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I would like to make it clear a review of my post will show I never attacked anyone, and nor did I say anything that has not been substantiated by the scientific community.
It is not my nature to attack people or spread uncorroborated rumor.
With that being said, I agree that there is not any one and only way to feed a Tegu. I think most diets and practices can be healthy as long as they are varied. Variety is the key. Tegus are very opportunistic feeders this much is clear. This does not mean they can sustain themselves and flourish on anything as some people are want to think. But this does mean that they intrinsically designed to maximize nutritional metabolization from their intake. So again a varied diet is instrumental. I would say there is no right way (though there is certainly a few wrong ways - this much is sure)
Overall I think more care should be taken by owners to provide a more natural (and I mean natural in the sense as that which has been shown by scientific interrogation) diet, and not feed a Tegu like they are a Monitor. Like so many seem to do.
Sorry for those that feel offense to anything Ive said, but I encourage everyone to do a little more investigation into nutrition for themselves and for their scaly friends.
Reptile nutrition is often poorly understood and this is not fair to our captive friends.
If you make the decision to "keep" any animal then you owe that animal the best care you can reasonably provide or you are doing that animal an injustice.
This is something I feel strongly about and I AM sorry if anyone feels my words were too harsh.
But this is an important issue in the hobby and I do implore everyone to devote some more time and research into these matters for the benefit of your animals. (and yourself)

Thank you Laura,
I think you brought some good points (and proofs) to the table as well.

<blockquote data-quote="Thelegendofcharlie" data-source="post: 116537" data-attributes="member: 3335">I would like to make it clear a review of my post will show I never attacked anyone, and nor did I say anything that has not been substantiated by the scientific community.It is not my nature to attack people or spread uncorroborated rumor.With that being said, I agree that there is not any one and only way to feed a Tegu. I think most diets and practices can be healthy as long as they are varied. Variety is the key. Tegus are very opportunistic feeders this much is clear. This does not mean they can sustain themselves and flourish on anything as some people are want to think. But this does mean that they intrinsically designed to maximize nutritional metabolization from their intake. So again a varied diet is instrumental. I would say there is no right way (though there is certainly a few wrong ways - this much is sure)Overall I think more care should be taken by owners to provide a more natural (and I mean natural in the sense as that which has been shown by scientific interrogation) diet, and not feed a Tegu like they are a Monitor. Like so many seem to do.<hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" />Sorry for those that feel offense to anything Ive said, but I encourage everyone to do a little more investigation into nutrition for themselves and for their scaly friends.Reptile nutrition is often poorly understood and this is not fair to our captive friends.If you make the decision to &quot;keep&quot; any animal then you owe that animal the best care you can reasonably provide or you are doing that animal an injustice.This is something I feel strongly about and I AM sorry if anyone feels my words were too harsh.But this is an important issue in the hobby and I do implore everyone to devote some more time and research into these matters for the benefit of your animals. (and yourself)<hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /><hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" />Thank you Laura,I think you brought some good points (and proofs) to the table as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thelegendofcharlie, post: 116537, member: 3335"] I would like to make it clear a review of my post will show I never attacked anyone, and nor did I say anything that has not been substantiated by the scientific community. It is not my nature to attack people or spread uncorroborated rumor. With that being said, I agree that there is not any one and only way to feed a Tegu. I think most diets and practices can be healthy as long as they are varied. Variety is the key. Tegus are very opportunistic feeders this much is clear. This does not mean they can sustain themselves and flourish on anything as some people are want to think. But this does mean that they intrinsically designed to maximize nutritional metabolization from their intake. So again a varied diet is instrumental. I would say there is no right way (though there is certainly a few wrong ways - this much is sure) Overall I think more care should be taken by owners to provide a more natural (and I mean natural in the sense as that which has been shown by scientific interrogation) diet, and not feed a Tegu like they are a Monitor. Like so many seem to do. [hr][/hr] Sorry for those that feel offense to anything Ive said, but I encourage everyone to do a little more investigation into nutrition for themselves and for their scaly friends. Reptile nutrition is often poorly understood and this is not fair to our captive friends. If you make the decision to "keep" any animal then you owe that animal the best care you can reasonably provide or you are doing that animal an injustice. This is something I feel strongly about and I AM sorry if anyone feels my words were too harsh. But this is an important issue in the hobby and I do implore everyone to devote some more time and research into these matters for the benefit of your animals. (and yourself) [hr][/hr] [hr] Thank you Laura, I think you brought some good points (and proofs) to the table as well.[/hr] [/QUOTE]

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