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This worked for me:

I got some stage one baby food, an oral syringe, and some mineral oil. I put about 5cc of baby food with 1-2 cc mineral oil and forcefed it to Aesop. I ALWAYS followed this with a good warm soak. Also, I massaged his belly, from underneath--on both his left and right side. Starting from the middle and working down toward the vent. I did this WHILE he was soaking.

I repeated this process a couple times a day (granted, I did the enema thing as well [no food in the syringe, of course]).

Granted, forcefeeding a tegu can be a daunting task, but it's doable. Txrepgirl has a video of her forcefeeding her blue (I believe it was a blue) tegu on youtube. Search "forcefeeding tegu" and you should be golden.

Surprisingly, during the enema and forcefeeding process, Aesop never once fought me, whipped me, or tried to bite me. He DID try to walk away from me at times (who wouldn't? a giant 6'4" dude with a syringe headed for his butt was probably good motivation to move, right?), but he never fought me. In fact, he started getting "used" to the forcefeeding, actually sitting with the syringe in his mouth while I injected the food down his throat.

Basically, the moral of my longwinded story is that even if you're not doing the enema thing, you could be getting the mineral oil into your tegu's body orally. Also, soak and massage! Multiple times!

Good luck!

<blockquote data-quote="slideaboot" data-source="post: 73800" data-attributes="member: 1272">This worked for me:I got some stage one baby food, an oral syringe, and some mineral oil.&nbsp; I put about 5cc of baby food with 1-2 cc mineral oil and forcefed it to Aesop.&nbsp; I ALWAYS followed this with a good warm soak.&nbsp; Also, I massaged his belly, from underneath--on both his left and right side.&nbsp; Starting from the middle and working down toward the vent.&nbsp; I did this WHILE he was soaking.&nbsp; I repeated this process a couple times a day (granted, I did the enema thing as well [no food in the syringe, of course]).&nbsp; Granted, forcefeeding a tegu can be a daunting task, but it's doable.&nbsp; Txrepgirl has a video of her forcefeeding her blue (I believe it was a blue) tegu on youtube.&nbsp; Search &quot;forcefeeding tegu&quot; and you should be golden.&nbsp; Surprisingly, during the enema and forcefeeding process, Aesop never once fought me, whipped me, or tried to bite me.&nbsp; He DID try to walk away from me at times (who wouldn't?&nbsp; a giant 6'4&quot; dude with a syringe headed for his butt was probably good motivation to move, right?), but he never fought me.&nbsp; In fact, he started getting &quot;used&quot; to the forcefeeding, actually sitting with the syringe in his mouth while I injected the food down his throat.&nbsp; Basically, the moral of my longwinded story is that even if you're not doing the enema thing, you could be getting the mineral oil into your tegu's body orally.&nbsp; Also, soak and massage!&nbsp; Multiple times!Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slideaboot, post: 73800, member: 1272"] This worked for me: I got some stage one baby food, an oral syringe, and some mineral oil. I put about 5cc of baby food with 1-2 cc mineral oil and forcefed it to Aesop. I ALWAYS followed this with a good warm soak. Also, I massaged his belly, from underneath--on both his left and right side. Starting from the middle and working down toward the vent. I did this WHILE he was soaking. I repeated this process a couple times a day (granted, I did the enema thing as well [no food in the syringe, of course]). Granted, forcefeeding a tegu can be a daunting task, but it's doable. Txrepgirl has a video of her forcefeeding her blue (I believe it was a blue) tegu on youtube. Search "forcefeeding tegu" and you should be golden. Surprisingly, during the enema and forcefeeding process, Aesop never once fought me, whipped me, or tried to bite me. He DID try to walk away from me at times (who wouldn't? a giant 6'4" dude with a syringe headed for his butt was probably good motivation to move, right?), but he never fought me. In fact, he started getting "used" to the forcefeeding, actually sitting with the syringe in his mouth while I injected the food down his throat. Basically, the moral of my longwinded story is that even if you're not doing the enema thing, you could be getting the mineral oil into your tegu's body orally. Also, soak and massage! Multiple times! Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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