I have another thread on the natural diet of the Juvi B&W Tegu in Brazil and was trying to compare it to captive diets. Curious on how fat content would effect tegus.
Here is a bunch of nutritional info that I have found so far:
Bugs:
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Turkey:
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Liver:
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Ground Beef:
Assuming 93/7 to reduce on the fat?
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Raw Egg:
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For mice/rats/rabbits/etc
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Fruits:
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Still finding fish and veggie content.
By looking at the stats it seems like feeding rat/mice are pretty high in fat vs most other foods fed to the tegu. I am assuming that aswell as impaction is a reason these are fed so infrequently?
With possibly feeding to much fat in the diet, do people see the life of the tegu not getting to the 20 years?
Here is a bunch of nutritional info that I have found so far:
Bugs:
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Turkey:
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Liver:
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Ground Beef:
Assuming 93/7 to reduce on the fat?
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/calories-in.asp?food=93/7+ground+beef" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sparkpeople.com/calories-in. ... round+beef</a><!-- m -->
Raw Egg:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.peertrainer.com/DFcaloriecounterB.aspx?id=118" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.peertrainer.com/DFcaloriecou ... spx?id=118</a><!-- m -->
For mice/rats/rabbits/etc
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp</a><!-- m -->
Fruits:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://nutrition.about.com/od/nutritionalinfofruits/Nutrition_Information_for_Individual_Fruits.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://nutrition.about.com/od/nutrition ... Fruits.htm</a><!-- m -->
Still finding fish and veggie content.
By looking at the stats it seems like feeding rat/mice are pretty high in fat vs most other foods fed to the tegu. I am assuming that aswell as impaction is a reason these are fed so infrequently?
With possibly feeding to much fat in the diet, do people see the life of the tegu not getting to the 20 years?
