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im gettin a red tegu (sucker is bright red like a tomato), i asked the guy that is sellin him to me and he just told me what to feed him and that he eats everything in his face. to all the red tegu owners or anyone, could you guys give me like a ratio fruit:meat to feed him and types of fruits yours like. thanks to everyone for all the helpfull input, justin

I have limited experince with Reds, but in my experince Reds eat more fruits than Arg. B&W. Most tegus like bananas, and mangos, red grapes, I have heard of people feeding starwberries but my B&W just spits them right out. as for a ratio during the months when my tegu is active I feed him as many rats as he'll eat 3 times a week and a fruit salad 2-3 times a week.

I have an adult b&w that will only eat mice and nothing else. My red refuses, absolutely refuses, to eat any kind of fruit at all. This was really stressing me out in the beginning. I feed him mice and baby quail that are supplemented with Miner-All every other feeding (which is like every other day) and he seems to be just fine. He has been vet checked a couple of times now because of his refusal to eat any fruit and has come out with a clean bill of health. This is just my experience and I in no way suggest you not to supplement diet with fruit for your red tegu. It has been my experience with other red and b&w tegus that they savor strawberries, mango, oranges, and sometimes grapes. Good luck.

Santiago would not eat fruit either. So what I did is did the fruit in blended hard bioled egg and a little water to liquify the egg . it works great . Santiago eats 2kiwis and 1 apricot evey fruit meal . Russ