Tegu eats baby Iguana video.

[Richard21]

I think the iguana is dead. I still think its weird. Are tegus even supposed to eat Iguanas?

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[Jefroka]

Tegus in the wild would probably eat just about anything they could catch.


...Jefroka

 

[Richard21]

Yeah thats what I was thinking. I was just wondering if Iguanas could somehow be deadly to tegus if eaten.

 

[Jefroka]

The only deadly thing could be parasites passed on to the tegu, possibly other sickness as well, bacterial, viral?


...Jefroka

 

[Turbine]

They may eat them in the wild but I still find the video a little odd.

Turbine

 

[Toby_H]

It was an interesting watch...

If the iguana died in a way that it wasn't "infected' with something it could pass on to the Tegu i see no harm in it...

I personally wouldn't play tug of war with my Tegu over food... and wouldn't steal food back from it once offered... But not because it's "Tegu abuse", simply because it would encourage behavior in my Tegu that I wish to discourage...

 

[Jer723]

i think its a little weird, why not just feed normal stuff. i dont think they need THAT MUCH variety, lol

 

[whoru]

thats crazy i hope the tegu dosent catch anything

 

[throneofjade]

Yeah I found it odd too. Not something you see every day.

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

It was an interesting watch...

If the iguana died in a way that it wasn't "infected' with something it could pass on to the Tegu i see no harm in it...

I personally wouldn't play tug of war with my Tegu over food... and wouldn't steal food back from it once offered... But not because it's "Tegu abuse", simply because it would encourage behavior in my Tegu that I wish to discourage...

x2,...as long as it wasn't road kill, something he found outside or a sick pet that died. What difference does it make, why waste it or spend the time burying it.

 

[jmiles50]

Well, I thought it was a little sadistic myself. Like someone said, I'm sure in the wild they eat whatever they can get ahold of, but that was completely ridiculous! I thought it was a horrible video!!!!!!!!

 

[jmiles50]

Would we still like this video if it were something eating a tegu??? Probably not!!! We had a video up here a few months ago where a dog was killing and eating a tegu. Then we had 1 of a few guys killing a tegu w a broom, and we were all upset about it!!!! I guess cause it's an iguana, it's a good:/

 

[Richard21]

Jmiles, I see where you are coming from.

 

[Toby_H]

I disagree...

There is a massive difference between using an animalÃ?¢ââ??‰â??¢s dead body as food as opposed to letting it go to waste... and beating an animal to death with a broom and then letting it's body go to waste...

I see absolutely no logical comparison between the two...


Beyond that, it's completely sentimental to say it's okay for an animal to kill & eat Species A, but it's not okay to kill & eat Species B... Just because you happen to like Species B better...

There are people who love mice who would argue it's better your nasty lizard starve and die than eat the cute little mouse...

Nature does not direct itself by the sentimental feelings of humans... it follows a path of practicality...


I completely oppose senseless killing or poor treatment of animalsÃ?¢ââ??¬Ã?¦ but I have absolutely no problem with the food chain taking place in front of meÃ?¢ââ??¬Ã?¦

 

[laderday]

i def agree with toby_H, because when it comes to our tegus eating other kinds of live or pre-killed animals no one care. there are hundreds of vids up with tegus eating mice, rats, hamsters, chicks, anoles, frogs, insects, gater snakes im sure you guys get the point. im not saying its cool to kill animals for entertainment but like it was stated before and i quote

"I completely oppose senseless killing or poor treatment of animalsÃ?¢ââ??¬Ã?¦ but I have absolutely no problem with the food chain taking place in front of me"

so ppl stop getting so offensive when you see things

 

[jarett_Harrison]

ok. so would you feed you tegu an iguana? i dont think so. iuana. So say you have a cat. Just got a brand new extream giant. cat eats the tegu. Your ok with that just because of the fact that its nature? If I had a cat that did that it would find a new home. I think its horrible that you guys support that. The tegu is captive. not wild. it doesnt need to eat an iguana. It will do fine on turkey, and what ever else you give it.

 

[goonzo420]

Wow ur an idiot change ur title I was Hoping to see a tegu tear up an iguana :evil:

 

[AB^]

Personally, I have no problem with the video (as I commented on it under the name Ameivaboy)
It reminds me of when I had tons of baby garter snakes and had a few that just werent doing well and I couldnt (morally) sell to someone so I fed them one of my tegus instead of letting them suffer or tossing them in the freezer. Quick death and good variety for a Tegu.


Caution If you don't want to see a baby snake get eaten dont watch this video!!
If you do, click on it!

 

[AB^]

Wow ur an idiot change ur title I was Hoping to see a tegu tear up an iguana :evil:

Insults arent appreciated on Tegu Talk, and before you start calling calling people "idiots" you should probably read the entire thread (both pages) If you had you would have seen in the very first post was a link to the youtube video.

 

[jarett_Harrison]

look on the other page you @!$# head before you start throwing insults. The vid. is on the first page.