well tegu meat loaf I use turkey burger chicken burger beef liver chicken livers chopped fish I use trout. apple snails i freeze the fish and snails for a week to kill parasites. also add some fruit and cod oil. sometimes a rat on top lol

AWESOME RECIPE!!!!!!!!!!

I mix up raw ground turkey with calcium and multivitamin with catortenes, boiled chicken, hard boiled egg, romain lettuce, and blueberries... mash well and serve.  My hatchling has gained 20 grams in 2 weeks eating this.

Lizard Lover at 08:33PM on Aug 22, 2009

I mix up raw ground turkey with calcium and multivitamin with catortenes, boiled chicken, hard boiled egg, romain lettuce, and blueberries... mash well and serve.  My hatchling has gained 20 grams in 2 weeks eating this.

Ill have to try your recipe lol the only veggies ive feed were tomatoes , sweet peppers . melons

teguman0301 at 07:53PM on Aug 22, 2009

AWESOME RECIPE!!!!!!!!!!

thank you Johnny tegu meat loaf almost good enough to eat for us umm lol

Once the current batch is finished (I mixed it with 1.5 oz of raw turkey), which should be by the end of the week, I'll mix the same thing but maybe fish instead of the boiled chicken and maybe strawberries instead of blueberries as Tookii loves strawberries too.  When they get eating more over the course of a week, I'll keep 1 batch of each in the fridge and switch back and forth... 1 day of one the the next day with the other, etc.

When you use fish, do you cook it or throw it in raw?

Lizard Lover at 09:34PM on Aug 22, 2009

Once the current batch is finished (I mixed it with 1.5 oz of raw turkey), which should be by the end of the week, I'll mix the same thing but maybe fish instead of the boiled chicken and maybe strawberries instead of blueberries as Tookii loves strawberries too.  When they get eating more over the course of a week, I'll keep 1 batch of each in the fridge and switch back and forth... 1 day of one the the next day with the other, etc.

I feed raw fish but probably no harm cooking it. also feed shrimp , snails and crab meat occasionally.

My girl likes strawberries, seedless red grapes, and her favorite, blueberries. I always offer her the fruit first. Then she gets fresh, farm raised catfish (that was frozen) and ground turkey with calcium, or a large mouse. For a snack, she gets superworms.

Hmmm. I was wondering if it was okay to feed shrimp. Since I live near the Gulf coast shrimp is always available.

My 5 month old (Tookii) wouldn't eat anything live, so he likes the turkey brew.  My 2.5 month old (Tabu)  eats crickets and the turkey brew.  Neither even looks at worms unless they're hornworms!  Tookii also likes strawberries and seedless grapes.  I give them raw egg as a treat on weekends, to get them to eat.  I take them to my office M - F and bring them home on Friday evenings for the weekend.  They tend not to eat when at home, so that's where the raw egg comes in.  If I fed them the fruit first, they would eat only it.  I used to separate all the food in the dish, but they picked out what the linked and left the rest.  Now that I mash it all together, they can't pick it apart and I know they're getting a balanced meal.

Tupinambis at 09:42PM on Aug 22, 2009

Lizard Lover at 09:34PM on Aug 22, 2009

Once the current batch is finished (I mixed it with 1.5 oz of raw turkey), which should be by the end of the week, I'll mix the same thing but maybe fish instead of the boiled chicken and maybe strawberries instead of blueberries as Tookii loves strawberries too.  When they get eating more over the course of a week, I'll keep 1 batch of each in the fridge and switch back and forth... 1 day of one the the next day with the other, etc.

I feed raw fish but probably no harm cooking it. also feed shrimp , snails and crab meat occasionally.

sounds like good mix variety is the best little of everything . I feed lots of chicks , mice and rats to.

PJ at 09:49PM on Aug 22, 2009

Hmmm. I was wondering if it was okay to feed shrimp. Since I live near the Gulf coast shrimp is always available.

tegus love shrimp I wish I could get shrimp cheap .

Very informative - thanks for all the tips !  I had just gotten my first Tegu yesterday and have been reading all kinds of things its nice to hear from real people what works for them. My Frost came from here thru its previous owner that is also a member here.

LovinLizards at 11:14PM on Aug 22, 2009

Very informative - thanks for all the tips !  I had just gotten my first Tegu yesterday and have been reading all kinds of things its nice to hear from real people what works for them. My Frost came from here thru its previous owner that is also a member here.

congrats on your new tegu. Im glad the info is informative helpful .

Thanks Tupinamis - He is a joy and I am so glad to have him ! Last night he curled up behind me on the couch and went to sleep.

Hey LovinLizards, I'm so happy to hear that you got yourself a Tegu! I'm so amazed at the intelligence and personality these lizards exhibit. They really do make great pets! Enjoy your new Tegu!!!

PJ - Thanks hun - I had met one at a reptile show at my local mall last year and fell in love just never thought I could be able to affors one or anything but I was offered a deal that even my tight wod hub could not resist - LOL

The first thing my husband asked was how much do they eat?? I guess since I feed 4 horses, 2-1/2 dogs (one is a 165# Great Dane), 3 large goldfish, 3 cats, and all the wild green anoles, the wild raccoons, and the wild birds and squirrels...that was a relevant question!

Yeh PJ I hear ya there - if you look at my about me part you will see that I have alllllll kinds of pets so he definately was a lil on the NO side when I first asked he said we have enough - then I told him the price and within 2 days he changed his tune - Now it is his baby -- Tegu theif = LOL