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 Feeding question

Im in the uk and have a red tegu. i feed him mice, boiled eggs and grapes. Rats in the uk are very expensive, mice are getting expensive so im thinking about feeding him chicks instead of mice as a main food source, do you think this will be ok? are chicks as good for him as mice?
06/29/08  11:57am

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 Feeding question

hey everyone, sorry i havent been as active as usual :)

As to you coults,
As with any herp, they should have a vast variety of foods both flesh and plant matter.
Meaning, mice shouldnt be the MAIN part of the diet and neither should chicks. If you do mice one day do chicks the next, then go back to mice, or try some ground turkey. And dont forget your veggies/fruits... tegus are omnivorous.

As for nutrition goes ... im kicking myself right now cuz i dont know the answer, but im not too sure which would be healthier for him.
Although ... chicks are newly born, meaning they just consumed the amniotic nutrition, where as the older the rats/mice get the more apt they are to being malnutritioned ... but nonetheless, dont keep giving your tegu one type of meat consistantly ... thats no fun, and gets boring.

Also, if you would like to try it ... there is a type of canned dog food, its called turducken. It is an organic dog food (aka no preservatives or harmful toxins) its more or less like a beef stew. So u can give that i try, all our tegus love it!

Anyway i hope that helped!
Good luck

Mike



06/29/08  09:50pm

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   Message To: Mike S   In reference to Message Id: 1778037


 Feeding question

Cheers for your response he does get eggs and fruit aswell, i will see if i can find that dog food. iv tried the tined monitor and tegu food but he wont eat that. Cheers
06/30/08  02:28pm


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