Tegus and Grasshoppers

BigLou69 · Member Joined: Sep 11, 2005 Posts: 33

I was just wondering if my tegu would eat a grasshopper. I have a ton of them around my house so Im just wondering. Thanks

Teiidae · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:43 am Post subject:

I believe if pesticides and chemicals "fertilizers and such" are used and picked up by the grassshoppers, These would not be good for the Tegu to ingest...
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tegulevi · Respected Member Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 489

grasshoppers are a huge favorite with my male. i le him chase them around the kitched for some exercise. My vet also told me not to worry much about pesticides. in argentina they use pesticides that arent even legal here.

drfish · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:

In terms of the pesticides, you'll probably find that the grasshoppers carry that small amount, that the trace ingested would not make any difference to your Tegu. They have probably evolved a tolerance to these things anyway over the years, especially wc Tegu's. Pesticides have been common place for maybe 8 generations of Tegu in the wild. Not saying it couldn't harm them, but the chances are slim for just the odd ones.

If your that worried, it may be an idea just to rinse the crickets in cold water, to get rid of any external pesticdes they may be carrying.