Eggs

[Primestick]

Ive been reading alot of people feeding eggs. Do you hard boil these eggs or to tegus prefer these raw ?

 

[White_Lotus]

i give em to my tegus raw since in the wild they don't have skillets in the jungle

 

[tora]

There also aren't chickens in the jungle with unfertilized eggs all over.
I've always heard it's best to boil or scramble them.

 

[Primestick]

Well tried a boiled egg (even though the smell kills me) and he is eating it like a champ. More than I can say for the meat I have been feeding him. Dont think hes big enough for a pinkie yet. He still fits well in a 20 long, not even but a couple months old.

 

[reptastic]

you'd be surprised ill be he could easily take a pinky

 

[AB^]

Fertilized eggs are the way to go. you can find them at asian markets.
I never boiled them, just raw.

 

[carcharios]

Raw. My tegus go crazy for eggs. They almost go into a sort of trance when I feed them eggs.

 

[Primestick]

What do you do for raw, just punch a hole in it for the little guy ?

 

[mastroj]

At 11 inches my tegu ate pinkies no problem. I am sure he could go bigger also. I bought more pinkies today at 13 inches he ate 3 of them. I have 3 more and then I am going up to fuzzies.

 

[carcharios]

Yeah, for my two adult tegus, I feed them the egg whole and they actually crack it open and lick out the contents. Sometimes they also consume the shell and other times they leave it. For my smaller tegu, I crack a small hole in the side of the egg and he does the rest. Usually by the time he's finished, the egg is in a bunch of pieces scattered throughout his cage.