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Well, My B&W arg. Tegu Morpheous is coming out of brumation. He is finally eating lots, still kind of hiding though. I feed him about every other day usually 2 large pinks/fuzzies or as many pinks as he can eat (if they are small, ya know, he always looks hungry!) Im hoping once he gets into his full blown "stay up all day everyday" mode I will feed him everyday, but as of right now I feed him when I see him out. His shed I am soaking in mineral oil once daily, hopefully it will come off soon (just retained shed on tail for those that dont know). I am thinking - He used to like grapes but now he is kind of iffy on them, but hey I will start those back up soon. I was wondering, would offering Sliced chicken/turkey mixed with calcium supplement (Minerall) work as a staple food as well?

Also - I am planning on breeding him/her in the future, but of course will plan on that when it comes along. Just curious, what kind of breeding tips do you have? Wheres the best place to introduce? Do they need to be living together when bred (im assuming not)?

Im moving Morpheous into his big cage once it is finished built (Im a procrastinator, I bought all the supplies I just need a few hours to make it!! We are pulling up the carpet and putting down linoleum in the basement so when that is done I can rearrange the cages and have room for Morpheous's big one.)

Thanks for all the help!

David
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I'll touch on the food/nutrient: I have fed ground turkey (fresh) in the San Diego Zoo diet and boiled/cooked chicken de-boned, supplemented with herpavite 2 x a week, Calcium with Vit D3 was 4 x week. Of course in the SDZ, the herpavite and calcium-vit D3 was already added to it. This was their main food source. My reds would eat grapes on occassion and strawberries were in the SDZ with 1-lb. strawberries mixed with 2 lbs ground turkey, plus supplements. For my B/W's and blue the strawberry content was reduced to 6 oz. per 2 lbs. of turkey, as too much fruit with them caused diarhea. I would fee the tegus every day beginning 2 weeks after brumation. Every-other day when they began coming out of it as not to shock their system and digestive tracks.

Regarding the mating aspect. I've had them mating in their main cage, on the living room floor..... LOL :0) So this never was an issue about their shyness. I am aware that some breeders say their prefer isolation, though is mainly up to the tegus themselves I guess. :0)

Hope this helps!!!

Greg

>>I'll touch on the food/nutrient: I have fed ground turkey (fresh) in the San Diego Zoo diet and boiled/cooked chicken de-boned, supplemented with herpavite 2 x a week, Calcium with Vit D3 was 4 x week. Of course in the SDZ, the herpavite and calcium-vit D3 was already added to it. This was their main food source. My reds would eat grapes on occassion and strawberries were in the SDZ with 1-lb. strawberries mixed with 2 lbs ground turkey, plus supplements. For my B/W's and blue the strawberry content was reduced to 6 oz. per 2 lbs. of turkey, as too much fruit with them caused diarhea. I would fee the tegus every day beginning 2 weeks after brumation. Every-other day when they began coming out of it as not to shock their system and digestive tracks.
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>>Regarding the mating aspect. I've had them mating in their main cage, on the living room floor..... LOL :0) So this never was an issue about their shyness. I am aware that some breeders say their prefer isolation, though is mainly up to the tegus themselves I guess. :0)
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>>Hope this helps!!!
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>>Greg
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David and Kevin

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Remember to be flexible and take your tegus' natural cues for breeding. Each male and each female has different personalities when it comes to breeding. The trick is to match their "willingness" together. One mail would have bred one of our cats if he could, LOL, though the females would run and even bite at him to fend if off. LOL

Take it easy!!!