hector the gold

[waynemultireps]

Hi everyone, I am a reptile enthusiast who has bought a golden tegu. It's took me around 6 weeks to get him hand feeding and he is seriously putting on weight.

Hector is on a diet of mainly chicken, with turkey once a week and a mouse fluff once a week for calcium.

I want to try some egg in his diet but unsure of how to prepare, I have a blue tongue skink who eats raw egg and it's his favourite treat.

 

[Walter1]

Fried, boiled or raw. All eagerly accepted.

 

[Jacobhreptiles]

try giving more variety. worms, roaches.. lots of whole prey. there is a food list on the general tegu discussion i believe

 

[waynemultireps]

try giving more variety. worms, roaches.. lots of whole prey. there is a food list on the general tegu discussion i believe

He will only eat locust for live food, he flew at me today and bit my finger when hand feeding

 

[Jacobhreptiles]

i never said live. and i would suggest tong feeding not hand feeding especially with a columbian

 

[yumeze]

I got my rescue and he was very sick. Took to the vet for antibiotics, parasite meds, and force feeding. Been about 4 days and he's getting better!