help me.. please

[detra25]

hey all i have a baby b&w argintine extreme giant tegu and as soon as he arived at my house during september and was starting to hibernate.

he just woke up and is trying to go back into hibernation but he is very very thin. i have been offering him turkey crickets water and a type of canned tegu food but so far he has only drunk some water

can anyone help me???

 

[txrepgirl]

Do you have any pictures of him ? Since he is very thin I recommend force feeding him some chicken/ turkey ( maybe some fruit baby food mixt in with the chicken one ) baby food with some calcium and/ vitamine powder ( if you don't use the fruit baby food, too. Here is what I posted on another thread ( I just copied and posted it here ).

Since she just started to come out again it might take a while for her to eat. When they hibernate the metabolisum shutts down. By her basking the metabolisum will get back to normal. You can try to offer her some food in case she is hungry but don't be surprised if it takes a few days. What you can do is put some chicken or turkey baby food with vitamine and calcium powder on a small plate and let her lick it up.Or you can put some food ( like the liver, hearts, chicken breast, fruits .... ) in a blender and make it like baby food. This way she will get some proteins in her. You also can give her some light colored ( I think the dark colored one has to much acid in it ) gatoraid or bedialight ( you can find this in the baby section ). It's better than just water because it has minerals ( electrolyts ) in it. This helps for the body to absorb the fluids better.


How to forcefeed a Tegu :

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Please keep us posted. Thank you and good luck.

 

[ashesc212]

I agree with txrepgirl. If you do forcefeed though, only forcefeed small amounts at first until his metabolism speeds back up.

 

[Mr Critter]

He's going to look thin after hibernation,if he wants to go back to sleep let him,just offer food if he comes out.I would hold off on the force feeding if you dont know what your doing you can hurt them,& it stresses them out alot.He was a baby when he started to hibernate & probably didnt have alot of fat on him like a older tegu would.If when he wakes up & dont eat for a couple weeks or looks worse take him to a vet.

 

[detra25]

thank you all i will keep you updated