plz help

kilo · New Member Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Posts: 6

hey guys im new to the site and im going to be buying b&w tegu in about 2 weeks from now. I have his home all set up but i was just wondering how often do you feed it when its about a foot long and growing ?
thanks
Asim

angelrose · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

Hi kilo and Welcome to theTegu forum family.

Congrats on getting your b/w tegu.

feed him/her till they are full. here is a link to a variety of foods for him/her. you can mix and alternate with these foods. I hope this helps.

http://www.tegu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1353
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meanah · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:

feed them everyday... till they are full, they grow fast tho.. my arg has grown over 7 inches since january
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cwj108 · Valued Member Joined: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 104

Hey! I have a tegu that is exactly a foot long. I feed her once a day, everyday. I give her as much as she wants, she will stop when shes full. Somedays she eats like crazy, other days it is in moderation. For instance, the other day she picked at her turkey here and there, but today she ate two pinkies! Congrats on getting a tegu!!

kilo · New Member Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Posts: 6

thanks for the help guys

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:00 am Post subject:

Hi Asim ( kilo ) to the tegu forum family and congrats on your new Tegu.I feed both of my baby Tegus early in the morning after they bask for at least one hour.I also feed them until they are full.I do recommend feeding him in a separate clean bin.That will help with him not getting aggressive toward you when you put your hand in the enclosure.Here are some infos for you that you might want to check out.Hope that helps.Please keep up posted on how he is doing and if you can please post some pictures for us,too.Thanks.

http://thetegu.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=35969#35969

http://thetegu.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=34545#34545

http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/feeder-crickets-worms-rodents-roaches-and-more/

http://rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_01.asp

http://www.anapsid.org/constipation.html

Davii · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

Oh, they stop when they get full?
I was told they didn't know so they would just keep eating..

I get told all the wrong information around here >.<
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txrepgirl · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

You just let them eat all they want when they are young because they grow sooooo fast that they need all the food they can get.Trust me there will be days that your Tegu doesn't want to eat because it a lot the day before.Now when you have a full grown one than you have to watch more with what they eat.Just make sure please that you give your Tegu the calcium and vitamine powder.Like on Monday and Tuesday give your Tegu the calcium powder than on Wednesday the vitamin,Thursday and Friday the calcium and so on.I got that from Rick's ( the breeder ) care sheet.If you need it let me know and I send it to you if I haven't already.I usually try to post it every time some one is new.Hope that helps.I wouldn't believe some one that works at a Pet store.