Feeding a 20" long tegu

TeguNoobie · Member Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 29

I'll be getting a 20" tegu soon, and wanted to show you guys my layout of how I'm gonna feed him.

handful crickets/roaches everyday dusted with calcium on mondays and fridays. Dusted with Vitamins every wednesday.

Fruits/veggies like apples bananas lettuce etc every other or 2 days.

Anything else?

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

I would be careful with feeding him/her to much banana and no spinach.Here is some info for you.Hope that helps.Good luck with him/her.Also please do not feed him/her in the enclosure.He could get impacted ( that happened to mine ones and it was bad ) and it will help him not to get aggressive later on when he sees you putting your hand in his enclosure and he thinks that you have food for him ( he could bite you ).What you can do is get a clean empty bin for him.

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

http://thetegu.com/postt5427.html

http://rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_01.asp

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

TeguNoobie · Member Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 29

Thanks for the info. I'll probably feed him banana once a month, if that. Also, I know not to feed him in the cage, I have a black throat monitor already and he is always fed in a seperte cage to prevent cage aggression and what not.

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

Your welcome.Any time.

greentriple · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

Feeding is easy early, but once he's bigger, watch out they eat so much. I can't seem to keep mine full.

TeguNoobie · Member Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 29

One more question, is ok to feed them fruits and vegetables inside their enclosure? OR should I feed those outside as well?

Also, are cucumbers ok to feed?

jose2187 · Honored Member Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 259

as long as he doesn't asee you putting them in, like in the morning or when he's in the hide, but you should do most of the feeding out of the cage

TeguNoobie · Member Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 29

Alright thanks, so I was reading around. And I keep reading different stuff about the same stuff, like some say melons and cantilopes are fine, others say no. Some say grapes are fine others say no. Some say you don't need to feed vegetables and just fruits and others say you need to.

So what fruits are ok to feed? Are vegetables necessary? If so, which ones are ok?

jose2187 · Honored Member Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 259

well bert, who is a big breeder and has done it for a long time feeds them grapes , they like them. Red tegud need more fruit then b&w's they need more they really don't need alot of veggies. bananas, grapes, blue berries, strawberries, cantaloupe are all good

TeguNoobie · Member Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 29

What about oranges? Or canned peaches?

jose2187 · Honored Member Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 259

peaches in a can have alot of sugar addded, i would skip them

TeguNoobie · Member Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 29

Alright thanks. That's what I was thinking. How about the oranges?

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

Oranges have to much acid in them.Here are some infos for you.Hope it helps.

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