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Recent content by westcoastnavy
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
Oh, hey no worries, i think you just missed the first portion of this post is all! Hissing roaches and dubia are not that great, tried it :p They just bunker down in a corner and my tegus end up ignoring them. I donated both colonies to a local wildlife group as feeders. But i have never tried...- westcoastnavy
- Post #19
- Forum: Black and White Tegu Discussion
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
Hi end temp is 120f low end is 70f approx. Not quite sure why you think I am providing a large turkey diet or that i have not offered any live prey? I think you missed the part of the post where i was offering literally anything and everything i could possibly find to encourage them to eat...- westcoastnavy
- Post #17
- Forum: Black and White Tegu Discussion
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
That is what I am guessing? sort of. i dunno. They ate voraciously for the past few days and now one is doing what I assume to be a mating thing. Head bobbing and gentle biting while trying to mount. The other one sometimes is down, and other times is not down. I have individual hides built for...- westcoastnavy
- Post #13
- Forum: Black and White Tegu Discussion
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
tried that. a veggie fruit puree with ground turkey also a finely chopped chicken with various fruit (kiwi, mango, banana, sweet potato,) you name it. they would touch it. now they will eat anything. Seriously, anything. not sure what happened.- westcoastnavy
- Post #11
- Forum: Black and White Tegu Discussion
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
Sorry for the lack of attendance, holidays and what not. Ok update: Last week, they finally started to eat again. Total time without food 22 days. Just got up, to check on them and they were clambering to get out. Once they were out thay started to try to eat anything they saw. A a random boot...- westcoastnavy
- Post #9
- Forum: Black and White Tegu Discussion
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
Fed them dead mice. They are pretty lazy, which I believe is par for the course, but they apparently love to chase to crickets, but they have never had live mice. Also, we have used various tongs and tricks to encourage their prey drive. They are not overweight according to my vet. Currently...- westcoastnavy
- Post #4
- Forum: Black and White Tegu Discussion
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Stubborn Tegu wont eat anything but mice, suggestions?
The back story: I have two black and whites, one male one female. I have had them about a year and half. For the first 14 months, they were great eaters. They started off with crickets and I slowly worked in some fruits and veggies. Once they were too big to reasonably feed them crickets as a...- westcoastnavy
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