feeding problem

[voodoo]

hi everybody
my b+w tegu is 40inches long and weights in at 2100grams(4.6pounds)
i am pretty sure she is a female,she is 9/10months old,she used to eat locust,chicken,turkey,beef,fish,eggs,fruit,mice and rats.but all she wants to eat now is mice and rats,she just ignores eveything else.is this normal
and can it do her any harm just eating mice and rats.

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

It‘s normal for them to get pick sometimes just continue to offer a variety. Don‘t give in and just offer rats, even if you have to cut back on how many or how often you offer.

 

[Teg]

That's interesting because Teg's exactly the same !! Same age, slightly heavier maybe ... Since giving his medication 6 weeks ago over a period of ten days which included antibiotic in a mouse he too has been reluctant to eat hardly anything else since about 5 weeks and this last week he hasn't eaten anything !! I'm trying hard not to give in on the mice !! Unless he's preparing to hibernate ? He's lost a bit of weight few oz's maybe, but still looks healthy and plenty of fat on tail etc ! I wonder how long could they actually go without food ?

 

[BatGirl1]

Niles is opposite.won't eat rat pinkies. Only wants turkey, chicken, beef liver and egg yolks. And cherries cut up no whole prey. Maybe as he grows? He's still 18in

 

[Teg]

My wife suggested this morning that i put food in his enclosure to try ! Damn me, he came out of his pit and ate half a plate full of diced chicken, grapes, Papua, banana and egg !! :-/

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

It happens.