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Seems like A LOT of people always ask, "can I feed this to my tegu?" and a lot of other people say they feed their tegus some weird things that the tegu enjoys...

If you guys can help, I wanna make a whole list of foods that are good for tegus in Excel. That way we can distribute it so there is no confusion!

If anyone would like to help (PLEASE do!) just keep adding to the list!

So far the obvious:

Crickets
mice
ground turkey
superworms

Please participate
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Roast beef and Turkey "cold cuts"
Canned Tuna
Cooked Corn

I will think of some others later.
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goldfish
egg
other lizards
fruit
night crawlers
canned cat food

Meats-----
Ground Turkey
Gold Fish (feeder)
Crickets
Superworms
Mice
Nightcrawlers
Canned Tuna
Roast beef (cold cut)
Turkey (cold Cut)
Lizards (feeder)
Mealworms

Fruits-----
Kiwi
Grapes

Other----
Canned Cat Food
Mashed Potato
Egg (scrmbld/poached)
Cooked Corn

That's the list so far... What other fruits should be added to the list?
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0.0.3 Whites tree frogs
0.0.1 Blizzard leopard gecko
0.0.1 Argentine Black and White tegu
0.1 Tremper leopard gecko
0.1 Het. tremper leopard gecko

Roaches have been added to the list
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0.0.3 Whites tree frogs
0.0.1 Blizzard leopard gecko
0.0.1 Argentine Black and White tegu
0.1 Tremper leopard gecko
0.1 Het. tremper leopard gecko

Fruits---

Bananas
papaya
Fruit Medley baby food (mix with ground turkey - lots of
vitamin c)
peaches

Really, any fruit that you can get them to eat, but I've been told not to give them straight citrus fruits.

Thanks, List updated
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0.0.3 Whites tree frogs
0.0.1 Blizzard leopard gecko
0.0.1 Argentine Black and White tegu
0.1 Tremper leopard gecko
0.1 Het. tremper leopard gecko

Apples - raw and cooked in microwave for a few seconds. It
makes them softer and juicier.

Canned pineapple chunks-unsweetened cheap can(generic)

Mashed potatos-with cheese melted and mixed in.

Cheese fries-make your own baked, unsalted.

Cantalope-better than candy

Bananas-will eat if enticed

If you have something that you know is good for your tegu but they won't eat. Get you a long pair of tweezers or kitchen tongs and give it a little motion. My Rufus can't stand to see food moving away from him and his feeding response is strong. I also recommend a readily identifyable feeding dish. I bought some inexpensive enameled camp plates at Walmart. With three plates one is always clean and ready to go. Rufus knows that when a plate is offered that is his food...Not my hand.

Mike B

List updated, thanks

Any know if Bacon is OK? I heard of it being fed... but if it's not good for the Tegu I don't want to add it to the list
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0.0.3 Whites tree frogs
0.0.1 Blizzard leopard gecko
0.0.1 Argentine Black and White tegu
0.1 Tremper leopard gecko
0.1 Het. tremper leopard gecko