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Sorry for posting so much ... (3rd post in 4 days !!!) always the same with a new pet though, you can gain so much info before getting them but then alwyas have more Q's when they come along.

Just a quicky .. last night whilst feeding my fish I had a sardine left, so I cut it in half and threw it in with the tegs .. the female immediately pounced on it and ate it in seconds ... much more quickly than she does with mice !!

Is there anything wrong with giving them fish occasionally? (I'm thinking oily fish, lots of omega3 fatty acids, low in cholestrol)

They seem to have very cosmopolitan appetites eating all fruit and veg I've offered thus far, mealworms, mice and now fish.

Whilst I'm here I may as well ask another question ..

how much should I feed them? Can I over feed? The seem to eat anything that I put in the viv ...

cheers

carl

From what I have read fish is ok but you want to stick with good quality fish. You especially want to stay from feeder gold fish, they are like the Big Mac of of all feeders. I don't eat or feed sardine but I believe some come loaded with salt if so you would want to stay away from those.

Tegus are eating machines and you can over feed them and they will get fat. Occasionally you will see a picture posted here of a tegu that looks like an over stuffed sausage. I feed quite a bit but Lucky is still young, 8-10 months, 33" and he gets a lot of exercise free roaming in my house. As he gets older I will back off from daily meals to probably every other day unless he stays active and keeps his weight reasonable.