You're likely to get a lot of back and fourth on this question.

But my opinion is whole foods (crickets, mice, etc.) are better. They provide roughage which helps clean out the intestines of the animal. Processed foods (turkey diet) do not.

That being said, I'm not a vet or a nutritionist, and could be wrong.

But it made sense to me when FR explained it that way many years ago, so I stick to whole foods. Once a blue moon I've been know to feed turkey or eggs.

That being said, I don't think the other stuff will harm a varanid unless that is all you feed it every day. I used to feed turkey diet regularly and I know others have as well and it caused no harm, likely because whole food items were fed regularly as well.

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