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RE: Diet ?

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Posted by: snakeeyes1618 at Mon Dec 1 05:56:18 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by snakeeyes1618 ]  
   

>>I have never heard of a herbivorous tegu...
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>>I find some are pickier than others, plus it's a time of year when many begin to lose their appetites and prepare for brumation.
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>>I have a red that loves fruit of many kinds and will pick it out of the meat to eat. One B/W will eat fruit and meat, another B/W eats more meat, less fruit. Of course the Colombian is carnivorous.
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>>I would offer a bigger variety of fruits than just bananas; mix it with the meat if you have to. Also offer whole prey items: rodents, chicks, fish. Ground turkey is OK, but lacks minerals.

I have tried strawberries, apples, grapes, mango, greens, carrots, pears, plums, etc. and the only thing she would even do was banana....and even then she only ate a small amount.

I just want to make sure she is fine and that she is not haveing a prob becasue of diet. She is growing like normal but she has always had a bit of trouble shedding....I know it is somehting i just have to figure out what....oh and she gets one to two large mice a week
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Scott
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