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I should have perhaps reiterated that my statements were aimed at Monitors and other carnivorous lizards more so than Tegus but I chose to post in this forum as opposed to "other pets" because of relevancy.
That being said, I am aware that Tegus are omnivorous.
Thank you for bringing up (another) good point laurafl, It should have been included in the former post, that the feeding of vegetation should be kept to a minimum as carnivorous species are not intrinsically designed to metabolize large quantities anyway. Too much can cause a decline in health in of itself.
So although carnivorous lizards will benefit from vegetation, take care to feed it to them sparingly, especially fruit.

<blockquote data-quote="Thelegendofcharlie" data-source="post: 114244" data-attributes="member: 3335">I should have perhaps reiterated that my statements were aimed at Monitors and other carnivorous lizards more so than Tegus but I chose to post in this forum as opposed to &quot;other pets&quot; because of relevancy.That being said, I am aware that Tegus are omnivorous. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Thank you for bringing up (another) good point laurafl, It should have been included in the former post, that the feeding of vegetation should be kept to a minimum as carnivorous species are not intrinsically designed to metabolize large quantities anyway. Too much can cause a decline in health in of itself. So although carnivorous lizards will benefit from vegetation, take care to feed it to them sparingly, especially fruit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thelegendofcharlie, post: 114244, member: 3335"] I should have perhaps reiterated that my statements were aimed at Monitors and other carnivorous lizards more so than Tegus but I chose to post in this forum as opposed to "other pets" because of relevancy. That being said, I am aware that Tegus are omnivorous. ;) Thank you for bringing up (another) good point laurafl, It should have been included in the former post, that the feeding of vegetation should be kept to a minimum as carnivorous species are not intrinsically designed to metabolize large quantities anyway. Too much can cause a decline in health in of itself. So although carnivorous lizards will benefit from vegetation, take care to feed it to them sparingly, especially fruit. [/QUOTE]

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