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Whats up peoples i was just wondering whats your feeding schedule im pretty sure someones asked this before but im just curious so that way when i get mine ill have a good idea on when to feed him
Bubblz Calhoun said:I don't feed everyday,.. right now I have a Colombian but the same goes for the other 3 that I had. Mine are kept on a primarily whole food diet and depending on what you give them they don't have to or need to eat every day. Whole foods take longer to process than meaty meals and by meaty I mean chopped or ground meats.
I don't have a set day or schedule for feeding because it changes,.. sometimes they're hungry and sometimes they're not. I use a skin fold or flap method that helps me decide when and how much to prepare and feed. Which pretty much goes along with their digestion. After a meal their stomachs full and their skin is tight around their abdomen. About a day or two later after they have digested some of it and relieved them selves then a fold or flap starts to develop along the sides of the abdomen. Which lets me know if I should feed and if so,.. how much to.
Not much of a flap then I feed something light like a little bit of a meaty meal or nothing at all. When it's more prominent and the abdomens not as full then I feed a larger meal. Since in captivity they can be over fed just as easily and often as under fed.
Definitely feed out of enclosure to start. Some tegus do fine with feeding in their enclosure, but you wont know at first so put the odds in your favor and feed out of the enclosure. Tub is good idea as it is easy to clean. As far as what to feed, check out Bobby's recommendation on Tegu careazz123 said:wots best for baby b&w about 7inches long, wot do i feed them, wen do i feed them it, and how often etc? i was gonna feed them, crickets, pinkys, fruit, locusts, to start. also was gonna feed him in a tub out of viv?
An ild thread but good to add info wher it belings. Mine are adult and eat a few days/wk.My Argentinian Red Tegu only eats once every 2 or 3 days because he spends two or more days burrowed before he comes out to eat.
I dont feel its wise to forcibly remove him from his burrow, and let him,come out on his own when its ready to eat.
Hes not burrowing due to any temperature issues, since the temps are where they need to be. And hes in a low stress environment, so im assuming burrowing is just what he would normally do.
Seems typical new and winter to me.Ive only had him approx. 3 weeks.
Im guessing he is not brumating since there are no temperature extremes within his environment.
The hottest spot is on a rock for basking directly under a dome light which measures 105 F.
And the coolest spot during the day is the other end of the tank where his food and water are at about 80F.
At night the temp drops to 85F under a partially heated area to ambient (68 to 70F) where his food and water are.
Also, i keep the humidity at about 50% using a repi-fogger since ambient humidity in the winter months would be too low at 20 to 25%.
That's pretty neat.I have set up a doorbell that I trained my tegu to use when it's hungry. When he's hungry and reaches up the ramp and presses the doorbell, it's feeding time.
I have no idea. I got him when he was still small and green so probably not a wild Florida caught? But the guy who I got it from, at a pet show had 20 of them. He said they are crossed b/t red and b&w. I had to give him away though because I left to another country for 2 years. Now that I'm back I have to start from scratch again so I'm waiting for some new babies right now. So anxious!That's pretty neat.
BTW- I like the reddish contrasts on the tegu. He looks like a FL WC. Is he?