This has been the longest four months.

[chitodadon]

Godzilla is up too

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[BatGirl1]

Yay! Is godzilla little like niles? Was 18in last I measured.

 

[chitodadon]

No zilla is anout 3ft

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[BatGirl1]

Damn this hibernation.haha.niles has a lot of "catching up " to do... :/

 

[chitodadon]

Yea Godzilla is eating a lil by a lil

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[Skeetzy]

Ink is barely a foot I'd say. Just got him to eat two pinkies drizzled in yolk. He's a little shaky still. But he's out basking and gaining confidence.

 

[BatGirl1]

Yaaay! So happy to hear all the babies waking up for spring

 

[Skeetzy]

Quick pic of him basking. He's so tiny.

 

[BatGirl1]

Awwww cutie.

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Niles ate chicken dipped in egg for me again today. So far wants nothing to do with beef liver or ground turkey. And he will only lick egg yolk out of the dish if I put it right under his nose. He won't touch the meat. I have to tong feed it to him. Little spoiled brat. Haha.

 

[chelvis]

Glad to hear everyone is waking up. Keep it mind it takes a few days/weeks to get them back to eating normally. Their gut "shuts down" during hibernation and also needs time to wake up.

 

[laurarfl]

I've been feeding mine dusted pinkies.

 

[Skeetzy]

I plan on feeding a mixture of dusted pinkies, and have some fresh meat coming in Wednesday from Hare-Today. Went with the coarse ground rabbit and turkey for this batch.

For those who order pinkies/rodents online, whats a good site? I was going to order off Rodent Pro, but not sure if there's a better site. Paying $1.25 each at my local store isn't going to fly for long. Especially with my cat trying to get a pinky to snack on whenever I thaw them out now.

 

[BatGirl1]

Laura, are dusted pinkies more readily accepted than chicken in egg yolk when waking from hibernation? Will this trigger niles to gain back his appetite? The first acceptance of food was just plain egg yolk. Then chicken dipped in yolk. The other day he ate pretty much all of it but then refused anything then yesterday ate only a couple pieces. He really seems more interested in just licking the yolk off it. :/ also he never comes to dish to eat. I have to put it under his nose. Then he just licks the yolk. Any meat i have to dangle in front of him with tongs. I'm wondering about size too... i don't have pinkies but do have some frozen hoppers. I have fed these to my bearded dragon and cuban knights anole. I'm wondering if niles could eat one (would he?) Or if that's too big. He was 18in last I measured...before hibernation. I suppose I could try a hopper then if he's like "no way " could just give to someone else so it's not wasted...

 

[Diablo]

Yoshi is doing the same thing, just licking the yolk off of whatever I offer to him. He did eat one super worm today but that was it. I'm just going to keep offering food everyday. Not sure what else to do besides maybe not offer anything for a while and wait till he is hungry.

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[Dubya]

D, try a little Ox-Bow Carnivore Care mixed in with Niles egg yolk for a week or so.

 

[BatGirl1]

Ok dubya, you've never steered me wrong yet today i cut a f/t hopper in half and drenched in egg yolk. We'll see what happens...

 

[chelvis]

Like I said before it will take some time before they get hungry again.

 

[chitodadon]

Godzilla hunger is building up good

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[psychocircus91]

How long is too long for them to not eat? Or is there really no concern at all? It's been a week for me so far and this is my first tegu (17 months old)

 

[Dubya]

Godzilla hunger is building up good

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Well, feed him then. He did get kind of skinny. But from the pics his tail is still sort of fat.

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How long is too long for them to not eat? Or is there really no concern at all? It's been a week for me so far and this is my first tegu (17 months old)

As I told Batgirl1, try some raw egg yolk and maybe add a little Ox-Bow Carnivore Care to it. It should give a little jump start.