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Im ordering some feeders from rodent pro soon but i want to mix up my tegus diet a little bit, ive been feeding mice like crazy i was wandering if i should order baby chicks or baby quail to also when i order the mice, he/she is about almost 2 feet now so she can eat good size pray,so what else should i buy with the mice?thanx

I am assuming that you have an Argetine B&W, Red or Blue tegu. Feeding a variety of prey items is always a good idea. Supplementing rodents with chicks and quail will mimic the variety of prey that a tegu would take in the wild. You should also supplement your tegu's diet with fresh fruits and vegetables. I feed My Argentine B&W a diet of frozen rodents and fresh fruits. So far he has eagerly taken apples, oranges, carrots, sweet potatoes and pears. I also feed him cooked chicken and cooked eggs. (Cooked eggs with the shell are an excellent supplement as they provide calcium)
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You'll be happy with your mice from rodentpro. Good quality. Ordering food gets expensive though. If you want to add variety to their diet and save some cash, consider breeding roaches. I just ordered a colony of B. dubia from www.blaberus.com. They're easy to breed, don't make much smell, don't climb or fly, and take pretty much no effort while at the same time providing a large prey item with a high meat to shell ratio. And they live for up to a year. So, you don't have to worry about them croaking before you use 'em. Seems pretty hard to beat to me. And tegus in the wild eat far more bugs than rodents or chicks I can promise you. My 2 tegus eat a total of 8 mice per day plus extra stuff like ground turkey and fruit. Do the math. It adds up quick. It's worth the little extra effort to breed some of your own food too IMHO (especially when dealing with voracious feeders like tegus).