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You are not going to be able to raise a tegu in a healthy manner sing a vegetarian diet. One thing I would look into if I wanted to not bring meats home is the mizuri crocodilians diet. I have read about people having success with that as a staple, although I have not tried it and I have heard that some tegu owners have reported difficulty getting their gu's to accept it. Even if you got your gu to accept it you would still want to add in some whole prey at least occasionally. While most will eat some fruit, many will not eat vegetables at all, and even if they do, they are mostly carnivorous. Frozen mice and rats are an easy way to go and you would not have to have meats in the fridge, just in the freezer, and it doesn't look like anything people eat. Check out the croc diet, but be prepared to do the right thing if your gu is not accepting it readily (I can tell by the tone of your post that you definitely would). Personally if I wanted something vegetarian I'd get a uromastyx or a blue tongue skink (not veggie but can do well on cat dried cat food)

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<blockquote data-quote="Jomatty" data-source="post: 153951" data-attributes="member: 7377"><p>You are not going to be able to raise a tegu in a healthy manner sing a vegetarian diet.&nbsp; One thing I would look into if I wanted to not bring meats home is the mizuri crocodilians diet.&nbsp; I have read about people having success with that as a staple, although I have not tried it and I have heard that some tegu owners have reported difficulty getting their gu's to accept it.&nbsp; Even if you got your gu to accept it you would still want to add in some whole prey at least occasionally.&nbsp; While most will eat some fruit, many will not eat vegetables at all, and even if they do, they are mostly carnivorous.&nbsp; Frozen mice and rats are an easy way to go and you would not have to have meats in the fridge, just in the freezer, and it doesn't look like anything people eat.&nbsp; Check out the croc diet, but be prepared to do the right thing if your gu is not accepting it readily (I can tell by the tone of your post that you definitely would).&nbsp; Personally if I wanted something vegetarian I'd get a uromastyx or a blue tongue skink (not veggie but can do well on cat dried cat food)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Jomatty, post: 153951, member: 7377"] You are not going to be able to raise a tegu in a healthy manner sing a vegetarian diet. One thing I would look into if I wanted to not bring meats home is the mizuri crocodilians diet. I have read about people having success with that as a staple, although I have not tried it and I have heard that some tegu owners have reported difficulty getting their gu's to accept it. Even if you got your gu to accept it you would still want to add in some whole prey at least occasionally. While most will eat some fruit, many will not eat vegetables at all, and even if they do, they are mostly carnivorous. Frozen mice and rats are an easy way to go and you would not have to have meats in the fridge, just in the freezer, and it doesn't look like anything people eat. Check out the croc diet, but be prepared to do the right thing if your gu is not accepting it readily (I can tell by the tone of your post that you definitely would). Personally if I wanted something vegetarian I'd get a uromastyx or a blue tongue skink (not veggie but can do well on cat dried cat food) [/QUOTE]

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