DREWWW615
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Hey guys,
I've been having this problem with my tegu for a while now and I just wanted to pick your brains about the situation. So, I have a baby bw tegu. He's almost a year old and he's the pickiest eater in the world. He's not food motivated at all and when he does eat, he eats like a bird. I've given him a wide variety of food to try, but he refuses to eat anything that's not ground turkey or the occasional chicken gizzards. He won't eat fruits, veggies, insects, even eggs! I've been hiding some vegetables in his turkey to try to balance out his diet, but since he eats so little, it's hit or miss if he actually gets some. It's literally like trying to get a one year old human to eat and try new foods. On top of that, all he wants to do is stay in his hide. He rarely, if ever, comes out on his own. Sometimes he's out in the morning waiting for me to switch on his day lights, but after an hour of basking at most, he wants to come out. If I don't take him out, he loses his mind, running around or trying to jump out. When he's out, he likes to curl up and sleep under a blanket. I let him do that for about 2 hours and then I put him back inside to eat. This is when we have a problem. Sometimes he'll eat and bask like normal, but other times he won't eat or bask at all and immediately go into his hide and not come out for the rest of the day. I can feel that he's cold when I go to put him back in his cage, so he should want to bask, but no. Some mornings he's not out at all and if I didn't go in his hide and get him, I know for a fact he'd stay in there all day being cold. I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do. I'm afraid that him eating so little and spending so little time basking is going to affect his health. When he acts like this, I try to tell myself that if he wants to come out, he'll come out and if he wants to eat, he'll eat, but it's so hard knowing it could have a negative affect on his health. What do you guys think? Is there something I should change or should I just trust him and let him do his thing?
I've been having this problem with my tegu for a while now and I just wanted to pick your brains about the situation. So, I have a baby bw tegu. He's almost a year old and he's the pickiest eater in the world. He's not food motivated at all and when he does eat, he eats like a bird. I've given him a wide variety of food to try, but he refuses to eat anything that's not ground turkey or the occasional chicken gizzards. He won't eat fruits, veggies, insects, even eggs! I've been hiding some vegetables in his turkey to try to balance out his diet, but since he eats so little, it's hit or miss if he actually gets some. It's literally like trying to get a one year old human to eat and try new foods. On top of that, all he wants to do is stay in his hide. He rarely, if ever, comes out on his own. Sometimes he's out in the morning waiting for me to switch on his day lights, but after an hour of basking at most, he wants to come out. If I don't take him out, he loses his mind, running around or trying to jump out. When he's out, he likes to curl up and sleep under a blanket. I let him do that for about 2 hours and then I put him back inside to eat. This is when we have a problem. Sometimes he'll eat and bask like normal, but other times he won't eat or bask at all and immediately go into his hide and not come out for the rest of the day. I can feel that he's cold when I go to put him back in his cage, so he should want to bask, but no. Some mornings he's not out at all and if I didn't go in his hide and get him, I know for a fact he'd stay in there all day being cold. I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do. I'm afraid that him eating so little and spending so little time basking is going to affect his health. When he acts like this, I try to tell myself that if he wants to come out, he'll come out and if he wants to eat, he'll eat, but it's so hard knowing it could have a negative affect on his health. What do you guys think? Is there something I should change or should I just trust him and let him do his thing?
