Here are two of some T positive blue albino tegus we produced this year. The dark pigment is very present and it's a nice contrast with those red eyes. After producing quite a few albinos this year, it's very cool to see all the variations even within albinism.
We are having a nice time in Daytona at the National Reptile Breeders' Expo. Glad we got to see some familiar faces and meet some new ones. Fortunately, saw some of our adult tegus go to some great new homes! This weekend is the Daytona Breeder's Expo and we will be there once again, next to Rob with "All About Beardeds." We are planning to bring our Blue Cross F2 and some black and white baby tegus. We are also bringing 7 adult Tegus: (2 Red males, 1 Red x Blue Cross male, 2 Blue cross males, and 2 B/W females). We are very interested in not having to ship these large animals, so please come out to see us in Daytona if you're interested in taking home an adult! We look forward to meeting some new people this weekend, and gearing up for a fun weekend of reptile conversations! Above are some pictures of the adult tegus we are bringing. Email us in advance if you want to purchase one and are interested in buying locally! We will consider shipping them if we don't sell them this weekend!
This past week, we had Rachel and Joey here performing genetic classification research on our adult tegus. Rachel is a graduate student and was enthusiastic and passionate about her work! We were happy to have them visit, and both Hector and Rachel learned a lot from one another. We are excited to learn the results of her study as she's been collecting data over the course of 3 years! These are some of my current and future breeder Blue Tegus. The colors range from high whites to deep blues, and albinos of course. It's hard to capture the vivid colors these animals display.
This year I tried S.I.M containers for a few tegu clutches. One of the main advantages I can see is no eggs dried out. I like the no contact as well since if one egg goes bad it's harder for it to spread to the others. For Sale --> Blue Cross Tegus: $250 shipped.
These babies are doing great eating ground whole chicken mix I grind with bone and add croc diet, crickets and ready to ship. They are captive bred and born from a pair I raised from babies. The father is a blue cross(Omega) and the female is also a blue cross, both show light coloration through out, and the babies should grow to be some awesome looking adults. The babies raised last year turned out to be awesome looking, take a look at F2 pics for more examples. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Regards, Hector hectorshabitat@gmail.com www.hectorshabitat.com www.facebook.com/HectorsHabitat For Sale --> Blue X Blue Cross Tegus: $275 shipped.
These babies are doing great eating ground whole chicken mix I grind with bone and add croc diet, crickets and ready to ship. They are captive bred and born from a pair I raised from babies. The father is a pure blue(actually blue) and the female is a F2 blue/BW, both show light coloration through out, and the babies should grow to be some awesome looking adults. These guys look more like blue babies than black and white as they are 75% blue and 25% black and white. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Regards, Hector hectorshabitat@gmail.com www.hectorshabitat.com www.facebook.com/HectorsHabitat Today the tegus have begun to emerge from their eggs. I had two different clutches hatch today, one was Black and White and the other was Blue x Blue Cross. The Blue x Blue Cross came out pretty nice already as they look more like blue babies than BW babies. The father is a great blue male and the mother is one of my original Blue Cross females. That makes the babies 75% Blue and 25% BW, and I think these lines will be very pretty and hopefully strong and healthy like the Blue Cross line.
Black/White babies: $150 shipped Blue x Blue Cross babies: $275 shipped Was visiting some friends over on the east coast of Florida and stopped by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach which was very cool to see this facility which rescues sea turtles up and down the coast. My buddy and his wife plan on volunteering now that they moved a few blocks from the center. We went on the beach to see all the nesting sites and even saw some in the wild while out on the boat.
The blue cross female is F2(Blue/BW x Blue/BW) and the hybrid female is(Red x Blue/BW). They each display some unique colors and patterns.
This cross is produced by crossing a male Blue Cross(Omega) with Blue Cross Females in 2014. The original breeding to get the blue cross line was a male black and white chacoan and a female blue in 2013. By selecting the nicest strongest ones and breeding them back has created some of the below tegus with color. These are currently around 10 months old and are getting better with each shed. My plan now is to breed these to pure blues with color or high whites to hopefully bring out the low pattern and nice characteristics. As with most people I like the light contrast, but in addition I like the variation in coloring and pattern. I enjoy seeing how different the same line can look from one another, showing the genetic diversity.
Pretty odd to see her laying during the day and it being so hot. Guess she was in a rush. The eggs look pretty good so far. Just collected 2 more clutches today one from Omega cross and another blue x blue cross. I keep 2 Nature's Spirit incubators in the closet and they work quite well. This one is nice and full. |
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