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i was wondering if anybody knows how to get a red tegu to eat fruits she will not even touch the fruit with her tounge. any info would help shes about 6 months old

thanks
tony and chompers

What Food does she eat ? I Dip my fruit in some Blended hard bioled egg . I also add water to the egg to thin out the egg to liquid. also try sentig the food with rodents. Good luck . Russ

the first fruit i was ale to get my tegu to eat were grapes what i did was break them in half so he could like the juice and i put it in his food bowl while it already had superworms in it and he was eating

Mine is SUPER picky...but she loves cherries now! She would refuse most, but I found if I de-pitted a cherry but left the stem on I could dangle them in front of her face...well...So long as the rest of my hand was out of sight. She seemed to for that. She now excepts cherries, nectarines on occasion, kiwi and grapes. Hope it works for you.
Garrett

thanks for all your guys help i will try all your sugestions

tony and chompers

I have been using this method for a couple of years now, and it works great..just take whatever fruit you want, and mix it in with raw ground turkey until they start eating it on there own, it has never failed me yet, I used to use the SDZ turkey diet, but it was to sloppy, so now I only use it if I am out of rodents..or to con the babies into eating fruit, in fact I just about raised this guy from the turkey diet, now I feed him medium to large rats, he is 3 yrs. old....

now what is this sdz diet and why is it so messy iam new to tegus and i just ordered a pair of 66% het blues from ron and i dont want to be a bad owner. the only reason i dont know to much is that is not alot of good caresheets on them. and their all different.

thanks
tony