u/Mimmii-

I hate this. I hate everything. Don’t look at me. Don’t touch me. Just LEAVE ME ALONE ALREADY..but don’t forget to give me my locusts and roaches or there WILL be consequences! -Rex.

Hii! My husband and I are thinking about getting a Tegu (long term, once we move back to the country side) and are thinking about the best possible setup. Keeping in mind this is still 3-4 years away but we are brainstorming and thinking about how we can set up all our reptiles in our future house.
We currently have a bearded dragon, chameleon, crested gecko, jumping spider, Omani spiny-tailed lizard and a leopard gecko. We are well experienced with reptiles and animals in general as I grew up on a sled dog farm and my husband’s parents are farmers.
The plan is to convert one of the front rooms to a reptile room for the “warmer” reptiles and one office for the “cooler” reptiles. Our Tegu would probably become our little puppy and roam around freely (unless our other reptiles have their roaming time right now obviously) but we are quite unsure about how to set up a “tank” for the tegu. Would you guys recommend tents? Grow houses? I don’t know!!! Please help😂

Today my mother made me work. Little did she know that I took a massive bank-loan to buy myself all the mealworms and Dubai roaches I could find. I also sold her flat to buy me a bigger cave and a flight to Australia. Rex is out! No more slavery!😎

Rex has clear rules and boundaries about his stuff😂

For context- he wasn’t stressed out or anything, he just happened to yawn when I took a photo of him😂
His beard is always slightly black and has always been😊

Today our little Rex climbed on my hand to „explore and cuddle“..well, apparently I misinterpreted the situation 😂😂😂

We thought it would be genius to use the roof of his cave as a water bowl for him, well…Rex had different plans😂
He’s chilling there every day and he seems to have a great time😂

After overthinking his behaviour massively and being enormously supported here we got him another hide and we will build a DIY climbing area in one corner so he has plenty of opportunities to climb!
He’s such a silly goose. Definitely puts a smile on my face every time I look at him!

I’m still not handling him much as he’s only been here for five days now. I put my hand in the enclosure a few times a day and he doesn’t seem bothered, I also pat him sometimes which he tolerates but I don’t wanna overdo it. He eats well, pooped for the first time yesterday and is lazy as hell..but climbing is something he really enjoys, for two minutes a day😂😂

Why does my growlithe look so funny? I noticed some of my Pokémon look different compared to their “normal” version, how many different versions are there of all Pokémon? And how luck based is it? Still trying to learn and understand everything😬🙈

So, we got a Beardie three days ago and obviously we did our research etc. it’s our first reptile and I think we are massively overthinking stuff, but we are also so worried he isn’t doing good or doesn’t like it here.
I know beardies get super stressed when relocated, but he’s basically not moving at all during the day and only moves for about five minutes when his basking light goes off. He also stalks us all day long and doesn’t take his eyes off of us- which is fine, I’m just overthinking it!

Today he started climbing up the backdrop all the way to the top and started scratching the wall, we are now wondering if he’s trying to hide from us or just likes climbing? We took him down as we were scared that he’s gonna fall and hurt himself, but now I’m also worried that he was having fun and I’m the bad mom who didn’t allow him to have fun!😂

Please help!