Help: need help for making my tegu eat fruit..

[evan k]

Hello. Can I ask for some tips again about my tegu?

Currently I own one tegu that I have kept for 6,5 years and is 7 years old biologically I think. The sex is unknown but some people in here said it is probably a male from the jowl even though it is very small for its age I think (97 or 98-ish cm).

I already know from long time ago that a tegu should be give a variety of diet that consist meat but also a quite bulk of vegetables and fruits. I have tried to give banana or grapes to my tegu since 3 years ago but it never show any interest to those fruits. The only food it accept are mice (but haven't gave it mice since one year ago because it is kinda hard to obtain one in my local pet store in this situation) , boiled or scrambled eggs, raw fish (some kind of sardine), prawn, chicken meat and liver, and also cow meat. I usually switch these meats for each feeding session at different day and dust them with some calcium.

Are those foods good and healthy enough for my tegu in a long term care? I really afraid that my tegu will die prematurely because of the imbalance and the unvaried diet that I am giving it.. Thank you and sorry for my bad english and time-taking post..

 

[livvsha]

Try purchasing a meat grinder! I got one as a gift for my tegu (she doesnt like veggies). I throw everything in there and it is all grinded up so she cant pick around the stuff she doesnt like.

 

[evan k]

Try purchasing a meat grinder! I got one as a gift for my tegu (she doesnt like veggies). I throw everything in there and it is all grinded up so she cant pick around the stuff she doesnt like.

Hmm. Never thought of using that before.. But do they still can eat the meat that have been grind or mashed up by the machine?

 

[Chris & Stitches]

My female didn’t take anything but live mice until just a few months ago amd she is almost considered adult sized. One day I let her and my adult male eat together and she just started eating everything and has since. Strangest thing

 

[livvsha]

Hmm. Never thought of using that before.. But do they still can eat the meat that have been grind or mashed up by the machine?

Yes. Make it into little meat balls and it’s easiest to do it all at once and freeze the rest! Then you only have to clean the meat grinder once lol

 

[evan k]

My female didn’t take anything but live mice until just a few months ago amd she is almost considered adult sized. One day I let her and my adult male eat together and she just started eating everything and has since. Strangest thing

Aah I see. How old is she now?

And what a lovely pair you have right there!

 

[evan k]

Yes. Make it into little meat balls and it’s easiest to do it all at once and freeze the rest! Then you only have to clean the meat grinder once lol

Aah I see.. I will give it a shot then. Thanks a lot!

 

[Chris & Stitches]

Aah I see. How old is she now?

And what a lovely pair you have right there!

She is about to be two from my knowledge and I think my male is the same or a year older. They are great very happy calm lizards I have two Nile monitors also and they are what I call full spectrum lol there are better and worse moments with them

 

[evan k]

She is about to be two from my knowledge and I think my male is the same or a year older. They are great very happy calm lizards I have two Nile monitors also and they are what I call full spectrum lol there are better and worse moments with them

She is about to be two from my knowledge and I think my male is the same or a year older. They are great very happy calm lizards I have two Nile monitors also and they are what I call full spectrum lol there are better and worse moments with them

Wow, that's a quite big tegus you got there for their age.. and lol. Full spectrum

 

[Chris & Stitches]

Wow, that's a quite big tegus you got there for their age.. and lol. Full spectrum

Thank you I do a lot of activity and a lot of feeding for everyone

 

[evan k]

Thank you I do a lot of activity and a lot of feeding for everyone

You're welcome.. Yeah, I think I can imagine a bit how much effort and your pet food bill is for four medium to very large lizard species..

 

[Chris & Stitches]

You're welcome.. Yeah, I think I can imagine a bit how much effort and your pet food bill is for four medium to very large lizard species..

Yeah we did the math today it’s actually not bad about 25 a week per adult lizard so reasonably after the expense of the lizard and enclosure one could sustain feeding one lizard for less than what a pack a day smoker spends a week/month

 

[Wickedtactical]

Hmm. Never thought of using that before.. But do they still can eat the meat that have been grind or mashed up by the machine?

Cook for your taken, egg casseroles are a huge hit! If you use eggs leave shells in the food.

 

[Wickedtactical]

Hmm. Never thought of using that before.. But do they still can eat the meat that have been grind or mashed up by the machine?

Cook for your Tegu , egg casseroles are a huge hit! If you use eggs leave shells in the food. You're on the right track.

 

[ToadHallBetty]

Little Buddy and Tonks like dark colored fruit, dark grapes,blackberries, blue berries and also bananas. They eat roaches, the occasional mouse/pinkie, silver side fish and I sometimes get them raw dog food that has meat and vegetables in the mix. They love it.

 

[Wickedtactical]

Little Buddy and Tonks like dark colored fruit, dark grapes,blackberries, blue berries and also bananas. They eat roaches, the occasional mouse/pinkie, silver side fish and I sometimes get them raw dog food that has meat and vegetables in the mix. They love it.

How old?

 

[ToadHallBetty]

Tonks is a young adult, Little Buddy around 5 months or so.

 

[Wickedtactical]

How old?

Still very young. Stay away from the dog food has cereal in it not good for them. they love eggs. I feed mine with the shells broken up so it gets the calcium. 15% fruits and veggies Max. Many things will affect their diet mainly temperature! A little sand and rocks in the water bowl for minerals. Keep me posted!

 

[ToadHallBetty]

I feed very little dog food, today we're having fish and bananas.
Thank you for your advice.

 

[Wickedtactical]

I feed very little dog food, today we're having fish and bananas.
Thank you for your advice.

Using egg and make him an omelette they love omelette

I feed very little dog food, today we're having fish and bananas.
Thank you for your advice.

If you make him play one egg omelet you can slip all kinds of goodies in there