black and white tegu

[halfwaynowhere]

seriously, he eats grapes? We gave Spike, my sister's tegu, a grape the other day, and he bit into it, and was absolutely disgusted! He refuses to eat any vegetation, which sucks. I suggested wrapping some sort of leafy greens around a hunk of chicken and see if he would eat it that way.

 

[nightbreed]

They seem to prefer fruit if its a little past its sell by date, not rotten but just on the turn.

My pair seem to like plums, grapes, mango, apple, peach, nectarine and a lil bannana, gonna try them with a little melon tomorrow.

They wont have anything to do with leafy greens though, I thought I'd try them with some one day after I fed my Beardies, they kind of gave me a look that said if nothing better was forthcoming then I was gonna be added to the menu. lol

 

[edventurous77]

mine digs on any vegetable or fruit matter, probs cos he was never given any poor thing

oh yer and they love melon

 

[JohnEDove]

mine digs on any vegetable or fruit matter, probs cos he was never given any poor thing

oh yer and they love melon

To quote the top Tegu Breeder in the US, Bobby Hill;
"Food:
All Tegus are carnivores as hatchlings, which means they only eat meat. Crickets dusted with vitamins dust , Captive raised roaches, Mealworms, Super mealworms, ground turkey dusted with vitamin dust, Pinkie mice and cooked egg (Not raw) scrambled or hard boiled.
Please remember to remove any food that is not eaten right after your tegu has eaten his/her fill. Insects are well known for stressing reptiles. This also will help keep their cage cleaner.
Adult tegus, For the Argentine Black and White and the Argentine red Tegu. They will take ground turkey, cooked egg (Not raw) scrambled or hard boiled, rodents, fresh fish (Not from a pet shop, due to the chemicals used in these tanks), baby chickens, grapes, tomatoes, strawberries, melons, and just about any other soft fruit. Bananas can be given as well, but not as a staple diet, only in moderation. This is due to the high content of potassium (Known for not binding with calcium). Not more than once every couple of weeks. They also tend to have a very high phosphorous levels."
http://www.varnyard-herps-inc.com/

 

[edventurous77]

this wasnt young, he is atleast 18 months, and was only being fed a small mouse a week, with no dustings and no uv