Baby chacoan wont eat

[Brayan Rodriguez]

I got my baby chacoan tegu about 1 week ago from underground reptiles but he doesnt eat anything only fuzzies/pinkies/ and like 5-10 crickets...ive tried chicken hearts ,gizzards,liver and tilapia and grapes...im going to try ground turkey today see if he will eat some .
Is their any tricks u can get him to eat something other than whole prey (i know its better but i want to add a variety )

 

[Brayan Rodriguez]

Basking is at 105-110° and humidity is at 75_80%

 

[Walter1]

He looks plump and alert. He's settling in. Nothing tosweat over.

 

[beardeddragon111]

You can use ground meats, but its by all means not necesarry. Im considering moving all the way over to whole prey myself except for when I run out( happens quicker than you'd think lol).

 

[Cody096]

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[Cody096]

Also, just out of curiosity how calm was your Chacoan when it arrived?

 

[Brayan Rodriguez]

He was skidish and always ran away to the other side he still is a lil but i havent handled him just some daily maintenence n he doesnt run away just curious comes to my hand but even if i make the slightest move he runs a lil but comes back ima start handling him this week tho since hes a lil curious ...he did eat some chicken heart today but not a lot he doesnt seem to have intrest in it .....how big is your tegu ?? Any pics

 

[Cody096]

Heh, I was lucky I guess. Mine was calm and curious right out of the box. The first picture is on the day that I got him and the second was from today. I measured him yesterday at 14.5 inches long.

 

[Cody096]

He also really loves cantaloupe and blueberries, which I give him a bit of twice weekly.

 

[Brayan Rodriguez]

yup haha but itl calm down im sure with some handaling mine doesnt have any grean left just the very tip of nose the rest a light caramel white

 

[Brayan Rodriguez]

Ive just tried grapes and strawberry but no luck je just licks it n looses intrest but ima hide it hin his fuzzy next time

 

[DangerousDann]

I got my baby chacoan tegu about 1 week ago from underground reptiles but he doesnt eat anything only fuzzies/pinkies/ and like 5-10 crickets...ive tried chicken hearts ,gizzards,liver and tilapia and grapes...im going to try ground turkey today see if he will eat some .
Is their any tricks u can get him to eat something other than whole prey (i know its better but i want to add a variety )
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I got my Chacoan last year from underground reptiles and at first he just ate crickets even though I offered him all types of stuff. A couple weeks later he started eating ground turkey with calcium powder, that's when I started hand feeding him (best to start when small). Just one year later and he's eating a variety of fruits and about a quarter pound of turkey and a mouse every day. He's just over 4 feet long now. This group is a great source of information. I have a video that tracks his progress over a year's time, I can share it if you'd like.

 

[DangerousDann]

He also really loves cantaloupe and blueberries, which I give him a bit of twice weekly.

Mine wouldn't eat fruit until he was 10 months old, and only likes blackberries and grapes, I offer other fruit but no luck. He hates cantaloupe and actually spits it out when mixed in Turkey.

 

[Walter1]

Mine wouldn't eat fruit until he was 10 months old, and only likes blackberries and grapes, I offer other fruit but no luck. He hates cantaloupe and actually spits it out when mixed in Turkey.

I can see crickets being the go-to food for hatchlings by vendors. DD did it right on offering more and more variety.

 

[Cody096]

Mine also loved dubias, I was going to start a colony but he ate them too quickly and wouldn't accept turkey at the time, though when I started running low on dubias I put pieces of turkey on them to get him accustomed to it and then chopped up the roaches and mixed them in with the turkey until I ran out. Now he gets excited whenever he sees me set some turkey out to thaw.

 

[Walter1]

Mine also loved dubias, I was going to start a colony but he ate them too quickly and wouldn't accept turkey at the time, though when I started running low on dubias I put pieces of turkey on them to get him accustomed to it and then chopped up the roaches and mixed them in with the turkey until I ran out. Now he gets excited whenever he sees me set some turkey out to thaw.

Roaches are very nutritious.

 

[Cody096]

Dubias being the best from what i've read as far as nutritional value and the Ca ratio, I've read a few conflicting things on hissers and crickets were always just a pain in the ass for me. Plus, the dubias don't smell. ^.^

 

[Cody096]

That was supposed to be calcium to phosphorous, not a face. x.x

 

[beardeddragon111]

Whats wrong with hissers? They probably get a little big for a baby but other than that whats the problem with them? Im just curious.

 

[Cody096]

I can't exactly recall what was said about them, but I do believe it was on this forum. But I've also read good things.