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Well, I kind of found my answer today. As it turned out, my cat killed a medium sized rabbit and decapitated it. I found it by my garage door this morning. Not wanting to waste it, I gave the head to my smaller tegu, Diego, and the body to Frieda.
First off, Diego crushed the head in her...
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At giant, the necks come with the skin already removed. I guess a little fat wouldn't hurt them though. I also supplement their diet with eggs every third feeding or so. They really love eggs and I try to purchase the healthier varieties at the store.
I've never done this but was...
The chicken necks I feed them are actually pretty low in fat compared to the other meats. In fact, I would say that the necks consist of about 50% bone and 50% meat and the meat is very lean with little fat striations visible. Again, if you're worried about the bones not being digested, don't...
Our local GIANT supermarket in Lusby, MD carries chicken neck packages that run about a dollar for an entire carton - each carton has about 15 to 20 necks. One chicken neck is about the size of a large mouse and my tegus can take down a whole neck at a time, bones and all.
I've reversed two...
Still haven't gotten around to taking some more pics of Diego. Frieda, my big female, is doing really well - even without her companion Kimo :( My new unnamed male is doing ok too - even though his ribcage is still flared from the MBD. I've been giving him chicken necks lately and full sun and...
While the new guys is looking much better and has lots of energy, I noticed something strange today when I fed him a raw egg. He would lick up the yolk, etc. and then stop and look as though he were gasping for air. He would then breathe heavily a few times and eventually, egg would emerge from...
This little guy just shed today and his colors are really beautiful. I still notice the widened rib cage though and wonder what could have caused this. The MBD that affected his head and lips seems to have been cured with chicken necks and natural sunlight and his eyes are no longer droopy and...
The newbie is still eating well - even taking down chicken necks now that I've sliced up for him. The one issue I'm still seeing though is that his rib cage seems enlarged - may be due to the MBD, he's still doing that shuffle walk that Frieda did before I treated her for MBD and his stool is...
Well, the new guys is eating really well and sunning himself often outside. He even took down a mouse last week and has been eating chicken hearts and gizzards sprinkled with calcium powder. One issue still though beside the lack of extension in his hind legs when walking. His rib cage seems to...
I normally get chicken necks but our GIANT supermarket hasn't gotten any in yet. I went to Food Lion and bought four cartons of Hearts and Gizzards. I was just curious if these contain any calcium. I know the hearts probably do not but I was curious about the gizzards since they have some...
Diego is doing well. I've got him moved out now to his rabbit hutch. He was pretty active a few weeks ago but it's been cooler the last two weeks here in MD so he hasn't been coming out. He did come out once though two weeks ago to eat an egg. Soon I'll be breaking out the chicken necks - I have...
I'll try to get some pics tomorrow. From what I can tell, it looks like an older case of mouth rot but it doesn't seem active at the moment. His eyes are also a little more circular looking than my other specimens. I've got them all in separate cages and have made sure not to handle them at the...
He looks to be about one years old and appears that his growth is a tad stunted. He's about 16-18'' with tail and while his head is large, his body seems a bit undersized for his head. His lower jaw has a little bit of yellow crust that is dried - it looks like there may have been an infection...
Diego had the same thing when he was about that size. He went for several months not eating and partially hibernating and when he awoke, I also noticed a small bulge on one side of his jaw. I took him to the vet thinking it was in infection. She checked it out and saw no signs of bacterial...