tegu meals!

[SnakeCharmr728]

I feed my tegus about 90% whole prey only, and occasionally they get the ground turkey, organ meats etc. I try to mix in veggies and fruits every other meal or so.

mice, chicks, crawdads, and sardines


Ground turkey, beef heart, collard greens, green beans, purple grapes, blueberries, & strawberries.


newborn rabbit kits


Roaches


Ground turkey, scallops, shrimp, cantalope & strawberries.


turkey, beef heart, apples, peas, and chicks.


frog legs, silkworm pupa, beef heart, snails, grass shrimp, grasshoppers, and cow tongue


crawdads and mixed veggies


duck egg balut

 

[Josh]

Holy smokes - that's A LOT of food!
How often are you switching things up? How much of all that do you keep on hand at one time?

 

[BatGirl1]

That looks like a restaurant buffet selection...haha

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

These are random meals throughout time, but I have 5 tegus, 4 monitors and 3 blue tongue skinks that Im currently feeding so the freezer is packed with individual meals, thaw, throw in some fruits and veggies for everyone except the monitors and serve. Every single meal is different. I breed mice, rats, quail, chickens, snails, crawdads, 3 different types of roaches, and superworms. & they get a lot more variety than just that.

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

I try not to have anything in the freezer for more than a month or two to keep its freshness, with how much food I go through, thats not a problem usually.

 

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

Where do you obtain your "frog legs, silkworm pupa, beef heart, snails, grass shrimp, grasshoppers, and cow tongue" from? Is it all fresh or frozen?

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

Both fresh and frozen, depends on where I get it, asian markets and some independantly owned grocery stores will carry some of the stuff. Beef heart and tongue can be easier to find than the others. and I breed my own snails.

 

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

So all of the snails were bred and had their shells removed by you?

 

[SnakeCharmr728]

The snails that I breed are common garden snails which I do not remove the shells, the ones pictured are apple snails bought at an Asian market