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Just curious how much everyone's tegus eat and what is their all time favorites?? (Like if they eat mostly ground turkey, how much in one day?)
Thanks in advance...just curious to see how my two stack up to everyone elses here in TeguLand 
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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Santiago is now eating 2 3.00$(50-100 grams each) rats a week and 2 kiwiis and 2 apricots a week . To get him to eat the fruit I now blend 1 hasrd bioled egg with water in my food processer, Then I dip them in the egg. This is great ,becuase I can give him the optimal diet . See ya .Russ
My red will eat whatever you put in front of it...canned mixed fruit, pineapple, Chili's mashed potatos, crickets, superworms, earthworms, f/t pinks, fuzzies, live pink, fuzzies, small adult mice.
My red/blue cross picks on everything. They both go into a feeding frenzy over a handful of mice/rat pinks and fuzzies. I didn't know tegus could fly. If they think food is "getting away" they can really leap.
I like the quote...what book is that from??? I've seen it before and can't remember where.
Mike B.
>>My red will eat whatever you put in front of it...canned mixed fruit, pineapple, Chili's mashed potatos, crickets, superworms, earthworms, f/t pinks, fuzzies, live pink, fuzzies, small adult mice.
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>>My red/blue cross picks on everything. They both go into a feeding frenzy over a handful of mice/rat pinks and fuzzies. I didn't know tegus could fly. If they think food is "getting away" they can really leap.
Do they ever get tired of certain foods? Mine will not eat rodents for some reason...and unfortunately I have a freezer full 
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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>>Santiago is now eating 2 3.00$(50-100 grams each) rats a week and 2 kiwiis and 2 apricots a week
How much does he eat in a day?
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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He eats 2-3 days a week . Two rats on wed . 2 apricots and 2 kiwiis on sunday. If he only eats 3 pieces of fruit on Sunday ,he will get the other peice on Tuesday. Russ
>>He eats 2-3 days a week . Two rats on wed . 2 apricots and 2 kiwiis on sunday. If he only eats 3 pieces of fruit on Sunday ,he will get the other peice on Tuesday. Russ
From what I remember about your tegu is is very large, obviously full grown (how old is he?). When he was 1 year old, how much did he eat (approximately)...sorry for all the questions, it's just that all of a sudden my tegus want insects and worms and all along they have been eating chicken and quail....it's so strange....
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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If I remember , he ate only rodents and king meal worms.And I would alternate each one every other day . Santiago Is 2years and 1 mounth old. Never hibernated , but ate less during the winter than he did this summer. Russ
For got he is 4'2" and 16 lbs now .Russ
i gotta arg. B/W tegu (approx- 18 inches) he eats like a pig. he'll eat anything, but his fav. i think is shrimp he'll eat about 15 at one searving. i think its realy good for him too with all the protien i'm gonna get me a buff tegu. -nick-
>>i gotta arg. B/W tegu (approx- 18 inches) he eats like a pig. he'll eat anything, but his fav. i think is shrimp he'll eat about 15 at one searving. i think its realy good for him too with all the protien i'm gonna get me a buff tegu.
does he eat any whole pret items? If so how many in one day?
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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whole pret items?- im not sure what you mean by this. get back to me, sea ya -nick-
>>whole pret items?- im not sure what you mean by this. get back to me, sea ya -nick-
like whole birds, rats, mice etc
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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Ok thats what i thought you ment:
As of right now he's im not feeding him any live or whole animals. he has in the past eaten a couple of mice. now im sticking more to anything i can easily get on a dish. turky, egg, deer meat, hamburger, fruits, vegetables, even pizza- might sound unhealthy but with such a veriety its ok. sea ya
-nick-
Squisy, my Paraguayan b/w (approx. 25" TL) eats every day and it's usually either a golf ball sized ground turkey meatball (fortified with Rep-Cal and Herptivite), or a f/t adult mouse as the staple. Fruits are also offered 2-3 times a week and her favorite is definitely mango. She also likes bananas,cooked, mashed sweet potato and strawberries. I haven't tried much else in the fruit/veggie department. She also likes turkey cat food (offered very occasionally as a treat) and crickets.It's fun to put her out on the floor and toss the crix to her and watch her chomp em down. My 5 year old daughter gets a big kick out of it. So far she hasn't been very picky, but definitley seems to like the ground turkey the best.
Billy
n/p
>> My 5 year old daughter gets a big kick out of it. So far she hasn't been very picky, but definitley seems to like the ground turkey the best.
Yeah, my children got a kick out of the tegu eating the nightcrawlers...like lizard spagetti 
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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Nivea a.k.a. "Baby Girl" is a "baby" red that eats about 5-6 Adult mice a week, cherries, reptomin, the occasional finch or canary, wellness canned dog food and pretty much anything else And she's only about 26 inches. HER favourite seems to be de-pitted cherries...scuse the expression, but she goes APE-SH*T for them!!! She'll eat a dozen in a sitting if I let her. Hope that helps.
My 4 foot and growing male will eat about 5 adult mice per day or 4 chicks. My female that's a little over 3 foot will eat about 1 adult mouse per day or 5 quail chicks. Mussels are their favorite food.
>>My 4 foot and growing male will eat about 5 adult mice per day or 4 chicks. My female that's a little over 3 foot will eat about 1 adult mouse per day or 5 quail chicks. Mussels are their favorite food.
how old are the quail? I have seen one day up to adult. tried the mussels but they seemed to like feeder fish better....I remember you saying they didn't like the mussels that much at first either so I'll try again soon
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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Just the day old quail. I'm afraid to feed her a regular chick cuz I don't want her to choke on it. She's like 38-39 inches long I think. Speaking of that I'm a little curious on how big your B&W is and have you been feeding regular chicks? Have you been feeding those 90.00 - 170.00 gram Guinea Pigs!?
I'm probably just too overly protective with them. If I could just hear someone say they feed their 3 foot tegu regular chicks it would save me some trouble and money.
Oh btw my male eats a little over 15 mussles were my female eats 3 or 4 per daily/feeding.
>>Just the day old quail. I'm afraid to feed her a regular chick cuz I don't want her to choke on it.
I have been successfully feeding all sizes, but they like the week old the best(as far as quail). But they have eaten an adult.
They will not choke, because as you can read on bert's site they will eat an adult turkey a little at time. The thing is though...it's better for them to eat the whole thing....bones and all...more complete nutrition. Have you tried gizzards?
>> Have you been feeding those 90.00 - 170.00 gram Guinea Pigs!?
I have them in the freezer....I'll let you know how it goes
I want them to get a little larger...with the way they grow it should be soon !
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Yours,
NiCoLE
"Trying to save someone from their own stupidity is like trying to teach a pig how to dance: it wastes your time, and annoys the pig."
- Robert
Heinlein
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