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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: Tegu diet / movement
Hi everyone!
This is my first time on the forum. I have two questions:
1. How fast are tegu's naturally in the wild? The only one i've ever been in contact with is dog tame and always moseys around slowly but I cant imagine they are all that way in the wild or they would get eaten.
2. My B&W has refused every ofer of fruits and vegetables that we've tried. He'll eat turkey meatballs, eggs, whole rodents, steak, etc but wont touch anything else. Is there any way I can entice him into eating the other stuff?
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: tegus
hi welcome to the tegu young tegus are more flighty than adults young ones can be eaten so they are flighty nervous adult tegus have few predators so they are less flighty
feeding young argentine tegus will eat some fruits but not alot. some of mine ate bannanas , apricots , melons, straw berries. bread . most are hardy eaters of insects , mice , meats just add some fruits adults argentine tegus eat alot more fruits than young tegus especially red tegus which require large amounts of fruit to stay healthy
jeff _________________ TEGUS TEGUS AND MORE TEGUS
Joined: Jan 21, 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Bs As. Argentina
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject:
Welcome to the forums!
First off: Wild Tegus no matter it's size can run very fast. I know this because i tried to catch a 3 footer last year Let's just say that i had 4 goes and was not even close He outran me way too easy.
I don't know the age of your tegu. But yes, from what i've read young lings don't tend to eat so much fruits. However....a good way to make them eat fruits is by using Fabians technique.....Which is to basically mix fruits with raw egg.
Good luck _________________ 0.1.0 Argentine B&W, Juancha
Joined: Oct 16, 2007 Posts: 1947 Location: San Antonio,TX
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:
Hi ecostation.Welcome to the Tegu forum family.I hear a lot that young Tegus don't eat fruit or veggies.Next time what you can do when you make raw lean ground turkey meat balls put some fruit of veggies in there.Here is some info that you might want to check out.Hope that helps.How old is you Tegu and what is his/her name ?
Joined: Jan 10, 2008 Posts: 127 Location: London, England
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:20 am Post subject:
Hi Ecostation
TxRepGirl's advice is the best way to get your tegu to eat fruit and veg if they won't willingly. We have a red and the only fruit he will eat without hiding it are Red Grapes. But we roll broccolli, greens and other fruit and veggies into his turkey mince or chicken, so that when he eats his meat he gets his fruit and/or veg as well. It is a neat trick and they do fall for it _________________ 1.0.0 Louie Our Red Argentine Tegu
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Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: pennsylvania
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:01 am Post subject:
Hi ecostation and welcome to theTegu family enjoy
on the other hand Angel loves eggs so I place the meat of the day with egg and put it in my chopper and for the last touch add a sprinkle of calcium D/3
and for my args I do the same but I place a little sweet fruit and press the chopper button and for the last touch just a sprinkle calcium D/3
so far so good _________________ 0.1.0 B/W Colombian tegu
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Joined: Jan 10, 2008 Posts: 127 Location: London, England
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:18 am Post subject:
Another top idea that I might have to steal Angelrose
Louie loves eggs as well and chopping the fruit into them with the chopper is a great idea
I read on here previously about grinding down some of the eggshell and sprinkling it over the egg which is what I do now and Louie loves it, so that was another fantastic idea taken from the forum as well. _________________ 1.0.0 Louie Our Red Argentine Tegu
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Joined: Jan 29, 2008 Posts: 150 Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:
Hey people, since you already answered the diet part, I just wanted to show you some videos to support Chris' stories haha. We both live in Argentina so we have seen them, the fastest I've seen was running on his two rear feet for 10 meters. Here you wont see them racing but can get an idea on how fast they can be.
The first one is just too funny, Chris that knows Spanish will understand what I'm talking about, that tegu didnt get scared in front of the guy haha.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: Gebris353
i know they are fast and ive had mine run on hind legs but the video they are really fast great video gebris353 _________________ TEGUS TEGUS AND MORE TEGUS
Joined: Oct 16, 2007 Posts: 1947 Location: San Antonio,TX
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject:
Thank you Fabian for the videos.I love the first one.I think if I would have a wild Tegu running at me like this I would start screaming and run away from him and when I'm not around him any more I would start laughing and maybe try to get close to him again .
Joined: Jan 29, 2008 Posts: 150 Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:51 am Post subject:
No problem, just wanted to show how fast they could be, and yeah the first one with these guys in the camping is just to funny, they are more afraid than the little lizard!
Me gusta cuando le amaga, y después corre media cuadra jaja! xD _________________ Did you say "tame"? Let me show you what that means: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RvhG2j6zOs
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 98 Location: Birmingham England
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:
cool vidoes especially the last one shows just how tame they can become if they build up the trust with you.... _________________ 1 argentinian B AND W tegu
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hi welcome to the tegu 
He outran me way too easy.
