So, I have a male blue tegu that is of adult age. My problem seems to be fattening him up!? He is not emaciated, has a round tail and overall a strong built body. However, I have seen some BIG tegus and I'm up in the air if he is appropriately sized for his length/age or if he should gain more weight?



This is my diet regime:

I feed adult mice sparingly... about 3 per feeding and every 10 days.

organic dog/cat food twice a week.

fruit/greens make up about 70% of his food when I serve him twice a week.

he will eat canned organic turkey chunks, cat/dog food from a spoon.



Does anyone use any other food matter beside what I have listed?



Lastly, all my research seems to show that the Argentines like more fruit/greens in their diet in the wild. However, all those BIG tegus I have seen fed mostly on rodents. My tegu almost never refuses rodents, but I know that a diet almost entirely on rodents leads to lethargy and overweight tegus. So, I'm up in the air. Any thoughts/information would be greatly appreciated!



- Justin



p.s. If needed I can try and figure out how to link photos!?

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