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  1. Jackie & Hellboy

    Advice on Fruits

    Whole prey not whole prey sorry, for fruits try things like cantaloupe or papaya melons, mine love them, they also love grapes(seedless), banana on occasion, blackberries sometimes( when it comes to berries I've noticed they only eat a few, i think it has to do with the tart flavor of these...
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    Advice on Fruits

    That diet you mentioned has way too much ground meat and meat parts, you're better off with while prey items like insects, mice, chicks, quail etc. I think you can even order fertilized quail eggs online and they are soooo much more healthy for tegus(and us but that's a different argument hahah)
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    Female black and white tegu won't eat!

    I would raise the basking up to 130 it may sound high but this is surface temperature not air temps, if you have an infrared temp gun to read that would be best. My tegus used to be on lower basking temps like yours, and once I bumped them up they became ravenous feeders. Also I wouldn't let...
  4. Jackie & Hellboy

    7 month old issues

    I agree with above, and would like to add that I wouldn't let my cat near my gu's or vice versa, way too many things can go wrong. Same with the bearded dragon, no matter how social of creatures we are, tegus and bearded dragons are solitary and keeping them together will only stress them out as...
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    New Tegu Owner

    Just because he is brumating, don't turn off his basking lamp because he may still come out to bask a bit here and there to keep digesting and keep his body running while sleeping. Burrowing is quite normal and is actually beneficial to their health because they need high humidity and a deep...
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    New to Tegu

    Welcome!
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    Hibernation

    If he is she is sleeping I wouldn't handle, it could stress them out.
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    Please Read and Help me

    Terrible news
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    advice needed

    You should wash your hands between handling different species as is, no need passing along bacteria or anything else. But let's not jump to the conclusion that this will happen for every tegu because it's just not true, both of my tegu's have smelled snake on my hands and kept smelling to...
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    tegu fear of snakes!!

    Could he only smell it on your hands? That's wild, I've seen tegu's eat snakes in a wild video, what breed of snake? I used to own a ball python, sand boas, a retic, and I never got a reaction like this, it may just be an unfamiliar smell and he just freaks from the thought of it being a threat...
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    Dog Food?

    Fish, mice, and lots of fruits with occasional meals of the raw food and the mix you said is fine, the mixed meat diets usually cause runny poo's in my tegu's.
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    Dog Food?

    Im not a fan of super worms or crickets, if locusts are available if go for them. But if not I would try to find some way to get him more whole prey, maybe some whole fish? The heads and all and chopped up into bite size if necessary.
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    Dog Food?

    I see lol, yeah it probably isn't bad then if it's the whole thing ground up. Maybe a once a week meal or something. What kind of whole prey can you get besides mice? Small birds will be good if you can get them somehow, when your tegu is extra large in size (I'm not sure what size he is) you...
  14. Jackie & Hellboy

    First time tegu owner for 4 months now, what am I doing wrong and what am I doing right?

    Do you jerk or jump when he bites at you? I know it's hard to not react but if he learns that lunging at you gets your hand to back off even an inch or even a twitch he picks up on that and will keep using that as a tactic to get space or as a warning to not move any closer. My red tegu is...
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    Dog Food?

    I have heard of raw dog food brands but not this one, if it only has turkey and bone I'd say no, look for kinds with connective tissues and organ meats included, vegetables and fruits aren't bad to have in the food either as long as they're grain free IMO. Are you able to get any prey items at...
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