What do you feed your tegus?

RainbowParty · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject: What do you feed your tegus?

This seems like a pretty slow forum. How about listing off various types of feeders people give to their tegus? So far on the site people have talked about the obvious crix and worms, mice and rats.. but there's more and more talk about fish and crawfish and crab and even scorpions now. I say we should try to list off all the different foods we feed our tegus, so that we can all add more variety to their diets.
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D3K3 · Member Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Michigan

Well i use to feed my tegu alot of rats and mice but i have stoped that to one every few weeks. I have fed mine a variety of:
Fish, ground turkey, eggs, mice/rats, chicken, squash, spring mix salad, mangos, papya, grapes, bannana, kiwi, tomatoes, black berries, blue berries, melon, rasberries, strawberries, squash, potatoe, zuccini.
He seems to like all of this only if its blended up to mush. I gave my tegu a small piece of hot dog once. I would like to feed snails but i dont know what kind people talk about.

Bathory · Member Joined: Oct 14, 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Hungary

I thought about earth worms. I've read, that they are very easy to breed, and nutritious - full of protein. However I have concerns about where to get the basic stock from. They can be infested with bacterias and parasites. Maybe from shop, as a fishing bait?

RainbowParty · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:

Fishing bait could be sketchy.. most worms in tackle shops are bought off of worm pickers who pay farmers and stuff to let them pick worms out of their fields. My dad is a farmer, and he used to get a free 2-4 every time the worm pickers came by.
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andy_rotten · Member Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 48 Location: Italy

i feed my 11 month old couple with:
(in disorder)pinkies once a week, meatballs,chicken, quail eggs,banana,cherries,locusts,butterflies,crickets,nightcrawlers,snails (with and without shell) that i get pesticide free,melon,raspberries,strawberries,dandelion,trout,pineapple,pear,clover,
alfaalfa,persimmon (kaki),mango,kiwi.... i'm sure i forgot something, but that's about what i use to feed them. i'm introducing now veggies ad fruit,so i mix all with some stuff they like and it seems they like it.

RainbowParty · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:17 pm Post subject:

Does your tegu eat all that on it's own, or do you have to mix it with something? Koopa only eats fruits and veggies when I mix it in his turkey.
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Teiidae · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:48 am Post subject:

Only one of my Tegu's "the elder", will eat fruit by itself and only strawberries so far, however something's always in the mix for both

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tegulevi · Respected Member Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 489

crimson loves strawberrys. almost as much as his rats. he will eat half a banana in one bite its pretty funny to see

D3K3 · Member Joined: Feb 24, 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Michigan

Ya my tegu eats every fruit stright up but when it comes to vegies they have to be ground up in to a mixture.

andy_rotten · Member Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 48 Location: Italy

my couple eats fruits and veg only if mixed, but i think it's because they're still young..

Johelian · Retired Mod Joined: Nov 22, 2004 Posts: 848

My tegu will eat fruit (strawberries, apple, banana etc) and veg (raddichio, frisee etc - a beardie mix) on their own after a couple of days without any protein; since hes old and a bit overweight, its primarily what he gets. He also gets locusts, morioworms, mice, chicks, eggs and african land snails (a rather sparse treat, which I buy from pet stores). Trying to steer away from the turkey, which I was really just giving him to get the veggies into him; now that he knows he has to eat them or go without, he isnt kicking up a fuss. Theres not much to minced turkey breast anyway, to be honest.

Tegublackandgold · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:00 pm Post subject:

My columbain only eats meat ive tried eveything to get him to eat fruit or veggies he wont go for any of it

Tegublackandgold · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject:

And i feed mine live mice is that bad

Teiidae · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

My Colombians just ate meat and rodents as well - My Gold would eat turkey with fruit smashed in it though - feeding prekilled mice will help with the feeding response, and avoid bites from live prey...
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Tegublackandgold · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

the only thing is that he doesnt seem to like the dead mice
he loves his live prey and ill try the fruit trick with turkey