good diet

[meeksishere]

i am looking to make sure my tegu has a balanced diet. I have about a 2 month old baby argentine black and white. I just need some suggestions or even maybe a list of what some one might feed there baby tegu.

 

[cornking4]

Tegus are best off being fed whole prey throughout their entire lives. I feed according to the standards of Phoenix Herp Society: one appropriately sized rat or mouse every other day with a quail or chick once a week. There's really no reason to feed more than this but if you feel like doing the extra work then go ahead:

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[meeksishere]

can a baby tegu handle pinkies? or should i still to insects for now

 

[cornking4]

Insects and pinkies are good for babies, but it's important to at least gut load the bugs because, depending on the species, they're typically pure phosphorus. What I'm going to do when I get a couple of babies from Bobby is chop a fuzzy mouse up and allow the gus to pick what they want (bones, skin, organs, etc) because older mice typically have more calcified bones than babies so they'll be more nutritious.