus appreciate cork board, cleaned branches, fake and real plants and rocks. They usually also like a hide of some sort.

Digital Thermometer and Hygrometer

Last, but not least, you will need will need a digital thermometer and hygrometer to check the ambient environment of the cage.

Size

The cage should be a minimum of  8’x4’x3 for adults and 48″x24″x24  for a baby.

As a tegu breeder, we only work with captive bred tegus for sale and do not work with any wild caught tegus.  Our baby tegus for sale all come with our live arrival and full 7 day health guarantee.  Having a 7 day health guarantee, our baby tegus for sale are all cared for and inspected by our biologist who is on site weekly.  This is the same no matter if you have a black and white tegu, argentine tegu, baby argentine tegu, black and white tegu, red tegu, baby red tegu for sale and more.

Tegu Diet

Tegus have a huge appetite and will literally eat you out of house and home, but just what really is it that they can’t get enough of? Growing between 4-5 feet at adulthood, tegus are known in the reptile world for their enormous appetite. Baby tegus for sale start out small enough to be kept in a fish tank, but eat a lot. Then when tegus reach their juvenile stage, they eat the most they ever will. Finally with entering the adult stage in a tegus life, the tegu slows down as well as its appetite. Tegus enjoy live and frozen mice, tons of crickets, fruits and other inverts.