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 Feeding chicks

Hi, I fed my little guy 2 day old chicks today. I was wondering if I should feed him day old chicks or wait for the chicks to eat a good bit for a few days first to grow a bit? I own a chicken farm and was suggested by a breeder that sold me my tegu to use the chicks we farm because they are healthy and never carry any diseases. Any suggestions?
05/25/08  10:36pm

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Ameivaboy
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 1746442


 Feeding chicks

Generally speaking several smaller meals is better than one big one, and since you have a chicken farm then that shouldnt be an issue at all. As for the breeder telling you they never carry any diseases well, i find that absurd, maybe less prone to have diseases but any live animal can carry disease,parasites etc. It’s kinda like people saying "captive bred reptiles dont have parasites" which is retarded, sure they tend to have less parasites but none?? come on now, i know of countless people who have had bearded dragons pinworms just as one example.
05/26/08  02:06pm

 #1747867


Mike S
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 1746442


 Feeding chicks

Umm i have to agree with amieva up there :)

2 day old chicks are fine i suppose as long as your tegu and handle them ... also i dont know if i would have fed him two chicks... i probably would have fed the chick along with some raspberries/blueberries with some apples, thats just me though :)

And of course your chick can be born with a disease, just as a human could, but like stated previously they are less prone to having disease. The longer they are alive the more prone they are to getting infected with something, its just nature.

But yea, overall i wouldnt feed two chicks i would mix it up with fruits and what not
05/27/08  09:04am

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BooByVu
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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1747867


 Feeding chicks

Ohh ok thanks guys. I think the breeder meant they wont have any diseases that would hurt my tegu. Plus I told him I would freeze the chicks in large bulks that way i always have small chicks. My tegu is now about 3 feet long but would you still suggest going with a small amount of chicks and fruits when he is full grown? I havent managed to get him to eat any apples or berries yet. Only a small bit of banana awhile ago. Ill try with cantalopes tomorrow with some ground turkey. Thanks guys
05/27/08  08:36pm

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Mike S
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 1748518


 Feeding chicks

The fruits and veggies are an important part of their overall diets. If at first he doesnt take the fruits, keep them in the food dish, put a chick in there or a rat turkey watever and after hes done with that if he doesnt touch the fruits keep them in there.

~OR~

When you need turkey, blah blah watever mix some fruits in there... you people will probably laugh at me BUT
What we did with our adult male (now sold), he took fruits, but only occasionally.. so what we did some times was we would take one of our rats, kill it (quickly of course), then take a scalpel, but it open take some apples and whatever put it in the stomach and give him the rat that way.
It worked well actually, better than we would have hoped. I think we did it 4 times? and after that he took fruits and even veggies willingly without the ’surgery’ lol

But yea :)
05/28/08  09:01am

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BooByVu
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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1748967


 Feeding chicks

HAHA that IS pretty weird. But yeah i fianlly got him to take some grapes and bananas. I think I might try mice with blue berries and some water melon tomorrow.
05/28/08  06:04pm


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