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Along with that its probably a good thing to note that cats and dogs (which those types of foods are designed for) are obligate carnivores and facultative carnivores meanwhile tegus are omnivores.

Obligate carnivores must have meat in their diet and really cannot survive on anything else. Facultative carnivores thrive with a diet that mainly consists of meat with some veggies/fruits. And then omnivores can sort of thrive on either or, but do need to have some meat or veggies/fruits in their diet and the percentage of that varies depending on species.

[QUOTE="VenusAndSaturn, post: 167015, member: 9042"] Along with that its probably a good thing to note that cats and dogs (which those types of foods are designed for) are obligate carnivores and facultative carnivores meanwhile tegus are omnivores. Obligate carnivores must have meat in their diet and really cannot survive on anything else. Facultative carnivores thrive with a diet that mainly consists of meat with some veggies/fruits. And then omnivores can sort of thrive on either or, but do need to have some meat or veggies/fruits in their diet and the percentage of that varies depending on species. [/QUOTE]

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