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 #1745999


KsTaR
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 Need Help on Feeding......

Wats up guys....1st off i wanna say thank you 2 everyone that has been helping me so far especially Guido and Mike.s...... i have a baby colombian b&w and i dont wanna kepp him on crickets all the time and i wanted to know wat does everyone else suggest i feed him... i dont wanna feed him anything that might mess him up....but i jus measured him and hes 10 inches....so wat type of diet can i have for him right now? heres a pic of him...
05/25/08  02:42pm

 #1746002


Reptictale92
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   Message To: KsTaR   In reference to Message Id: 1745999


 Need Help on Feeding......

Mine is about 10 inches. and is eating hoppers, but starts yours of with fuzzies, eggs, roaches, fruit. What is that bedding you got him one. Try Mulch mixed with sand my baby and adult Colombian golden tegus loves it.
05/25/08  02:50pm

 #1746426


BooByVu
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   Message To: KsTaR   In reference to Message Id: 1745999


 Need Help on Feeding......

Ok, I doubt yours would even touch fruits but you can try i guess. Try boiled eggs, ground turkey, crickets, mealworms, superworms, hoppers, fuzzies, or pinkes. Umm Mike posted a really good feeders list that you should look at.
05/25/08  10:18pm

 #1746620


Reptictale92
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 1746426


 Need Help on Feeding......

Mine eats strawberries every once in a while.
05/26/08  02:00am

 #1747004


Ameivaboy
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1746620


 Need Help on Feeding......

crayfish and quail eggs are nice treats as well as hornworms and silkworms.
05/26/08  02:08pm

 #1747570


Guido1090
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   Message To: Ameivaboy   In reference to Message Id: 1747004


 Need Help on Feeding......

here is a good food list.

have you changed his cage yet? im interested in seeing some updated pictures of him and his cage :)
05/26/08  10:08pm

 #1747880


Mike S
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   Message To: Guido1090   In reference to Message Id: 1747570


 Need Help on Feeding......

Boobyvu’s tegu talk link is fantasitc

also dont use sand like someone suggested
I can repost the food list if u would like me to
05/27/08  09:21am

 #1748983


Adzi
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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1747880


 Need Help on Feeding......

When you feed them boiled eggs, do u have 2 peal the shell off or leave them with it on? and can you feed them raw eggs/

I have a arg b&w by the way

xx
05/28/08  09:36am

 #1749092


Mike S
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   Message To: Adzi   In reference to Message Id: 1748983


 Need Help on Feeding......

Boiled eggs, you can mush the shell into the egg for more calcium but its not really looked upon well.
I scramble my herps eggs i dont hard boil them ... just because i this its less messy lol

Also, you can feed raw eggs, i just choose not to. Due to the amount of bacteria that could be in them ... i just dont :)
05/28/08  12:46pm

 #1749368


BooByVu
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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1749092


 Need Help on Feeding......

Well I never put my egg in whole cuz its messy when he has to bite it and swing it everywhere. I cut it up in little chunks and leae the shell out. It just seems dangerous to feed the shell. Ohh I finally got my little guy to take some grapes and a small bit of banana today with a side of crickets hehe
05/28/08  05:53pm

 #1759039


Turtle addict
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 1749368


 Need Help on Feeding......

Kinda old post but I wanted to ask a question...my baby arg b/w is eating the canned monitor and tegu food. Anyone else use that stuff? And what do you think of it as part of a varied diet?


Mine also gets fruit (wont touch them) greens, veggies, mice, worms, insects and ground turkey.
06/12/08  05:25pm

 #1764745


Mike S
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   Message To: Turtle addict   In reference to Message Id: 1759039


 Need Help on Feeding......

Umm ... at the tegu canned food, that is a big no no, at least in my opinion.
1. the additives for preservation purposes are toxic
2. the "meat" in the can are byproducts/undesirable to humans and loaded with growth horomones and other toxins
3. the fat content in them are extremely high and potentially fatal

If you are looking for a suitable canned food, i would suggest Turducken, it is an organic canned dog food with extremely low fat and as it suggests ORGANIC (no additives). It more or less looks like a beef stew.. this is the ONLY canned food supplement i would ever offer to any herp :)

And how old is your tegu? then are bored carnivorous and as they age are more accepting to fruits and veggies
06/18/08  09:35am

 #1767308


BooByVu
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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1764745


 Need Help on Feeding......

Eh canned food is a bit too messy for me. Plus I dont like canned food so I wont give my tegu any lol. Seeing that tegus accept F/T foods alot better then my snakes, I think keeping frozen food stored is much better then canned food. But ofcourse this is my opinion and my tegu spoiled heh
06/20/08  09:46am

 #1768342


Turtle addict
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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1764745


 Need Help on Feeding......

Thanks for the info...I’m going to stop the canned tegu food. I never thought about the perservatives, or the meat they would use for it...your right.

I will look for the turducken food...I just want to mix up what he’s eating. A varied diet is always better, and that way if I can’t find a certain food one week he has other options.

Mine is only 2 months old...still a baby baby. He is eating the scrambled egg...heads for that first, then his crickets. Twice a week we are feeding him a pinkie. The other days he gets the eggs, turkey, beef, dried crickets, mealies and liver. There are a few crickets in the cage also. I have him eating a small amount of fruit and veggies now...chopped it very small in the blender and throw it in with the meat stuff. Not sure if I should push the fruit/veggie thing this young but I want to make sure he’s getting all the vitamins and stuff he needs. Never sure how healthy those mice were fed.
06/21/08  08:34am


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