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Hello.
My little guy is doing good so far. Shes been eating crickets the past 2 weeks, and its getting super expensive. She eats like a ravenous monster, eating about 20 crickets a day. I feel it may be wise to move on to something else, but she doesnt show any interest in other foods. I have tried ground turkey and mangoes, and she took a sniff and a little nibble, and then stopped. How do I get her to start eating something other then crickets? I would like for her to eat some ground turkey. Is there something else that baby tegus are known to like? Something that I can get at the grocery store?
Secondly, she jumps a lot. She is in a 40 gallon tank right now. Every morning she wakes up, goes to bask, and then starts hunting. She has seemed to realize what the boundaries of her cage are, and that the top is the way to get out. She attempts to get out by jumping, and she ends up smacking into the screen top. I will hear a loud thud every few minuets or so. Sometimes she even manages to cling to the screen top, and she climbs around upside down until she falls. How do I discourage her from jumping like this? I am worried she might end up hurting herself.
The funny thing is that I think this is her way of telling me she is hungry. Because after I feed her, and she has a fat little belly, she stops trying to jump out, mostly. She also knows that when I open the top, its dinner time, so she gets all excited. This is again until shes fed. After she eats and I open the top, she stays relaxed. This is when I mist her cage or clean up or change her water, or interact with her.
In short, I want her to stop jumping into the screen top. And I want to wean her off crickets and eat ground turkey, or at least some other food that I can buy at the grocery store.
My little guy is doing good so far. Shes been eating crickets the past 2 weeks, and its getting super expensive. She eats like a ravenous monster, eating about 20 crickets a day. I feel it may be wise to move on to something else, but she doesnt show any interest in other foods. I have tried ground turkey and mangoes, and she took a sniff and a little nibble, and then stopped. How do I get her to start eating something other then crickets? I would like for her to eat some ground turkey. Is there something else that baby tegus are known to like? Something that I can get at the grocery store?
Secondly, she jumps a lot. She is in a 40 gallon tank right now. Every morning she wakes up, goes to bask, and then starts hunting. She has seemed to realize what the boundaries of her cage are, and that the top is the way to get out. She attempts to get out by jumping, and she ends up smacking into the screen top. I will hear a loud thud every few minuets or so. Sometimes she even manages to cling to the screen top, and she climbs around upside down until she falls. How do I discourage her from jumping like this? I am worried she might end up hurting herself.
The funny thing is that I think this is her way of telling me she is hungry. Because after I feed her, and she has a fat little belly, she stops trying to jump out, mostly. She also knows that when I open the top, its dinner time, so she gets all excited. This is again until shes fed. After she eats and I open the top, she stays relaxed. This is when I mist her cage or clean up or change her water, or interact with her.
In short, I want her to stop jumping into the screen top. And I want to wean her off crickets and eat ground turkey, or at least some other food that I can buy at the grocery store.
