What bugs to feed??

I can't get roaches as they are banned in ontario. I can get: crickets,silkworms,hornworms,wax worms, butterworms,king worms and meal worms, nightcrawlers. Which should I feed more of an on what rotation? Sorry first time with big guy most of mine just eat crickets but once a week have a treat.

What are you feeding? I'm guessing a tegu?

nope a monitor lizard hatchling.

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Originally Posted by rebeccabecca

I can't get roaches as they are banned in ontario. I can get: crickets,silkworms,hornworms,wax worms, butterworms,king worms and meal worms, nightcrawlers. Which should I feed more of an on what rotation? Sorry first time with big guy most of mine just eat crickets but once a week have a treat.

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Crickets are probably the most nutritious of the insects you have listed. Earthworms are nutritiously similar to cardboard; Waxworms are high in fat; Kingworms and Mealworms have a high shell to meat ratio. I'd feed a variety of feeder insects (most commonly crickets).

That being said, I would offer eggs, ground turkey, chopped up adult mice (as pinkies are low in calcium/bone density), pinkies, chopped up chicks, fruit, etc. The point with Monitors and Tegus is to give them a varied diet. I'd only feed insects two or so days a week. The other days should offer rodents, etc.

Have you posted pictures of your new addition yet?