Rosemary extract bad for tegus?

[Stormi]

Hello, I was about to buy a roll of ground turkey for my tegu and noticed it said it had some rosemary extract in it. Is it harmful to them? Or is it ok because it's a natural herb?
Thanks!

 

[MutantKreeper]

I would be safe and avoid it

 

[Jrock23]

A lot of websites is outdated, but ground turkey isn't good for tegus.. They are more of fruit eaters, but if you looking to mix it up a bit. I highly recommend getting beef heart and beef liver... NO GROUND TURKEY!

 

[Walter1]

Wait a minute. Organ meat is healthy but in moderation as it is not a complete meal. Also, remember that liver is a toxic waste dump for the animal. So, be careful of the source.

Nothing wrong in some ground turkey. Best staple is whole prey/mice, especially as they are growing, followed by more fruits as they are adults. Always provide calcium dusting of food.

 

[Stormi]

Lol idk what your feeding your tegu but they don't NEED fruit, they NEED meat. Almost all tegu owners feed their tegu ground turkey, for some it's a staple diet. I feed my tegu turkey about 3-4 times a week and organ meats or rodent the rest of the week. I don't really offer fruit that much either.

 

[Walter1]

Stormy- do you mean me? Mine are adults. They get perhaps 10% fruit, which they like. Otherwise, meat, including good quality wet dog food.

 

[Stormi]

No I was talking room Jrock23. Nothings wrong with a little fruit but he was saying to feed mostly fruit with meat in between lol

 

[Jrock23]

Whats wrong with feeding fruit lol... I do a schedule of superworms , meat, fruit, and beef and crayfish and snails.. lol
But i don't do ground turkey

 

[Jrock23]

My gold love grapes lol

 

[Stormi]

Nothings wrong with a little fruit but it shouldn't be more than maybe 10-20% of their diet haha

 

[Walter1]

Jrock- I'd like to know more about the ecology of goldens. My experience is with argies, which will eat anything, favoring animal protein. Definitely needing it as primary during their rapid growth phase.

 

[Jrock23]

I guess I was misunderstood, lol.. I wasn't saying only feed fruit. But i do put calcium on crickets, dubia roaches and on worms like silk, max, or mealworms... However i have a young gold.. So I try to provide a mixture of everything.. Beef heart is a good source of meat for them. I don't feed canned food to my monitors or tegu... Canned food as well as dog food contains tripolyphophate

 

[Jrock23]

I do maybe 15% of fruit feeding

 

[Walter1]

No sweat.

As you work with this species, add as you can sources from wild populations. Will be very helpful for all.

 

[Jrock23]

Thanks, I will do I'm always willing to help with knowledge, I just hope people have an open mind.. I'm always up for ideas or talking about anything... I also love taking in extra knowledge... We are all here to help each other thru experience and knowledge..

 

[Roadkill]

"Nothings wrong with a little fruit but it shouldn't be more than maybe 10-20% of their diet haha"
Not sure where you're getting your information from, but I say that studies of the gut contents of tegus in the wild greatly disagree with your claim. In Salvator spp., most analyses show about around a fairly consistent 50% of the diet being plant matter, mostly fruit. In Tupinambis spp., while not many have been thoroughly investigated, those that have tend to be in the 10-20% range of the diet being vegetative matter. Now, I'll be the first to say these studies are not conclusive, they don't necessarily state what a hobbyist SHOULD be trying to achieve, as it is my personal view that a large reason why there is so much vegetation in their natural diets is that this is what is readily available (ie. it's there, it's easier to eat than trying to hunt down prey). However, I'll also point out that there is NO concrete data whatsoever that points out they shouldn't get X amount. None at all.