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Hey i was wondering what else is some good food besides the usaual crickets,superworms,roachs,turkey, and how to prepare them or how you feed it to them and i also heard fish but i heard feeder fish were horriable to feed to them so what kind of fish to use would help too

I feed mine chicken, turkey (cut into suitable size pieces), mice (of various sizes), earthworms, locusts hoppers, morio, and whitefish cut into pieces.

Should be enough to be going on with.

carl

Whole prey items are best. You can hack up a fish (if it's too large) , but give him the whole fish and not just chunks of meat. but some good items include rodents, shrimp, crabs, fish, roaches, superworms, crix. the thing about fish is not feeding petstore goldfish/feederfish. they are kept in tight, unsanitary conditions commonly and are not a very clean food source. a mouse is a bigger and cleaner meal for the same price as a dozen feeder goldfish anyhow. as far as turkey burger, canned monitor food and eggs(unfertile chicken eggs from grocery store).... they are ok in a pinch, but don't let those items be anything more than an occasional feeding. i feed finger mullet that i net (benefit of living on the water in Florida) to my larger monitors. be creative with where you live, but think whole animal feeders, not chunks and bits from the grocery store.