>>I got about a 6 month old tegu and he eats about 6 pinkies one day and the a big pattie of liver and turkey the next, then switch back to pinkies and do it over again.

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>>So last night i heated up a frozen mouse which was a bit smaller than the tegu himself and he took it and swallowed it whole and wanted another.

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>>Is it ok to feed him that big of prey? or should I stick with a few smaller ones instead of just one large one. Only thing I can think of from him benifiting from the large ones is the high amount of calcium compaired to the pinkies.

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>>Thanks in advance.

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>>PS I was still feeding him pinkes because I have 400 more to get rid of.



Oh my! That's a lot of pinkies! The larger mice are better in regards to calcium content. I use the size of my tegu's head to gauge what to feed them. I choose sizes that area about as wide as their head, maybe a bit smaller. They can always take larger prey and either swallow it or rip it, but I'm not into cleaning that mess!

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